NAMAL COLLEGE LIBRARY

Internship Report

Submitted By: KHALID KHAN

Roll no. BC557683 (MLIS 2015-2017)

Vetted by: MS. SARA ASGHAR

(Librarian Namal College Mianwali)

Submitted To:
AMJAD KHAN
(Lecturer/Coordinator Internship)

Department of Library & Information Science

Allama Iqbal Open University Islamabad

2015-2017
TABLE OF CONTENTS

AN OVERVIEW OF NAMAL COLLEGE…………………………………………………….3

VISION AND MISSION STATEMENT……………………………………………………….4

NAMAL COLLEGE AS NAMAL KNOWLEDGE CITY……………………………………..5

ABOUT LIBRARY…..…………………………………………………………………………5

ABOUT LIBRARY STAFF…………………………………………………………………….5

LIBRARY MAP………………………………………………………………………………...6

LIBRARY MEMBERSHIP…………………………………………………………………….7

MAJOR SECTIONS OF LIBRAY…………………………………………………………….7

LIBRARY SERVICES…………………………………………………………………………8

AN OVERVIEW OF HEC DIGITAL LIBRARY RESOURCES…………………………... .10

LIBRARY COLLECTION…………………………………………………12

LIBRARY TIMINGS……………………………………………………….17

LIBRARY POLICIES…………………………………………………………………………1 7

CONCLUSION………………………………………………………………………………...21

REFERENCES…………………………………………………………………………………21

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Namal College
Shaping Those Who Shape the Future

Higher education has the most profound impact on individual success. It is a gift that turns
students into professionals, and youngsters into income earning citizens. At Namal College,
higher education is literally a gift as 90% of the undergraduates of Namal are provided
financial assistance.
Mr. Imran Khan (Ex-Captain of Pakistan Cricket Team) established Namal College in the year
2008, in the district of Mianwali, when he was awarded the Chancellorship of the University of
Bradford (UoB) in UK. Since then Mr. Imran dreams of developing the area into a knowledge
city similar to Oxford University (his alma mater). Now, the vision behind Namal College is to
trigger innovation for the benefit of the society, by establishing high quality education facilities
of international standard with the help of local and international partners. The founding members
of highly reputed institutions such as Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS) and
Shaukat Khanum Memorial Trust (SKMT) in Pakistan have come together to take on this
ambitious challenge of setting the largest knowledge city of Pakistan.
The sponsoring body, Namal Education Foundation (NEF) currently owns 1,000 acres of land in
Mianwali where new blocks and facilities will be established in the coming years.
Namal College is an associate college of University of Bradford, UK (UoB), where UoB is
providing complete academic leadership for this institution. Students from over 56 different
cities of Pakistan are benefitting from this unique opportunity in District of Mianwali. There are
currently 300 students enrolled in four batches, studying for a University of Bradford degree.
These students are being provided education at ten times lower cost (Rs. 1.2 million for complete
program) compared to what they would have paid (Rs. 10 million for complete program), had
they decided to study at Bradford in the UK. Furthermore 90% of the students studying are in
NAMAL college are provided full or partial scholarships.

Vision and Mission Statement:

To become a center of academic excellence for rural uplift and development through:

• Educating bright youth who have Namal values and will contribute to organizations and
community
• Finding innovative solutions to rural challenges by highly trained academics
NKC is designed to integrate education with employability to enable talented youth become
economically useful and socially robust citizens of Pakistan. It aims at providing a distinct
learning experience for professional and intellectual development in an enabling academic
environment.The objective is to equip students with necessary academic knowledge and requisite
professional skills by establishing a collaborative framework of public as well as private
partnerships.

Namal Education Foundation and Namal College are working on developing strategic links with
both academic institutions and industry to foster a culture of collaboration between industry and
the academia. The idea is to celebrate the interaction of creative, technical and entrepreneurial
talent on a common platform to nurture a culture of research and innovativeness.Through the
collaboration of university researchers and companies it is hoped that important milestones may
be achieved specific to the industrial requirements.

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Namal University As Namal Knowledge City:
The Vision 2020 sets a milestone of taking Namal College to its eventual goal of setting up six
different schools that will constitute Knowledge City. Namal Education Foundation has acquired
a land area of about 1000 acres that stretches all along the Salt Range towards South on the
western side of Namal Lake.

