Welcome to Pious Library
Inception and Growth
The St. Pious X Degree College Library facilities are started along with the academic programs of the college in 1993 to the students and staff . It is situated in the First Floor of the BLOCK I Building. It was Supplemented by PG Library in the Year 2002, which is adjacent to the UG Library, It was followed by MBA Library in 2009 in BLOCK II, All the 3 libraries are adequately ventilated and furnished with a congenial academic ambience. In order to inculcate reading habit among the students, the library as a knowledge centre, the faculty interacts the students in the library engaging them in conversations, conducting book reviews and encouraging review of literature for projects
The St. Pious X Degree & PG college has a well-stacked library for Students & Staff with more than 28800 books, catering to the curriculum as well as to general knowledge. The students have the benefit of updating their knowledge on a range of subjects with the help of 57 national and international journals & magazines, E- Resources (N-List Program) with E-Journals & E-Books and other periodicals. Kindle Readers also available to read open access e books. The reading room has a seating capacity of more than 120 seats in 3 Libraries. Students & Staff are provided with Open Access library system, news paper clippings, back volumes of journals & previous years question papers, Reference books, Syllabus Copies etc..
The Library is fully automated by using NewZenLib Version Helium 3.3 library software system by NGL. The services like issue & return, OPAC search and other technical works i.e. cataloguing, classification and bar coding of the books in the library are computerized.
Among the regular activities of the library should be mentioned ,the Literary competitions it organizes for the students and the staff, Animal Adoption.To encourage the students in academic excellence our library issues SCHOLAR CARDS to the students who excelled in their annual examinations and the Neighborhood Library Facility to the Senior Citizens and Home Makers.
Vision
To empower women through holistic education and function effectively as competent, socially committed and compassionate individuals.
Mission
The mission of the college is to achieve high academic and ethical standards with scientific aptitude and social consciousness through value based quality education.