TK Madhava Memorial College, Alappuzha

The college library is the key resource of information for the academic community. Every college library has an important role in the general educational development of every staff member and student of its parent organization. This library can also be considered as the academic center of T K Madhava Memorial College, Nangiarkulangara. It started functioning right from the beginning of the College in 1964. The library is spacious and well-designed, unique in its collection and construction. The library now has a collection of about 25500 books. Of these, 1500 books are reference books. The user community of the library includes PG and UG students, Faculty members, and non-teaching staff of the institution. To cater to the information needs of the user’s library also subscribes to some well-known periodicals and subject journals. The library is automated using “KOHA”, a well-known open-source Integrated Library Management Software that has a number of advanced features, enabling the college library to become more user-oriented in the current digital era. Besides very suitable and convenient library administrative modules, KOHA can provide a handful of attractive interfaces from the user's point of view, like quick search and access, Web-OPAC, and the feasibility of integrating new technologies like RFID. The library also has access to D Space, the institutional repository software. The documents are organized on shelves using the Dewey Decimal Classification Scheme.