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The I R C has got four departments as in the following;
A) Acquisition
B) Processing
C) Circulation
D) Students Guidance and Reference Services
A) Acquisition Department
Receives demands from students, staff and faculty and assists in the Books Selection and acquisition of needed material required in teaching and research. The acquired material is recorded and company invoices processed for an early payment to the firms.
B) Processing Department
The Acquired reading material is classified and complete bibliographic
entries are made in the database of LIBRARY. The
Computer Bar-Codes and Book Spine Stickers as well as Book Pockets
are pasted on the acquired material.
C) Circulation Department
The Circulation Department is authorized to provide the needed books and other material to the needy students, staff and faculty of this University. This process continues from 8.00 a.m. to 10.00 p.m. through out the week. The CD-ROMs, Audio and Video Cassettes are also loaned out to the faculty, staff and students of this University. This Department also assists in providing needed information after downloading from the Internet.
D) Students Guidance and Reference Services
The Reference Section of LIBRARY provides current
magazines, newspapers and term reports of the students for consultation
and on the spot reading purposes. The files of daily News papers
clipping on important current topics are also maintained by the
department. These files are always available for consultation. Besides
this, the students and faculty members are also assisted in the
search of needed material from IRC. The Scrap Books containing current
news and advertisements of Punjab Group of Colleges
are also maintained by this Department.
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