St. Peter's College Kolenchery

In 1965, St. Peter’s College Library started functioning in a small room with Sri. P. K. Issac as Lecturer-in-charge. Now we have a spacious and well designed Library, unique in collection and construction, in variety and volumes. Strong and steady development of the Library is a testimony of unreserved attitudes of the Management of the College.

In 1991 the General Library was shifted to a spacious and well-designed hall with good collection of books, periodicals and journals. The total carpet area of the Central Library is 15,000 sq. ft. The Library is in fact the nerve center of knowledge transaction

The Library book collection includes 46490 printed books,25+print Journals , 35 magazines and 12 Newspapers. Library has a bound volume journal collection of 1700 volumes and access to 5000+ online full texts, journals and 100000 + theses through DELNET consortium. It also holds 259500 e-books, e-journals and materials. A special rare book collection contains over 100 titles and historical back volumes of two Malayalam and two English newspapers dating from 2000 onwards.

Except on govt. holidays and Sundays, library is open from 9.00a.m. – 4.30 p.m., to provide an adequate support to the staff and the students of the College.

The loan counter will be closed half an hour before the closing of the library and there will be no loan transactions thereafter.

Admission to the library is restricted to members only. Members should keep the library informed of any change of address during the period of membership.

Library Membership is open to the teachers, students, non-teaching Staff and the retired staff of this College. Membership to any other category of users can be given only with the approval of the Library Advisory Committee. Application for membership is to be made on the prescribed application form. Application with a copy of their photograph should be submitted at the Circulation Counter.

Members are eligible for borrowing books from the library as follows: