Library Quality Criteria for NBA Accreditation

The National Board of Accreditation as an autonomous body of All India Council for Technical Education New Delhi (AICTE), has been entrusted with the responsibility of Accreditation of Technical Institutions in India.

The Prime agenda of NBA is to assess and accredit Technical Institutions with the objective of enable them to work continuously to improve the quality of education by maximizing their resources opportunities and capabilities.

The Objectives of NBA 

1.  To encourage the institutions to continually strive towards the attainment of excellence. 
2. To identify the strength and weakness of their programmes
3. To assist the institutions in improving the quality and effectiveness of their programmes.

Why Accreditation Required

If the institution and its programmes are accredited by NBA then Institution will be able to identify its programmes with

1.      Excellence in technical education. 

2.      Bench marks of global requirements 

3.      A national platform to attract better student intake. 

4.      Appraise yourself of your own facilities

5.      Vendor of human capital to world-class employers

Eight Quality Criteria /Weightage for NBA Accreditation.

1. Organization and governance [80]
2. Financial resources, allocation &utilization [70]
3. Physical resources (central facilities) [50]
4. Human resources (faculty & staff) [200]
5. Human resources (students) [100]                 
6. Teaching-learning processes [350]                 
7. Supplementary processes [50]            
8. R&D and interaction efforts [100]

                                                TOTAL = 1000

In Teaching –Learning Processes Library having 20 Marks

How to score maximum Marks in library facility

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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 hostelers.)
5. Number of Library staff, Their Qualifications, Designations and Experience.
6. Library automation with standard software, web OPAC, Bar-code facility and reports generation.
7. Library services through Internet and Intra net, 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. Latest Titles and Volumes available in the library according to syllabus (Follow the AICTE Norms for Number of titles and volumes)
11. National and International Journals Subscriptions (Follow AICTE Norms)
12. Back volumes of journals, Project Reports, Question Banks, Syllabus sets
13. Digital library exclusive Space, Server, number ofMulti media systems, Internet bandwidth and speed, Access to online databases. (Usage of Digital library maintain a  record)  
14. NPTEL and other Video lectures, Audio Video Rooms
15. Good collection development for Soft skills, Personality Development  Higher Education and Placements
16. Reprography and Scanners facility
17. Library Classification and Cataloging in standard Classification format.
18. Open Access of arrangement of print and non book materials.
19. Library bay guides to locate the materials easily.
20. Stock verification reports
21. Library Advisory committee meetings minutes implementations
22. Well Maintain Library Registers and Files
23. Display of New Arrivals
24. Display boards of library data and services
25. Library Orientation Programs. seminars
26. Power back up (UPS)
27. Drinking water  facility
28. Book exhibitions
29. Organizing book talks
30. Question papers Syllabus
31. News Papers clippings.
32. Fire safety measures