THE LIBRARY

Information serves as the lifeblood of the academic community. At all times the over riding objective of Library activity remains steadfast: quality service to the information seeker. The basic philosophy of the Library is based on the theory of Late Dr S R Ranganathan's Five Laws of Library Science:

1.      Books are for use.

2.      Every reader his/her book.

3.      Every book his/her reader.

4.      Save the time of the reader.

5.      The library is a growing organism.

Vision:

Our vision is to be recognized as the center of intellectual and academic life at Waljat Colleges of Applied Sciences. We aspire to be known throughout the region and nation as a responsive, effective, innovative library that is committed to quality.

Mission:

Library of WCAS exists to support the teaching, research and extension activities of the College by providing to students, faculty and staff, information and documentary resources and services, relevant to their needs. Being an integral part of the WCAS, the Library is committed to play a proactive role in achieving the mission of WCAS "To promote high international quality education in Oman that prepares students for modern high quality jobs."

Aim:

The main aim of the library is to fulfill its objectives to develop and maintain a balanced and comprehensive collection of materials to support the teaching and learning program and future research. It also endeavors to make its resources available and useful to serve the needs of the staff and students of the College. Library also intends to create an environment that supports delivery of superior service to its users and to carry out the mission of the WCAS. Library also aims to assist students in meeting the educational objectives established during the formal course of the study. Our main purpose is to inform, enrich and empower users through the provision of information and resources.

Services:

Library provides the following services to its users:

1.      Reference Service. 2. CAS 3. SDI 4. ILL Service 5.  Photocopy 6. Bibliographic Service (On demand)

Holdings:

Library holdings account for more than 30000 books apart from the Journals and Newspapers.

Journals/Magazines/News Papers: Library subscribes more than 35 Journals, 8 News papers and 15 magazines.

On-Line Databases:

The following databases are subscribed by the College:

Management: ebrary (ebooks), H W Wilson (ejournals), ebooks on Management, Gale Cengage Learning (ejournals & books. Springer (ebooks & Journals) and Oxford Journals, etc.

Engineering & Technology: American Chemical Society (ACS) Journals, Anmol Publication (ebooks),CRC net Base and Taylor & Francis (ejournals & Books) Cambridge University Press, CINDAS, EDC, ebrary, H W Wilson,IEC, CSA Journals from Proquest, Oxford University Press, Springer,SIAM (Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics, etc.

Computer & IT-ACM: IEEE-CSDL, CRC net Base and Taylor & Francis, ebrary, Morgan & Claypool, IGI Global, Computing reviews, Springer (e-journals, ebooks, Lecture Notes in Computer Science etc.

DELNET Database: WCAS Library is a member of DELNET where in more than 1500 library’s data can be accessed

OPACULIBNET: For the purpose of resource sharing, a group of libraries named Oman Private Colleges and Universities Library Network (OPACULIBNET) has been created last year.  Resource sharing activities are being done within this group.

In House Databases: WCAS Library has created following in house databases;

1.      Books Database

2.      Article Indexing

3.      Oman Publication

4.      E-books & Journals

5.      Non-Book Material Database

 Rules & Regulations:

• Only bonafide members are allowed inside the library.

• Users are requested to keep their bags at the property counter.

• Do not   keep your valuable items in the property counter.

• Users are requested to observe silence in the library and keep their mobile phones switched off.

• Library card is not  transferable.

• In case of loss / damage of library membership card, duplicate card will be issued on payment of     ro. 2/-.

• In case of loss and damage of any book, full price will be charged from the students.

• Ro  0.200 per day will be charged if book returns late.

• Students can borrow upto 05 books for whole semester and another 5 books for a period of 15 days against library membership card.

• Personal books  are not allowed inside  the library.

• Members are requested to get the book / material checked at the exit gate.

• Students are requested to return their library membership card / i.card at the time of cleareance certificate.

• Students are expected to maintain the  discipline in the library.

• Students are requested to please observe silence in the library.

                          YOUR VALUABLE SUGGESTIONS ARE MOST WELCOME FOR THE BETTERMENT / EFFECTIVE USE OF THIS LIBRARY.

                                  IN CASE OF ANY PROBLEM / QUERY, REGARDING THE LIBRARY, PLEASE CONTACT THE LIBRARIAN OR LIBRARY STAFF

                                 ON DUTY.

Borrowing period:

Text Books are issued for the semester while reference books are issued for a period of 15 days. Renewals of documents are subject to the demands for the book. Reservations of documents are also possible. Failure to return the documents in the prescribed time will result in a late fee of Baizas 200/- per day.
 

Location:

Located at the basement of the new building with the state of the art facilities.

Library Hours:
 

Contact:

Telephone No: 24446660, 24449194 Extn: 201, 202, and 203.