Appendix I List of Engineering Colleges in Kerala Sl. No. College University Govt. & Aided colleges under the Director of Technical Education (DTE) 1 Govt. Engineering college, Barton Hill, Trivandrum Kerala 2 College of Engineering, Trivandrum Kerala 3 Rajiv Gandhi Inst. of Tech., Kottayam M.G. 4 Govt. Engineering College, Thrissur Calicut 5 Govt. Engineering College, Sreekrishnapuram Calicut 6 Govt. College of Engineering, Kannur Kannur 7 Govt. Engineering College, Kozhikode Calicut 8 Govt. Engineering College, Wayanad Kannur 9 TKM College of Engineering, Kollam Kerala 10 MA College of Engineering, Kothamangalam M.G. 11 Engineering College, Idukki M.G. 12 NSS College of Engineering, Palakkad Calicut State-Owned Self-financing Colleges under the Institute of Human Resources Development (IHRD) 13 College of Engineering, Adoor CUSAT 14 College of Engineering, Chengannur CUSAT 15 College of Engineering, Pathanamthitta CUSAT 16 Model Engineering College, Ernakulam CUSAT 17 College of Engineering, Karunagapally CUSAT 18 College of Engineering, Poonjar CUSAT State-Owned Colleges under the LBS Centre for Science & Technology (LBS) 19 LBS College of Engineering, Kasaragod Kannur 20 LBS Inst. of Tech. for Women, Trivandrum Kerala 1
State-Owned College under the KSRTC 21 SCT College of Engg., Trivandrum Kerala State-Owned Colleges under the Co-operative Academy of Professional Education (CAPE) 22 College of Engineering, Kidangoor CUSAT 23 College of Engineering, Thrikkarippur CUSAT 24 College of Engineering, Thalassery CUSAT 25 College of Engineering, Perumon, Kollam CUSAT 26 Co-operative Inst. of Tech., Vadakara CUSAT Colleges Under the Kerala Agricultural University (KAU) 27 College of Dairy Science, Mannuthy KAU 28 KCAET, Tavanur, Malappuram KAU College Under the M.G. University 29 University College of Engg. Thodupuzha M.G. College Under the University of Kerala 30 University College of Engg., Trivandrum Kerala College Under the Centre for Continuing Education 31 Engineerin College, Munnar CUSAT College Under the Unversity of Calicut 32 Calicut University Inst. of Engg. & Tech., Calicut Calicut Private Self-financing Colleges 33 MES College of Engg., Kuttippuram Calicut 34 Amrita Inst. of Tech. & Sc., Vallikavu, Kollam Kerala 35 Amal Jyothi College of Engg., Kottayam M.G. 36 Adi Sankara Inst. of Engg. & Tech., Kalady M.G. 37 AWH Engg. College, Calicut Calicut 38 Baselios Mathew II College of Engg., Sasthamkotta Kerala 39 Carmel Engg. College, Ranni, Pathanamthitta M.G. 2
40 Federal Inst. of Sc. & Tech., Angamaly M.G. 41 Ilahia College of Engg. & Tech., Muvattupuzha M.G. 42 Jyothi Engg. College, Thrissur Calicut 43 KMCT Collegeof Engg., Mukkom, Calicut Calicut 44 KMEA Engg. College, Alwaye M.G. 45 Mar Gregorious College of Engg. & Tech., Kottyam M.G. 46 Lourdes Matha College of Sc. & Tech., Kuttichal Kerala 47 Mar Baselius College of Engg., Peermade M.G. 48 Mar Baselius College of Engg. & Tech., Trivandrum Kerala 49 Marian Engg. College, Kazhakuttam Kerala 50 Musaliar College of Engg. & Tech., Pathanamthitta M.G. 51 Mohandas College of Engg. & Tech., Nedumangad Kerala 52 MEA Engg. College, Vengoor, Malappuram Calicut 53 MET s School of Engg., Mala, Thrissur Calicut 54 SAINTGITS College of Engg., Kottayam M.G. 55 Mangalam College of Engg., Ettumanooe M.G. 56 Muslim Association College of Engg., Vengaramood Kerala 57 Mount Zion College of Engg., Pathanamthitta M.G. 58 Nehru College of Engg. & Research Centre, Thrissur Calicut 59 Rajagiri School of Engg. & Tech., Ernakulam M.G. 60 Sree Buddha College of engg., Alappuzha Kerala 61 SCMS School of Engg. & Tech., Ernakulam M.G. 62 Shahul Hameed Memorial engg. College, Kollam Kerala 63 Sahrdaya College of Sc. & Tech., Thrissur Calicut 64 St. Joseph s College of Engg. & Tech., Palai M.G. 65 Sree Narayana Gurukulam College of Engg., Kolencherry M.G. 66 S.N. Mangalam Inst. of Mgmt. & Tech., Moothakunnam M.G. 3