A comprehensive plan of establishing six academic buildings, student hostels, faculty

apartments, the central library, the mosque, an enterprise centre and commercial areas has been
finalized. The Knowledge City is designed to house School of Science and Engineering,School
of Medicine, School of Business, School of Humanities, School of Agriculture and Science & a
Technology Park. The construction has already started and Mr. Imran Khan, Chairman Namal
Education Foundation, has inaugurated the erection of business school in December 2015.

ABOUT LIBRARY
Namal Library is a growing library which is expanding its resources day by day. Library is
providing quality services, resources, and lifelong learning opportunities through books and a
variety of other formats to meet the informational, educational needs. It develops and organizes
collections for optimal use and provides links to remote information sources. The mission of
Library is to provide access to and delivery of information resources to students, faculty, and
staff in support of the research and instructional mission of the college. Library contains a huge
collection of books including multiple copies of all the text books, reference books and
magazines for serving its community.

Library runs on linux based on-line KOHA program.

The DDC classification scheme is used in NAMAL library.

LIBRARY STAFF:

 Ms. Saira Asghar (Librarian) --- saira.asghar@namal.edu.pk

 Mr. Muhammad Saleem (Assistant Librarian) --- muhammad.saleem@namal.edu.pk
 Mr. Sohail Ahmad (Library Attendant)

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LIBRARY MAP:

LIBRARY MEMBERSHIP.
Students, faculty and staff are required to fill a library membership form . Download it from
website according to category. Fill it and dispatch two passport size photographs and submit it at
circulation desk in the library. Library will issue a membership card then patron can use all
library resources.

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MAJOR SECTIONS OF LIBRARY.

The library have three major sections.

TECHNICAL SERVICES SECTION.

Bibliographic control which includes :

 Classification and cataloguing.
 Computerization of bibliographic data.
 Upkeep of book stock records.
 Printing and pasting of spine chits, cutter numbers and bar codes.
 Remedial actions of torn-out materials.

CIRCULATION SECTION.

 Loan of materials.
 Depositing of material.
 Reservation and renewal facilities.
 On site reading facilities
 Internet.

REFERENCE SECTION.

 Reference section provides quick and accessible information on any particular

topic in the library building.

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LIBRARY SERVICES.
WIFI
Wireless connectivity to internet is available at both floors of the library. Patrons can use their
laptops/notebooks with build-in wireless adaptor to avail this server.

ONLINE WORKSTATIONS

Every computer at NAMAL is online workstation and can be used to search library catalogue
and full text online resources. Library catalogue http://library.namal.edu.pk is searchable from
any part of the world having internet connection.

VPN (VIRTUAL PRIVATE NETWORK)

Library provides remote access to full text online databases and journals resources to its faculty,
researchers and graduate & postgraduate students. They can avail this service from remote
locations providing their NAMAL network credentials at https://library.namal.edu.pk/.

SEARCHING ASSISTANCE

In case an item is not located on the shelf, inquiry can be made at the circulation desk. A search
will then be initiated and the user will be notified when the required item is found. The found
item will be held at the Circulation Desk for the user to pick up.

REFERENCE SERVICE THROUGH HELPDESKS

Three active specialized Help Desks have been set up to provide in-depth reference and research
support. All helpdesks provide services till 8:00 pm in all working days. Users may make queries
by telephone, fax, and e-mail library@namal.edu.pk.

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 E-BOOK RESOURCES
All Namal Community can access ebooks and Final Year reports within the campus.

ON LINE PUBLIC ACCESS

CATALOGUE.

An online public access catalog is an online

database of materials held in NAMAL library. Users
search a library catalog to locate books and other
material available at a library. OPAC is the gateway to library's collection.

3 systems for OPAC are installed in library.

SEATING FACILITIES

Library have 65 seating capacity in library hall meanwhile 10 seats in gallery, outside the main
library hall for any briefing or debriefing.

ONLINE QUICK LINKS

News Papers and News

 HEC Digital Library

 University Of Bradford Library
 Namal College
 Online Journals

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An overview of HEC digital library resources.

ProQuest Business Premium Collection

 The Business Premium Collection combines ProQuest's most popular business databases
to provide your library with a truly comprehensive business research solution. By adding
specialty business subject resources to the broad coverage of the ABI / INFORM
Collection, you can meet the needs of more of your patrons no matter what their
specialty.

ProQuest Social Science Premium Collection

 Proquest Social Science Premium Collection will provide libraries with more
comprehensive coverage of all areas of social sciences - something that is increasingly
important as research becomes more interdisciplinary.

