The central library is the core hub of the knowledge landscape of H.C.D.G. College. The central library of H.C.D.G. College has a diverse collection of books, journals, magazines, educational CDs maps charts and E-resources.

The library membership is compulsory for all the students and teachers of H.C.D.G. College and it provides open access facilities to all. The library has been maintaining footfall records (online attendance system) which have been integrated with SOUL management software.

The library is a Partially automated library system using SOUL 2.0 integrated library management software since 2014. The central library provides OPAC (Online Public Access Catalogue) facility for the user community. They can able to search the database by author, title classification number, and subject to know the availability of the books by using OPAC. The bookshelves are arranged departmental wise and books are arranged subject-wise. The books were classified using the Dewy Decimal Classification Scheme (DDC) 21^st edition. The central library has various sections like periodical, reference, circulation, E-resource, reprography section etc. The college library had a reading room with a 50eating capacity for the library users. The library is open from 10 AM to 4 PM on all working days.

The library has a membership of the National Library and Information Services Infrastructure for Scholarly Content (N-LIST), INFLIBNET Centre, Gandhinagar, Gujarat. The N-LIST provides 6000+ e-journals and199500+ e-books for member institutions.

The central library has established an Institutional Repository in the year 2019. An Institutional Repository is an archive for acquiring, preserving and disseminating digital copies of the intellectual output of an institution.

The library orientation program is carried out for new students in which details about the libraries are cleared. The library has been subscribing to 8no’s of newspapers in English and Assamese. The library is managed by the librarian and well-trained library staff.

Objective: The objective of the library is to support the college and its academic programmes by facilitating access to information resources and it’s committed to preparing its users to be lifelong learners in an information-rich society.

Mission:

• To achieve excellence in the providing and promotion of library services to meet the teaching and learning needs of the college.
• To collect and provide a well-balanced up to date collection of print and non-print resources.

Vision:The vision of the library is to make learners attain knowledge and skills to become accomplished readers, independent learners, critical thinkers, problem solvers and informed citizens through the expertise of the library and the use of resources and services provided by the college library.

General Information about the Library:

Name of the Library: Central Library H.C.D.G. College

System of the Library: Open Access System

Opening Hours of the Library: All Working Days 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM

The library remains closed on Sundays and other authorized holidays.

Total Seating Capacity in Reading Room: 50

Complete address: Central Library H.C.D.G. College, P.O.: Nitaipukhuri, Dist: Sivasagar, Assam, PIN-785671, India.

Main Section of the Library

1. Reception Counter
2. Periodical Section
3. Reading Hall
4. Internet Section
5. Circulation Section
6. Reference Section
7. Book Shelves
8. E-Learning Section
9. Reprography Section
10. Sankardeva Study Cell.

Available Print Documents in the library

1. Text Books
2. Reference Books: Encyclopedia, Dictionary, Thesaurus, Yearbook, Guidebook, Maps, Atlas, Directory, Books for Competitive Exam, Books on North-Eastern Studies etc.
3. Other Books: Books on Games and Sports, Books on Films,Music, Religious Books, Biography, Autobiography, Books on Sankardeva Study etc.
4. Thesis and Dissertation
5. Manuscripts
6. Question Papers
7. Journals
8. Popular Magazine
9. News Papers

Available Non-Print Documents

1. E-Book
2. E-journals
3. CD
4. DVD
5. Databases
6. Software