67 Trvancore Engg. College, Kollam Kerala 68 TKM Inst. of Technology, Kollam CUSAT 69 Toc H Inst. of Sc. & Tech., Ernakulam CUSAT 70 Viswajyothi College of Engg., Vazhakulam M.G. 71 Vimal Jyothi Engg. College, Kannur Calicut 72 Yonus College of Engg. & Tech., Kollam Kerala 73 Al-Ameen College of Engg., Pattambi Calicut 74 IES College of Engg., Thrissur Calicut 75 Mary Matha College of Engg., Trivandrum Kerala 76 Vidya Academy of Sc. & Tech., Thrissur Calicut 4
Appendix II List of Engineering Colleges Selected for the Study Sl.No. Name and Address of the College Year of University Inception 1 College of Engineering Trivandrum 1939 Kerala Trivandrum 695 016. 2 T.K.M. College of Engineering Kollam 691 005 3 Mar Athanasius College of Engineering Kothamangalam,Ernakulam 686 666 4 N.S.S. College of Engineering Akathethara, Palakkad 678 008 5 Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Technology Velloor, Pampady,Kottayam 686 501 6 Govt. Engineering College Ramavarmapuram, Thrissur 7 Govt. Engineering College Parassinikkadavu, Kannur 670 563 8 L.B.S. College of Engineering Povval, Kasaragod 671 542. 9 Model Engineering College Thrikkakara, Ernakulam 682 021 10 College of Engineering Adoor, Pathanamthitta 691 523 11 College of Engineering Chengannur, Alappuzha 689 121 12 M.E.S. College of Engineering Kuttippuram, Malappuram 679 573 13 University College of Engineering Thodupuzha, Idukki 685 587 14 Cochin University School of Engineering 1958 Kerala 1961 M.G. 1960 Calicut 1991 M.G. 1958 Calicut 1986 Kannur 1993 Kannur 1989 CUSAT 1995 CUSAT 1993 CUSAT 1994 Calicut 1996 M.G. CUSAT Thrikkakara, Kochi -
Appendix III Questionnaire (For Librarians/In charge of College Library) Dear Sir/Madam, I am currently pursuing an investigation on the Development of a Library Consortium for Engineering Colleges in Kerala under the guidance of Dr. M. Bavakutty, former University Librarian and Professor & Head, Department of Library and Information Science, University of Calicut. I would be grateful if you could help me in this endeavour by spending some of your valuable time to fill in this questionnaire with true and accurate information. A. General Information ABDUL AZEEZ. TA Librarian T.K.M. College of Engineering Kollam, Kerala. 1. Name of the Institution : 2. Complete Address of the Institution : E-mail-id: 3. Year of Establishment : 4. Level of Institution (Please tick) : UG/PG/Research 5. Type of Institution (Please tick) : Govt. [ ] Govt-Aided [ ] Self financing [ ] 6. Please specify the courses offered and annual intake of students U.G. Courses Branch Intake Branch Intake Civil Engg Information Technology Mechanical Engg Chemical Engg Electrical Engg Production Engg Electrical & Electronics Engg Biochemical Engg Applied Electronics Architecture Computer Science & Engg Automobile Engg Any other (pl. specify) 1
P.G. Courses Branch Intake Branch Intake 7. Name of Librarian/ In charge of the Library : 8. Designation : 9. Qualifications : 10. Do you have department libraries? If yes, please give the number of books available in each department libraries. Dept. No. books Dept. No. books Civil Engg Automobile Engg Mechanical Engg Chemical Engg Electrical Engg Production Engg Electrical & Electronics Engg Biochemical Engg Applied Electronics Architecture Computer Science & Engg Information Technology Any other (pl. specify) 11. Pease give the following information about the budget Annual Budget 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 For the Institution For the Library For Books For Journals For Electronic Resources B. Library Collection (Please specify the collection as on 31.03.2004) 1. Print sources Books Technical Reports Standards Patents Bound volumes of periodicals Others (please specify) Reports Theses/Dissertations Total Number of Titles in the Library 2
