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Dear professionals

I am working as librarian in engineering college. NBA committee will visit our college on next week. So kindly give your valuable guidance for finish this inspection.

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Following documents prepare & Resources
1.Purchase of Books & journals (Last three years)
2.DENATIONALIZATION OF LIBRARY
3. Working hours of library & Visitor register
4.Library staff and qualification

To score maximum marks in NBA, Library should maintain
following standards.

1.      Library Budget Allocation and Utilization of funds. (Latest 3 years data)
2.      Library space, Reading area, Seating capacity and Good Infrastructure (Follow the AICTE Norms).
3.      Number of Users (Maintain Gate Registers/Thumb impressions /Barcode scanning to record users.(Maintain Statistics)
4.      Library Timings (Working days, Weekends and Sundays, Late hours for hostellers.)
5.      Number of Library staff, Their Qualifications, Designations and Experience.
6.      Library Automation with standard software, web OPAC, Barcode facility and reports
generation.
7.      Library services through Internet and Intranet, blogs, social networks and web sites, email alerts SMS alerts
8.      INDEST or Other similar bodies Memberships
9.      Archival of rare materials books and publications
10.  Titles and Volumes available in the library according to Latest Syllabus (Follow the AICTE Norms for Number of titles and volumes)
11.  National and International Journals Subscriptions and Utilization.(Follow AICTE Norms)
12.  Department Libraries
13.  Back volumes of journals, Project Reports, Question Banks, Syllabus sets
14.  Digital library exclusive Space, Server, number of multi media systems, internet bandwidth and speed, Access to online databases. (Usage of digital library maintain a  records and statistics)
15.  NPTEL and other Video lectures, Audio Video Rooms
16.  Good collection development for Soft skills, Personality Development  Higher Education and Placements
17.  Reprography and Scanners facility
18.  Library Classification and Cataloguing in standard classification format.
19.  Open Access arrangement of print and non book materials.
20.  Library bay guides to locate the materials easily.
21.  Stock verification reports
22.  Library Advisory Committee meetings minutes implementations
23.  Well maintain Library Registers and Files
24.  Display of New Arrivals
25.  Display boards of library data, Rules, and services
26.  Library Orientation Programs, Seminars
27.  Power back up (UPS)
28.  Drinking water  facility
29.  Book exhibitions
30.  Organizing book talks
31.  News Papers clippings.
32.  Fire safety measures
33.  Neat and clean Environment
34.  Natural lighting and ventilation
35.  Suggestion, feed backs and Recommendations from users.

When NBA team visits
your library, welcome them in a decent manner, introduce your self and your
library staff and briefly present about the library and its services. Keep Ready Reference Information in a folder like
number or titles and volumes of books, user’s data, number of national and international
journals, comparative charts for results of different activities like
circulation, subject wise collection, on journals subscription etc. This Information
will help all the Team members to know the library thoroughly and answer
accurately without confusions. Make sure that all the answers are common and
accurate. Avoid wrong responses. If you are in confusion particular technical
question, take help of the concerned experts in particular subject. The
Authentic, accurate and honest answers helps the NBA team to judge the library
in a better way.

Further details Click here:
http://www.scribd.com/doc/​86188356/Library-Quality-​Criteria-for-N...

http://vbitlibrary.blogspot.​in/

Please Coordinate with your NBA head of the Institute because before visiting to the institute NBA committee sends list of criteria which they are going to check for the various departments, also check for the AICTE norms for the Engineering College and check if you all are fulfilling all criteria like no. of books, journals, e journals, databases, seating capacity, staff, library displays should be updated, make bay guides etc.

In our Institute we had mock NBA practice for all the departments and it helped us alot.

All the best and i am sure you ll do well if you follow these guidelines and stay confident.

Thank you sir, very useful information.

Sir, thank you for your valuable information. This is M.Kanagaraj, Librarian of Knowledge Institute of Technology, Salem, Tamilnadu. Next year August we are going to apply NBA. But, we have started the NBA related work now. Please give some more tips & guidelines for NBA Accreditation work.

Thank you,

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