ProQuest Dissertation & Theses

 ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global is the world's most comprehensive

collection of dissertations and theses from around the world, spanning from 1743 to
the present day and offering full text for graduate works added since 1997, along with
selected full text for works written prior to 1997. It contains a significant amount of
new international dissertations and theses both in citations and in full text..

ASTM

 The ASTM Standards & Engineering Digital Library is a vast collection of industry-
leading standards and technical engineering information. It covers a broad range of
engineering disciplines, including aerospace, biomedical, chemical, civil,
environmental, geological, health and safety, industrial, materials science,
mechanical, nuclear, petroleum, soil science and solar engineering.

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EBRARY

 ebrary offers a wide variety of multidisciplinary content. It acquires large number of

titles from leading academic publishers.
 It will be able to access Freedom Subject Collection from ebrary.

INSTITUTE FOR OPERATIONS RESEARCH AND THE MANAGEMENT

SCIENCES (INFORMS)

 The Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS) is
the largest professional society in the world for professionals in the field of
operations research (O.R.).
 INFORMS publishes 12 scholarly journals that describe the latest O.R. methods and
applications and a membership magazine with news from across the profession.

SPRINGERLINK

 SpringerLink provides access to 503 full-text Springer-Verlag Journals and 738 full-
text journals formerly published by Kluwer Academic Publishing.
 One of the world's leading information services for Science, Technical and Medical
journals.

TAYLOR & FRANCIS Journals

 Taylor & Francis has grown rapidly over the last two decades to become a leading
international academic publisher.
 More than 1000 journal titles in a full range of disciplines.

UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO PRESS

 Founded in 1891, the University of Chicago Press was conceived by President

William Rainey Harper as an "organic part" of the University, extending the

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 influence of Chicago scholars around the world.
 Today the Journals Division of the Press distributes nearly 50 journals and hardcover
serials, presenting original research from international scholars in the social sciences,
humanities, education, biological and medical sciences, and physical sciences.

WILEY-BLACKWELL JOURNALS

 Since the Blackwell-Synergy merger with Wiley-Interscience, all the journals

available to HEC consortium are now available through Wiley-Interscience.
 Online database containing over 1,234 journals in science, technology, medicine,
humanities and social sciences.

LIBRARY COLLECTION.
Namal Library Collection connects the college community to more than 10000 books, and
magazines and CDs on a wide range of topics related to Computer Science, Electrical
Engineering, English, Mathematics, Physics and English/Urdu Literature. Useful for conducting
independent research, enhancing curricular content, or simply broadening horizons, materials are
available for use to the entire community and are listed in the library database.
Following type of collection is available in Namal Library.

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General Collection:
General Collection is based on selective books related to programs offered in Namal. library
have a high quality collection of computer science and electrical Engineering which helps our
students and faculty to fulfill their course related needs. Everyone from Namal community can
borrow any book from this collection according to the library policy.

Reference Collection:
This is non issuable collection and can be studied within
library premises. About 400 books in shape of dictionaries,
encyclopedias, handbooks and manuals are available in
reference shelves.

Magazines:
Library has subscribed 48 (40 Technical & 8 Non-Technical)
magazines for Namal Community. NetMag, Spider,
Herald, Scientific American, Technology Review and Popular Mechanics, News Week, Time
and Reader Digest are available in periodical section. All periodical are non issuable. A separate
periodical section is available to study magazines and news papers.

 International Magazines and Transactions

 IEEE Computer Mag IEEE Spectrum

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 IEEE Intelligent Systems IEEE Control Systems

 IEEE Circuits and Systems IEEE Power & Energy Magazines

 IEEE Transaction on Communication

 IEEE Transaction on Education

 IEEE Transaction on Robotics/a>

 IEEE Transaction on Smart Grid/a>

 IEEE Transaction on Sustainable Energy

 IEEE Vehicular Technology Magazine

 IEEE Vehicular Technology, transaction on

 IEEE Communications Mag.

