Bhubaneswar, Apr 17: Utkal University's decades old Parija Library has got a facelift. It is now a fully automated and has a Digital Library. Vice Chancellor of the varsity, Prof Sabita Acharya inaugurated the fully automated library, which is enabled by RFID as well as E-Granthalaya Library Management Technology, university sources informed.
The fully automated library allows fastest, easiest and most efficient way to track, locate and manage library resources as well as efficient book circulation management.
Prof Acharya also inaugurated a state-of-the-art Digital Library, which has been set up as an annex to the main library to access the electronic resources.
A 7- seated hall with computer systems has been installed and the halls have been air-conditioned centrally. Moreover, 10% of the facilities are reserved for visually challenged students and are equipped with Speakers and Microphones.
The Digital Library provides access to research publications in reputed journals and books that are available online. This will go a long way in strengthening the academic and research infrastructure of the university, sources claimed.
Named after its first Vice Chancellor, Professor Pranakrushna Parija, the Central Library was established in 1946 (at Cuttack) and then shifted to the present building in 1962. More than 2, 71,622 books and 5,800 rare manuscripts are housed in Parija Library. One of its prized possessions is the book ‘Constitution of India’ which is one of the 1,000 photolithographic reproductions of the Constitution of the Republic of India, which came into effect on January 26, 1950, after being approved by the Constituent Assembly on November 26, 1949. It is signed by the framers of the constitution, most of whom are regarded as the founders of the Republic of India, varsity sources informed.
The inauguration ceremony was attended by Dr Avaya Kumar Nayak (OAS, SS), the Registrar (UU), Gautama Pradhan, Comptroller of Finance(UU), Prof Bhaswati Patnaik, Professor in-charge, Parija Library, Dr Ashapurna Priyadarshini Nayak, Chief Librarian, Dr Manoranjan Senapati, Development Officer(UU), Dr Chinmay Pradhan, Deputy Registrar (UU), Dr Hara Prasad Nayak, E-Resource Administrator, Parija Library and other faculty members of the varsity and all staff members of Parija library, sources added.
