AR 2009-10 - Centre for Studies in Social Sciences, Calcutta

to be beneficial for users especially students of newly introduced M. Philand RMQE courses. Computers with moderate Internet connectivity havebeen provided and OPAC is loaded into all computers. The total systemhelp minimize time lag as well. Readers asking for any materials now getthem right at their table.Books:Total of 892 books added to the Centre’s main library at Patuli. Of which647 books (72.5%) were purchased and 245 (37.5%) books receivedas gift.Journals:Four new journals, three Indian and one foreign, have been added for theyear 2010. Institutional subscriptions for Indiastat.com; CMIE-Prowess &JSTOR have been renewed. No journal has been dropped.World Bank Materials:As one of the full Depository Libraries of the World Bank, the CSSSC Libraryreceived all requisite Publications of the World Bank. During the year 42 e.mail based enquiries were attended and over 2183 pages of photocopiesof World Bank publications were provided to users.Users:122 new non-borrowing and 35 borrowing members were recorded duringthis period. 1614 users visited the Library during this year. Besides, 83persons residing outside West Bengal used the library; of which 37 (45%)were from various foreign universities.Reprographic Services:Reprographic service of CSSSC Library is regarded as a unique featurebecause of timeliness which is often appreciated by users from distantplaces. Altogether 2, 87, 818 pages of photocopy materials were providedto users during this year, which means a productivity of 1200 pagesper day.Jadunath Sarkar Resource Centre:Books:The Jadunath Sarkar Resource Centre (JSRC) has a total collection of 14,446 books as on 31/3/2010. Out of which 11, 443 are books received as giftfrom eminent scholars and 3003 books were purchased. During the yearunder report, 1952 books were added which include 1296 gift books and656 purchased books.During the period under report, technical processing (Cataloguing,Accessioning, shelving and card filing) of the following collections havebeen completed:Arun Dasgupta (English) Collection; Sebati Mitra Collection, Mrinal KantiBarua Collection, Prabadhendunath Tagore Collection, Naresh ChandraGhosh Collection, Abani Lahiri Collection, Bengali section of Edward DimockCollection, Niladri Sekhar Basu Collection, Nani Gopal Mazumdar Collectionand Sibnarayan Roy CollectionMagazine/ Periodicals:Several Magazine/Periodicals namely Desh (Sahitya Sankhya), BiswaBharati Patrika, Kobita, Jignasha and Amrita were included during thisperiod as parts of Saroj Dutta Collection and Buddhadeva Bose collection.They were properly bound and recorded with requisite titles. Efforts arebeing made for completing the gaps among the collection. Apart from theseseveral children’s magazines were also acquired.Users:The Resource Centre is gradually becoming a good source of literary supportto scholars as observed from the increased rate of footfalls. The JSRC wasused by several scholars from Maharashtra, New Delhi, Karnataka, AndhraPradesh, Meghalaya Assam, Mizoram and Orissa used the JSRC. Fourscholars from abroad also used the JSRC during the period under report.In order to manage a steady flow of scholars, membership card has beendevised and given to users upon written request. Like the CSSSC Library,JSRC members can avail free reading facilities and reprographic servicesupon payment. As usual, borrowing facility is limited to the Centre’s staffand students.Hitesranjan Sanyal Memorial Collection: The Urban HistoryDocumentation ArchiveReport of Activities: April 2009 – March 2010During the year 2009 – 2010 as in preceding years, the archive mostlyconcentrated on documentation, of digitised materials it acquired over last16 years. Also fresh work of documentation of images continued with the58 59