2. Non-Print sources CD-ROMs DVD Video Cassettes Audio Cassettes Any other (please specify) Microfilm Maps Manuscripts 3. Journals subscribed Foreign Indian Journals received as gift: Foreign Journals received as gift: Indian 4. Please provide a list of journals subscribed during the current year for the College Library (including e-journals, if any). C. Technical Organization 1. Whether the books in the College Library are classified? If yes, (a) Please specify whether the collection is fully or partially classified. Fully [ ] Partially [ ] (b) Please specify the classification scheme followed. DDC [ ] UDC [ ] CC [ ] Any other (please specify). 2. Whether the books in the College Library are catalogued according to a code of cataloguing? If yes, (a) Please specify whether the library collection is fully or partially catalogued. Fully [ ] Partially [ ] (b) Please indicate the catalogue code used. AACR [ ] CCC [ ] Any other(please specify). 3. Please specify the physical form of the catalogue used in the Library. Typed List [ ] Printed book [ ] Card Form [ ] OPAC [ ] 4. Please mention the average time taken for a book to be processed and made available for use after receipt in the Library: days. 3
D. Library Automation & Networking 1. Whether your college has a Campus Intranet? If yes, please specify the type of the Campus Intranet (please tick) (a) Restricted to Computer centre [ ] (b) Restricted to Computer centre and Library [ ] (c) Connected to all departments / Centres [ ] (d) Intranet backbone spreads out of the campus to hostels and residences [ ] 2. Whether your Library has an independent library network? 3. Please specify the Operating System used for the Intranet backbone. Windows NT [ ] Windows 2000/2003 [ ] Unix [ ] Linux [ ] Solaris [ ] Any other (please specify). 4. Is there any System Administrator to look after the Intranet? If yes, please specify the technical expertise of the System Administrator in networking and web based programming.. If no, who is authorized to maintain the Intranet?. 5. Whether your college has a website? If yes, please give the URL. 6. Whether your Library has a website If yes, please give the URL. 7. Whether the college has Internet connectivity? If yes, please specify your Internet Service Provider (ISP): ERNET [ ] VSNL [ ] BSNL [ ] NICNET [ ] Bharati Telecom [ ] Any other: Please specify the bandwidth of the Internet connection:..kbps/mbps 8. Whether the Library has Internet connectivity? If yes, please specify your Internet Service Provider (ISP): ERNET [ ] VSNL [ ] BSNL [ ] NICNET [ ] Bharati Telecom [ ] Any other: Please specify the bandwidth of the Internet connection:..kbps/mbps 9. Please mention the type of Internet connection: Dial-up [ ] Leased line [ ] V-SAT [ ] Cable Network [ ] ISDN [ ] RADIO Link [ ] Any other (please specify) 10. Whether the Library is computerised? If yes, please specify the library automation package used. LIBSYS [ ] SOUL [ ] ALICE [ ] LIBSOFT [ ] Locally made [ ] Any other (please specify). 4
11. Whether the library uses Bar-code facility for issuing books? 12. Whether the library uses Bar-code facility for stock verification? 13. Do you have a Digital Library? If yes, please specify the D.L software used.. 14. Is your library a member of any national library networks? If yes, please specify the network. INFLIBNET [ ] DELNET [ ] UGC-INFONET [ ] Any other (please specify) 15. Is your library a member of any regional library networks? If yes, please specify the name of the network.. 16. Please specify the Computer Hardware available in the library Hardware Nos. Hardware Nos. Server Class Machine CD Server Laptop Computers CD ROM Changer Pentium DVD Players Pentium II Modems Pentium III Hubs Pentium IV Active Switches AMD Gateways Any other (pl. specify) Router UPS.KVA 17. Please mention the number of PCs in the library having Internet connection. Nos. 18. Is your library currently involved in any e-resource sharing with other libraries? If yes, please give details. 19. Would you like to join a Library Consortium? 20. Do you have sufficient infrastructure to use web-based resources? If no, do you have plans to improve your infrastructure? 21. Would your users prefer Electronic resources to Print resources? 5