 Communications of the ACM

 ACM Transaction on Software Engineering and Methodology

 English Language Teaching Journal (ELT Journal)

 Language and liguistics Journal

 ACM Transaction on Autonomous and Adaptive Systems

 ACM Transaction on Intelligent Systems and Technology

 ACM Transaction on Knowledge Discovery from Data

 IEEE Transaction on Engineering Management

 Signal Proccessing, IEEE Transaction on

 Netwtorking, IEEE/ACM Transaction on

 IEEE Transaction on Automation Science and Engineering

 Wireless Communication,IEEE Transaction

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 IEEE Transaction on Cybernetics

 IEEE Transaction on Fuzzy Systems

 IEEE Transaction on Systems Man and Cybernetics

 IEEE Transaction on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence

 IEEE Communication Mag

 IEEE Computational Intelligence

 IEEE Transaction on Signal Processing

 IEEE Transaction on Energy Coversion

 Make Magazines

 Communication of ACM

 IEEE/ACM Transaction on Networking

 IEEE Circuit and system

 IEEE Transaction on wireless Communication

 IEEE Control System

 IEEE Signal Processing Mag

 IEEE Robotics and Automation Mag

 IEEE Intelligent System

 IEEE Software

 IEEE Pervasive Computing

 IEEE Micro

 IEEE Internet Computing

 IEEE Wireless Communications

 IEEE Computing in Science & Engineering

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Multimedia Collection:
This Collection is based on audiovisuals like CDs and DVDs.
Library have more than 700 CDs and DVDs on course
related topics of Computer Science and Electrical
Engineering.

Library Timings
Library observes the official opening hours, and the break hours (during which the library is
closed). The library timings may, however, change, in which case it will be properly notified.
Following are the library timings for the current semester:

Monday to Friday----------------- 9:00 am to 8:00 pm

Friday Prayer break-------------- 1:00 pm to 2:30 pm
Saturday ---------------------------- 9:00 am to 5:00 pm

Library Policies
[Note: Following policies pertain to the patrons who are part of Namal College, Mianwali]

1. Library code of conducts

 Library patrons are expected to observe the following rules while using the library services.
Violation of these rules may incur disciplinary action.
 Keep your mobiles on silent mode (or switched off) while being in the library. You are not
allowed to attend a call inside the library.
 Drinks and eatables are not allowed in the library.
 Smoking is strictly prohibited in the library

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 Sleeping is not allowed in library
 Don’t write and scratch the library furniture. In case of irreversible damage, you’ll be heavily
fined (up to Rs. 5000).
 Do not write, highlight, underline, mark, or fold pages of the books. Library books are
examined on return and the borrower will be held responsible. In case of severe damage,
you’ll have to return a new copy of the book (same print) or pay the price of the book.
 Group discussions are not allowed in the library. Complete silence should be observed,
except for brief and subdued talk with the library staff
 If any library user disturbs the study environment which may cause disruption in service or
distraction for other library users, he/she will be given a verbal warning by the library staff.
For second time he/she will be given a written warning but for third time library will be
referred the case to Disc Committee.
 If you read a library book inside the library, leave it on the table after you have finished. Do
not reshelf it. You may inadvertently misplace a book which can cause problems in its search
later on.
 Do not change configuration of the PCs or any other equipment in the library. Namal College
IT code of conduct must be observed while using IT applications.
 Although you can use your belongings (laptop, books, register etc.) for study inside the
library, you should place your bags on the table besides the entrance door due to security
concerns. In case of suspicion, library staff is authorized to check your bags.
 Someone found and proven guilty of stealing books or other items from the library may face
legal actions, and/or may lead to termination from the college.
 Treat the library staff with respect. Any misbehave would come under general codes of
conduct.
 The Librarian is authorized to withdraw library facilities from any member who is found
misusing the library material or facilities.

2. Borrowing Policy
There are two categories of books in the library: Standard books and Reference books. Following
policies pertain to these categories:

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 Standard books are regular items which can be borrowed by any library user (patron) for a
time frame mentioned in the table below.

Patron Category Can hold a book for Max no. of books issued

Student 14 Days 3

Staff 30 Days 2

Faculty 30 Days 15

 Books can only be renewed for a further 2 times if another user has not reserved them.
 Overdue books will not be re-issued until the fine is paid.
 Two copies of same title will not be issued.
 Non-issuable materials such as reference books, magazines, journals are not checked out.
These must not be removed from the library.
 Under exceptional circumstances, reference book can be borrowed overnight. You can
borrow it just before the library closes, and it must be returned by next morning. It
 cannot be borrowed over the weekend.
 All issued books must be returned to the library by the due date. In case of overdue books, a
fine will be charged, as mentioned in the fine policy.
 Books will only be issued to the person appearing at the circulation desk. You cannot borrow
a book under someone else’s name.
 Books or other materials borrowed from the library are non-transferable and are expected to
be used by the borrower himself/herself. Books should not be passed on to somebody not
belonging to Namal College.
 The borrower is solely responsible for returning books in time and keeping themintact. If you
ask someone else to return, make sure he/she does it.
 In exceptional circumstances, borrowed materials must be returned to library to meet
emergent needs. If recalled, the borrowed books must immediately be brought to the
circulation desk.

