“These are not books, lumps of lifeless paper, but minds alive on the shelves." Gilbert
Highet
Library is the heart, mind and soul of an educational institution and a fountain-head of innovativeness, inspiration and insight both for the students and the faculty. Learning and library are to each other as the light to the lamp.
Esthetically designed and State of the art Information Resource Centre (Library) is located on the 3rd floor of the College building and is totally air conditioned. It has been systematically and steadily strengthened. The IRC’s operation and services are fully computerized with “e- Granthalaya” multi-user Integrated Library Automation Software, developed by National Informatics Centre, New Delhi and a Bar Code based circulation system is in use. The IRC is equipped with more than 38,000 books from different streams. Besides these text and reference books IRC is also subscribing a large number of national and international journals, magazines and dailies. Bibliographic records of IRC’s holdings can be, accessed through the e- Granthalaya’s On Line Public Access Catalogue(OPAC). The IRC is also maintains a good collection of important educational CDs on Engineering & Technology.
The college is an institutional member of British Council Division Library, New Delhi,American Information Resource Centre, New Delhi and National Library and Information Services infrastructure for Scholarly Content (N-LIST). Our students can avail Library and Information Services of these centers for their specialized information needs, where in they can get a very large volume of books & periodicals along with audio-video, digital and online information resources.
College library has taken the membership of DELNET Consortium for the subscription of online electronic resources. Under the membership library has subscribed for InfoTrac Engineering Collection and also subscribed to Global Periodicals.
Library is also an institutional member of Developing Library Network (DELNET). Besides providing on line access to various DELNET databases DELNET is also providing a very good DELNET Loan And Document Delivery Services to our Faculty & students.
The IRC also provides Book Bank facility wherein students can get the textbooks issued for the entire semester.
LIBRARY MEMBERSHIP
National Library and Information Services infrastructure for Scholarly Content (N-LIST)