22. Would you like to subscribe to the following electronic resources? Resources Are you aware of this resource? Would you like to subscribe to this resource? IEL Online (IEEE) Applied Science & Technology Plus ASME ASCE ACM Digital Library Ei Compendex Plus J-Gate Science Direct COMPENDEX Indian Standards MathSciNet Any other (please specify) E. Library Services 1. Please mention the working hours of the College Library:.am to.pm 2. Please give the details regarding the following: Category of members Faculty members Non-faculty members PG Students Degree Students No. of books permitted to Borrow at a time Period of loan 3. Please state the number of users visiting the College Library daily, on an average:.... 4. Please specify the book issue method followed in the Library. Ticket [ ] Ledger system [ ] Computerised circulation [ ] 5. Do you follow open access system in the Library? 6. Do you issues back volumes of journals on loan? 6
7. What are the other services offered by the College Library? (Please tick) Content Page service Reference service Circulation of new arrivals Compilation of bibliography ILL Current Awareness Service Reprographic services Selective Dissemination of Information Any other (pl. specify) User Education 8. Please mention the electronic resources subscribed by the library (Please tick) e-books CD-ROM databases e-journals Multimedia products Any other (pl. specify) Online databases 9. Please specify the electronic resources locally available in the library (Please tick) e-resources Availability Are you willing to share this resource with other libraries? Ph.D. Theses Dissertations Project Reports Pre-prints of journal articles Seminar/Conference proceedings Course Materials Any other(please specify) 10. Do you provide OPAC facility in your library If yes, what are the access points provided in the OPAC (Please tick) Author Title Subject Publisher Any other (pl. specify) Class Number Words in Title Boolean search Truncation Series 11. Are you able to provide the required services to the users with the existing information resources? If no, what are the possible reasons (please tick) Inadequate budget [ ] Lack of modern infrastructure [ ] Lack of knowledge about Information sources [ ] Lack of Library Professionals [ ] Any other (please specify) 7
12. Whether the existing information resources/services are properly utilized by the users? If no, what are the possible reasons (please tick) Lack of awareness of the users about the sources [ ] Lack of skills of the users to use the sources [ ] Lack of skills of library staff in helping the users [ ] Absence of proper arrangement [ ] Any other (please specify) F. Library Personnel Please mention the following details of the staff of the College Library: Designation Librarian Gr.I Librarian Gr.II Librarian Gr.III Librarian Gr.IV Library Assistants Library Attender Peons and Sweepers No. of posts General Qualification Professional Qualification Computer Knowledge G. Physical Facilities 1. Is the College Library housed in a separate building? 2. Please specify the plinth area of the library:.m 2 3. Please give the total number of seats provided for users in the Library: 4. Please specify the equipments available in the Library. Equipment Nos. Equipment Nos. Book Binding Unit Heavy duty n/w printer Barcode Reader Scanner Barcode Printer Photocopying Machine Inkjet Printer Drinking Water Cooler Dot-matrix Printer LCD Projector Laser Printer Web Camera Any other (please specify) Date: Signature: 8
