Libraries are springs from which knowledge flows to irrigate the wide fields of education and culture"- Dr Shiyali Ramamrita Ranganathan, the father of Library Science, Documentation and Information Science in India.

One of the major goals of our school library is to promote reading habit among the students and to update the information and knowledge base of students and teachers using modern information and communication technology

Aims & Objectives of our school library :

• To contribute to the fulfillment of the educational aims of the school.
• To promote the use of various library resources in teaching.
• To educate the students in independent learning and to enhance class room teaching.
• To encourage the habit of personal investigation.
• To encourage lifelong education/learning through the use of library resources.
• To acquire all types of resources (books/non book) for maximum utilization by providing various library services.
• To cultivate reading habit and guide the pupil.

The school has a well-equipped fully air-conditioned library with more than 11000 books on various subjects namely: Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, History & Civics, Geography, Accountancy, Business studies, Informatics practice, Economics, Computer Science, Sports, Craft, Drawing/painting and books on Education are available in the library. Language books on English, Hindi, Malayalam and Sanskrit are also available. There is a vast collection of various books in the library. Short stories, fiction, novels, autobiographies and poetry books are also available.

We subscribe to four national newspapers namely The Hindu, Indian Express, Malayala Manorama, Mathrubhumi and magazines like Competition Success Review, Juniors Science Refresher, Prathiyogitha Darpan, Frontline, National Geographic Kids, KathayumNiraum, Childrens Digest, IIT Madras-Shaastra, Champak-Hindi, Labour India CBSE-X, Labour India CBSE XII, Sports star, Bike, Balarama, Balarama Digest, Balabhoomi, Kalikkudukka, Magic Pot, Fast-track, Saritha, Champak(English),Readers Digest, Tell Me Why, Digit, Physics For You, Chemistry Today, Mathematics Today, Biology Today, Arogyamasika, Autocar, Electronics For You,Science Reporter, Infokairali, PCM Children’s Magazine, Read & Colour and MathrubhumiYathra.

In addition to this, the reference section contains more than 900 books with Dictionaries, Tourist Books and Encyclopaedias like Britannica (30 volumes), McGraw Hill encyclopaedia of science and technology (20 volumes) Encyclopaedia of animals (20 volumes), Britannica-Global Edition Encyclopaedia (30 volumes), World Book Encyclopaedia (22 Volumes) etc.

To improve the reading habit among students of lower classes, the class library system is followed for classes I to V. Open access system is introduced to students of higher classes. Teachers and students make use of the library with the help of well experienced librarian. Students’ creativity, interesting articles, and details about books are regularly kept on display.

LATEST UPDATES

VSSC Central School Library is automated using the library software LIBSOFT Version 4.1.We can access Library Catalogue (OPAC-Online Public Access Catalogue) through Internet. LIBSOFT Web OPAC is now working at www.vssccs.libsoft.org. Staff and students can access Web OPAC from any computer connected to the Internet. Classification of books is done using DDC Scheme (Dewy Decimal Classification). Data entry work and bar-coding of books are also done.

VSSC Central School Library does a lot of service to students and teachers. We provide a newspaper clipping service, routing of periodicals, current awareness service etc. School library has adequate number of Subject books, Language books, reference books and other reading books. Open access system is followed in our library. Students are allowed to select books according to their interest. The librarian suggests books to children for reading and encourage them in creative writing.

We have a Digital Library also. The Digital Library is now working at vssccs.libsoft.net. Digital Library stores various types of digitized information including Scanned Articles, News Paper Clippings, Project reports, Various PDFs, YouTube links, E-journals, E-Books, Open Access Journals, Web OPAC, Live News etc. It will be useful for both students and teachers.

The Librarian has presented 32 book reviews. Those book reviews were recorded and uploaded in the Digital Library. Librarian has given talks about the VSSC Central school library and also about the rules which are being followed in the library. These two audio clips were recorded and uploaded in the Digital Library.

List of books recommended by CBSE to promote reading habit among children is posted in the Digital Library. Websites which provide access to free online e-books, online comics for children and animated stories for kidsare also listed in the Digital Library.

The web links to access free Science e-books, textbooks, lecture notes, monographs and other Science related documents are uploaded in the Digital Library. Websites which contain freely downloadable textbooks on various subjects like Astronomy, Biology, Chemistry, Computer Science, Earth Science, Engineering, Mathematics, Medicine and Physics are also listed in the Digital Library.

Reader’s Corner has been setup in the entrance of the library. Newspapers & current periodicals are displayed in the entrance of the library so that the students can read the newspapers and the periodicals during the free time.

LIBRARY ACTIVITIES

• As part of Teachers Day celebration a library activity to know more about Shri SarveppalliRadhakrishnan was organized in our library on 05-09-24.




• As part of Gandhi Jayanthi celebration a book review on the autobiography of Mahathma Gandhi-The Story of My Experiments with Truth was done.




• As part of Children’s Day celebration 2024, a book reading activity was organized. Students were asked to read the famous speeches delivered by PanditJwaharlal Nehru from the five volumes of the book “Jawaharlal Nehru Selected Speeches” which is available in our library.




• An article about the History & Importance of National library week was posted in the Digital Library on the occasion of the National Library Week 2024
• Collection of Encyclopaedias were displayed in the library as part of National Library Week Celebration 2024.


• As part of National Library week celebration. A library activity to know more about the father of Library & Information Science, Dr SR Ranganathan was organized on 16-11-2024.




• As part of National Library week celebration. A book review about the autobiography of Dr.APJ Abdul kalam: “Wings of Fire" was organized for the students on 18-11-24.




• As part of National Library week celebration, A story telling activity about the novel The Alchemist written by Paulo Coelho was done for the students on19-11-24.




• A library Activity was conducted as part of World Environment Day 2025”. “A talk on the relevance and importance of World Environment Day 2025”was organized for the students on 05/06/2025.



• A book exhibition was organized in the library as part of Reading day, Reading week & Reading month celebration 2025.



• National Reading Day was celebrated on June 19^th 2025. “A talk on the relevance and importance of Reading Day, Reading Week & Reading Month celebration 2025”was organized for the students in the library.



• In connection with the National reading week celebration 2025 ,“A talk about the father of library movement in India “Shri Puthuvayil Narayana Paniker ” was organized on 23-06-2025 for the students in the library.



• A Book Review about the book “An Era of darkness” written by Shri Shashi Tharoor was conducted on 05/07/2025 as part of library month celebration-2025, for the students in the library.