College Resources

Best Library User Award

Students

In order to motivate the students in using the library and its services, the library has instituted the ‘Best Library User Award’ from the academic year 2011-2012. Students, as well as staff, will be selected at the end of every academic year based on the statistical data on circulation and daily use, reading aptitude of the user, utilization of library resources, and discipline.

Staff

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Library Collections 2022

Major Activates of the Library from 2019 to 2022 

Programmes Organized by the Library

21 September 2020

An online webinar on “Cyber Crime and Cyber Security” was organized by Archbishop Kavukattu Central Library and Department of Business Administration of the college. It started at 2pm and concluded at around 3.30pm on 21 September 2020. Mr Bijumon P.S., the Additional Superintent of Police, Thriuvananthapuram Rural was the resource person. It was given live on YouTube channel of the library.

29 May – 3 July 2021

A workshop on “Reference Management and Zotero Software Tutorial (with 30 days post workshop Support)” organized by Archbishop Kavukattu Central Library in collaboration with Lore & Ed Research Associates was conducted online from 29 May2021. 

14 – 19 June 2021

Reading week was commemorated in collaboration with the Department of Malayalam and Auxilium School, Kattappana. Online talks and various competitions were organized as a part of it.

24 July – 31 August 2021

One month long International Online Workshop on Academic Writing and Communication, Research Methodology, Reference Management and Academic Publication was conducted by Archbishop Kavukattu Central Library in collaboration with Lore and Ed Associates. The workshop longed for 37 days. There were 22 resource persons and 325 participants from around the globe. Among the participants 160 from outside Kerala. The percipients comprised of 155 faculty, 132 PhD Scholars, 6 MPhil Scholars, 12 Post graduate students and 20 other freelance academics. There were 60 hours of lecture.

6 September – 2 October 2021

An international workshop on Open Source Computing, Multimedia, and Open Access Publishing Tools was conducted by Archbishop Kavukattu Central Library in collaboration with Lore and Ed Research Associates. There was a total of 228 participants among which 61 participants were from outside Kerala, 124 Faculty, 75 Research Scholars, 8 Students and 21 others.

17 November – 31 December 2021

National Institute of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (NIPMR), Thrissur, an autonomous organization under Social Justice Department, Government of Kerala, Mahatma Gandhi University Library, Kottayam, Assumption College (Autonomous), Changanacherry, and 20 higher education institutions in Kerala jointly organize 30 days International Online Workshop on Academic Writing and Communication Skills, Research Methodology, Reference Management, and Academic Publishing. 651 people comprising of faculty, research scholars, students and academic freelancers participated in this.

19-25 June 2022

Archbishop Kavukattu Central Library and IQAC of the college conducted a state level author talk series in collaboration with Central Libraries and IQACs of St. Stephen's College Uzhavoor, St. Xavier's College Vaikom, Bharata Mata  College Thrikkakara, Christ Nagar College Maranalloor, and VTM NSS College Dhanuvachapuram as part of the reading week celebrations of the year. Severn resource persons talked on 7 different subjects. There were 393 registered participates. Library also arranged various competitions for the students.  

Lectures for Students and Faculty within the Campus

• A Lecture for the students of History Department on ‘Style Manuals and Academic Writing’ from 10.30 am to 12.30 pm on 21 November 2019.
• Orientation and hands-on session on the registration to SWAYAM MOOC courses to the faculty and students of department of History at their department on 6 January 2020.
• Orientation and hands-on session on the registration to SWAYAM MOOC courses to the faculty and students of department of English and faculty of the Department of Zoology at the digital library on 7 January 2020.
• Orientation and hands-on session on the registration to SWAYAM MOOC courses to the faculty and students of department of commerce on 16 January 2020.
• A lecture on Research Ethics: Plagiarism to all the research scholars and Post Graduate students of Assumption College (Autonomous) at 2 pm on 19 February 2021. It was organized by the Research and Post Graduate Department of History in collaboration with IQAC of the college.
• A lecture on MOOC platforms including SWAYAM, e-journal and e-book databases including NList, UGC CARE List and publication of articles in journals to the first year MA History students on 14 June 2021.
• Resource person for the webinar on Plagiarism and Research Ethics organized by the Research Promotion and Assessment Committee of Assumption College (Autonomous), Changnancherry on 19 February 2022.
• A session on Reference Management was taken to PG students of Department of Social Work on 25 February 2022.
• An induction on the library facilities and services were given to all the students of the college on 1 June 2022.
• A session of Reference Management and Thesis Writing for the faculty of the Department of Fashion Technology on 10 June 2022.

Lectures in Webinars and Workshops Conducted by Other Colleges and Institutions

• An online lecture on Philosophy, Ethics and Research, the first module of the course Research and Publication Ethics was delivered by the librarian in the short-term programme organized by Mar Thoma College, Thriuvalla and Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam from 23 to 28 November 2020.
• An online lecture was given by the librarian on the topic Reference Management, the 4th module of the Ad-on course Academic Communication and Publishing conducted jointly by CMS College (Autonomous), Kottayam, St Stephen’s College, Uzhavoor and Lore & Ed Research Associates on 19 May 2021.
• An online lecture on Philosophy and Research, the first module of the course on Research and Publication Ethics was delivered by the librarian. It was conducted jointly by CMS College (Autonomous), Kottayam, St Stephen’s College, Uzhavoor and Lore & Ed Research Associates on 21 May 2021.
• An online session on the topic Reference Management: Theory was lectured by the librarian in the workshop on “Reference Management and Zotero Software Tutorial (with 30 days post workshop Support)” organized by Archbishop Kavukattu Central Library in collaboration with Lore & Ed Research Associates on 29 May 2021. Another lecture on on APA Citation Style was given in the same workshop on 22 June 2021. The final day session on Citation Styles was taken by the librarian on 3 July 2021.
• A two hour session on the first module of Research and Publication Ethics course conducted by Thrissur, St Thomas College (Autonomous) was lectured by the librarian on 13 September 2021.
• Two session on the topics, Ethics with respect to science and research, Intellectual honesty and research integrity, Publication ethics: definition, introduction and importance, and Best practices/standard setting initiatives and guidelines: COPE, WAME, etc. was lectured by the librarian in the lecture series on Research and Publication Ethics, organized by Mar Thoma College, Tiruvalla during 25 - 28, April, 2022.
• A lecture on Academic Writing and Academic Resources was delivered by the librarian in the Summer Internship Programme conducted by the Department of Economics, St Berchmans College (Autonomous), Changanacherry on 25 May 2021.