Appendix IV Questionnaire (For Library Users) Dear Sir/Madam, I am currently pursuing an investigation on the Development of a Library Consortium for Engineering Colleges in Kerala under the guidance of Dr. M. Bavakutty, former University Librarian and Professor & Head, Department of Library and Information Science, University of Calicut. I would be grateful if you could help me in this endeavour by spending some of your valuable time to fill in this questionnaire with true and accurate information. ABDUL AZEEZ. TA Librarian T.K.M. College of Engineering Kollam, Kerala. A. General Information 1. Name : 2. Designation/Class : 3. Department : 4. Institution : 5. Qualifications (in the case of Teachers): 6. How long you have been using this Library? :. Years B. Library Collection 1. Whether your library has adequate number of books to meet your requirements? 2. Whether your library has adequate number of Journals to meet your needs? 3. Would you prefer Electronic resources to Print resources? C. Library Staff 1. Whether your library staffs are helpful? 2. Does your library staff have sufficient knowledge to answer your queries? 3. Does your library staff give personalised attention? 4. How do you rate the services of the library staff in general? Excellent [ ] Very good [ ] Good [ ] 1
Satisfactory [ ] Bad [ ] Very bad [ ] D. Library & Information Services 1. Are you satisfied with the services provided by your library in general? 2. Does the library issue sufficient number of books and journals? 3. Are you satisfied with the current loan period? 4. Does your library provide Inter Library Loan facility? 5. Does your library provide Internet facility? 6. Are you satisfied with the speed of Internet connection 7. Please specify the purpose of your Internet use (please tick) Web browsing E mail Chatting Any other (please specify) Newsgroups Online databases Accessing e-journals 8. How do you rate the Internet based information resources of your Library? Excellent [ ] Very Good [ ] Satisfactory [ ] Bad [ ] Very bad [ ] 9. How do you rate the Internet based information services of your Library? Excellent [ ] Very Good [ ] Satisfactory [ ] Bad [ ] Very bad [ ] 10. Does your library provide the following information services? Services Are you aware of this Do you get this Service? service? Content Page service Circulation of list of new arrivals Inter Library Loan Reprographic services Reference service Current Awareness Service Selective Dissemination of Information User Education Any other (pl. specify) 2
11. Do you wish to get any other services from your library? If yes, please specify the services...... 12. Please mention your choices among the following electronic resources: Resources Are you aware of this resource? Would you like to subscribe to this resource? IEL Online (IEEE) Applied Science & Technology Plus ASME Online Journals ASCE Online Journals ACM Digital Library Ei Compendex Plus J-Gate Science Direct COMPENDEX Indian Standards (Online) MathSciNet Any other (please specify) 13. Are you aware of any Library Consortia (Library network to share e-resources) of the country? If yes, please specify the name(s).. 14. Whether you support an initiative to form a consortium of Engineering college libraries of Kerala? 15. Please give your comments/suggestions for the formation of a Consortium of Engineering college libraries of Kerala. Date: Signature 3
Appendix V INTERVIEW SCHEDULE (For Librarians/In charge of Library) Name: Designation: College: Years of experience as Librarian: 1. Whether you are able to meet your Library requirements with the current budget provisions? 2. Would you like to share your resources with other libraries? 3. Do you have a Library Advisory Committee? If yes, please comment on the constitution, objectives and functions of the Library Committee. 4. Electronic resources have several advantages over Print resources. Whether you are willing to procure e-resources? 5. Will you be able to convince your management in favour of e-resources? 6. Have you noticed any of the consortia initiatives of the country? 7. Whether you support an initiative to form a consortium of Engineering college libraries in Kerala? 8. Please comment on the hurdles you expect in forming such a consortium. 9. Please give your suggestion regarding the topology of the consortium. (Whether Centralised or Distributed) 10. Please give your comments/suggestions for the formation of a Consortium of Engineering college libraries in Kerala.