About Library

History of Central Library:

Until December 2008, St. Xavier’s College had various departmental lending libraries and reading rooms namely:

Arts & science lending and reading sections
B.Com lending and reading sections
Economics, Political Science& Sociology lending sections
Book Bank

All these departmental libraries and the book bank got merged into one integrated centralized library since January 16, 2009. This got christened as Fr. Verstraeten Central Library in July 2015.

With the introduction of centralised library, the readers are given access to library documents, books and periodicals irrespective of their departments. The new centralized system provides open-access, where the readers find out their required books from the library shelves.

Thanks to UGC funding in 2008, after it had declared St. Xavier’s as a Centre with Potential for Excellence (CPE) in May 2006 and the College became the first autonomous college in West Bengal in July 2006, the Central Library organized the retro-conversion of all the books and classified them under the scheme of Dewey Decimal Classification (DDC), Sear’s list of Subject Headings and Anglo-American Cataloguing scheme.

The entire database of the library was initially kept in LIBSYS-4.0 which has now been converted to KOHA open source Integrated Library Software (ILS), with the latest version 16.05.

All the books in the library are now catalogued, bar-coded and RFID tagged for easy circulation and better security.

Libraries in Campuses:

St. Xavier’s College Central Library
Raghabpur Campus Library
Department of Education Library
The Goethals Indian Library and Research Society

Library Team:

Assistant Director:

Rev. Joseph Kulandai, S.J.

Contact No. 22551106

Professor in Charge:

Dr. Amitava Roy

Librarian:

Dr. Chinmay Mukhopadhyay
Contact No. 22551251

Library Staff:

Mr. Sougata Chattopadhyay (SC) – Library Assistant, Contact No. 22551-238
Mr. Arup Sarkar (AS) – Library Assistant, Contact No. 22551-253
Mr. Pintu Bagh (PB) – Library Assistant, Contact No. 22551-253
Mrs. Jhunu Chatterjee (JC) – Library Assistant, Contact No. 22551-238
Mr. Jaideep Biswas (JB) – Library Clerk, Contact No. 22551-255
Mr. Kinkor Mandal (KM) – Library Attendant, Contact No. 22551-253
Mr. Prodip Mondal (PM) – Library Attendant, Contact No. 22551-247
Mrs. Teresa Champa Gomes (TCG) – Library Attendant, Contact No. 22551-247
Mr. Ashish Sardar (AS) – Library Attendant, Contact No. 22551-241
Mr. Kishan Mardi (KM) – Library Attendant, Contact No. 22551-241
Mr. Nasir Gaji (NG) – Library Book Binder, Contact No. 22551-241
Ms. Soma Das (SD) – Library Attendant, Contact No. 22551-241
Mrs. Krisna Sardar (KS) – Library Cleaner , Contact No. 22551-241

Library Committee:

Rev. Dr. Dominic Savio, S.J., Principal & Chairperson
Prof. Bertram Da ‘Silva
Rev. Peter Arockiam, S.J.
Dr. Charlotte Simpson Veigas
Prof. Ayan Chandra
HODs & Professors-in-Charge
Dr. Mandira Mukherjee
Mr. Saugata Chattopadhyay
Dr. Chinmay Mukhopadhyay
Dr. Amitava Roy
Rev. Joseph Kulandai, S.J. (Secretary)

Library Purchase Committee:

Rev. Dr. Dominic Savio, S.J., Principal & Chairperson
Rev. Peter Arockiam, S.J.
Dr. Charlotte Simpson Veigas
Prof. Ayan Chandra
Dr. Partha Pratim Ghosh
Dr. Chinmay Mukhopadhyay
Dr. Amitava Roy
Rev. Joseph Kulandai, S.J. (Asst. Director & Convener)

Floor Plan:

Ground Floor

Library Reception
Library Office
Asst. Director Office
Library Lending Counter No.1
Library Lending Counter No.2
Library Lending Counter No.3
E-Resource Access Centre for Advanced Studies and Research

1st Floor

Reference Section
Newspaper, Journal & Magazine Section
E-Resource Access Centre
Reprography Centre
Cubical Facility For Faculty Members
Rare Book Collection
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Dept. of Education Library & Reading Room

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