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 Books may be renewed/re-issued to the same user, provided no one has requested a
reservation. However, if someone has already reserved it, you’ll have to return the book to
the library by the due date.

3. Reservation Policy
In order to support fair usage and optimal sharing of the collection, borrowed books can be
reserved. If you need a book which has already been borrowed by someone else, you can request
a reservation. Library staff maintains a reservation queue for borrowed items. Simply ask the
library staff to place your name in the queue. You must also provide a valid email address so that
you could be notified once the book is returned. Following policies apply:

 You cannot reserve the same book which has already been issued to you. If no one
else reserved the book, you can get it re-issued on the day of return.
 Reserved book will be issued to the one who is topmost in the reservation queue. If (s) he
willingly declines, the book will be issued to the next in the queue, and so on.
 If you have reserved a book, it is your responsibility to contact the circulation desk on its day
of return. Library staff will wait for you till 12:00 noon next working day. If you do not
appear, your name will be removed from the queue. The book will then be issued to the next
person in the queue or to someone else if there’s no one else in the queue.
 It is your responsibility to provide correct and active email address, and to check the email
notification. Any change in the contact details (address, phone number, e-mail) must be
reported to the Library immediately.
 Students cannot reserve a reference book or a teaching resource.

4. Fine Policy
To encourage and impose timely return of the library materials, fines are charged on over-due
items. Borrowers are solely responsible for returning or renewing items by the due date. If the
items are not returned by due date, fine will be charged at the following rate:

 Rs. 10 per day for an overdue book will be charged to all students. In case of overdue of
reference material that library will issue for overnight to anyone but under exceptional
circumstances, Library will be charged 100 rupees per day.

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 If a library patron reports that the book is lost, (s)he will have to pay twice the price of the
book or return a new copy. Note that the fine will keep on incurring till the price paid or
book returned.
 For students, the maximum fine limit before they can be issued books any further is Rs. 600.
If the cumulative fine crosses that limit, or in other words, if you accumulates more than 30
overdue days on your borrowings, you will not be issued books anymore. Your library
account will be seized. In order to reactivate your account, you’ll have to pay the full fine.
 Students must pay their library fines at the circulation desk in the library. Make sure you get
the receipt for the payment.

5. Library Clearance
Students must get clearance from respective departments in order to obtaining their degrees.
Library clearance will not be declared unless (s) he:

 Returns all borrowed books

 Pays outstanding library dues (fine, book cost, etc.)
 Appears for the disciplinary action against violation of library rules

The Librarian will notify the Controller of Examinations (and respective HoDs) the list of library
defaulters for necessary actions. Note that the library clearance will be marked only by the
Librarian or In-charge Library. No other library staff is authorized to sign the clearance form.

6. Stock Taking
The library will undertake a stocktaking process every year. This includes a number of different
activities, such as verification of library inventory, rectification of records, examination and
conditioning of books, and process calibration. For this purpose, the library will be closed for
user.

 All books on loan with the borrowers will have to be returned before the date by the
Librarian in-charge Library for this purpose.
 Exact dates of stocktaking will be communicated well in advance. If a books return date is
going to lie within the stocktaking period, it will not be issued.
 During Stocktaking lending of all borrowable will be suspended.

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 Conclusion

 The academic libraries have implemented new ideology in their work. From the earlier
concept of the ownership system that mainly focused on the accumulation of information
resources. It has turned into a new perspective of becoming more accessible in three
aspects: the first one is information concerning resources management to be easy to
assess a wider range of information. The second is service management which aims to
create more sustainable resources. Also, there must be availability of the resources which
should be accessible from anywhere, anytime. The third is user management so that the
library would no longer be the rigid center of information provision, but the user can
access the information from anywhere
 Namal college has a growing library which is expanding its resources day by day. Library
is providing quality services, resources, and lifelong learning opportunities through books
and a variety of other formats to meet the informational, educational needs. It develops
and organizes collections for optimal use and provides links to remote information
sources. The mission of Library is to provide access to and delivery of information
resources to students, faculty, and staff in support of the instructional mission of the
college. Library contains a huge collection of books including multiple copies of all the
text books, reference books and magazines for serving its community.

Reference
http://www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mianwali/

http://library.namal.edu.pk

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