Central Library

• About

The Central Library of the institute is the hub for information services in the institute, gathering place for the faculties and students of diversified technological areas and also serves as a major learning and resource centre. It is a creative and innovative partner in supporting the teaching, learning, scholarship and research activities of the institute.

• Location of Library

Library is located in LRC Building, which includes Librarian cabin, news paper reading area, book issue and return area, reference section, digital library section, magazine section and reading room facility with wi-fi internet facility.

• Library Information

Library Information
Total library area (in sq.m )	293.27
Total Reading area (in sq.m )	116.09
Number of seats in reading space	100
Library Networking Facility	Yes (NKN Local Internet of 100 MBPS as well as Namo-wifi facility)

• Library Membership

All students and faculty members of the institute are to be registered as Member of library at free of cost. Book borrowing rights are given to all Students (UG/PG) and faculty members, subject to follow the defined rules and regulations.

Care of library borrower cards:
Take special care to maintain the library borrower cards. Do not fold, alter entries made on the cards, Members are responsible for the entire set of library borrower card issued to them.

Loss of cards:
Loss of borrower card should be reported to the librarian. Duplicate card may be issued against formal application.

• Library Services

Library serves as a resource center and aims to develop a comprehensive collection of document's useful for faculty and students of the institute and provides an efficient distribution of knowledge.

• Library Resources

The collection in the library encompasses 24180 books of 8888 titles varying in subjects like Engineering, Management, Basic Science and Humanities and also includes reference books and other e-resources.

Volume Details
Course(s) /Department	Total Volume	No. Of Title	Searchable Link (use Ctrl+F to search)
Mechanical/Automobile engineering	4682	1086	Click here
Civil engineering/Applied mechanics	3778	1442	Click here
Computer engineering/Information technology	4905	1446	Click here
Electrical engineering	2267	659	Click here
Electronics and communication engineering	4116	1340	Click here
General	2093	896	Click here
RUSA section	290	201	Click here
IS Code	2049	1818	Click here

Digital Library

All books are facilitate with barcode for software based data management. All library services are managed by software (Soul 3.0). Book issue/return facilities, book search option, student/faculty usage history is managed through Soul 3.0 software.

Separate space in reading room provided for digital library comprising of 10 personal computers connected with networking, as well as Namo Wi-Fi facility for assessing all e-Resources.

Major e-resources such as IEEE Knimbus Open ebooks, JSTOR, Bloomsbury, Knimbus Multimedia, Taylor and Francis, Science Direct, Cambridge University Press, Springer, IEEE under GTU Knimbus e-library which are accessible to the faculties and students community in the library.

Knimbus digital library With the help of Gujarat Technological university, institute is facilitated with Knimbus online access portal for free access of available books and journals. For online search facility; someone has to visit website Knimbus Link
For user id and password please contact library Staff Members.

NDL library for assessing e- resources With the help of National Mission on Education through Information and Communication Technology, each student and faculty of this institute is facilitated with National Digital Library for online access portal for free access of available books and journals. For online search facility; someone has to visit website NDL Link
Separate Login id and password is issued to Each student and faculty of this institute. For getting login id and password you may feel free to contact library staff members.

GTU Online e-resources With the help of Gujarat Technological university, institute is facilitated with online access portal for free access of available books and journals. For online search facility; someone has to visit website GTU Online Resources Link
No user id and password required for access the online library facility

e-PG Pathshala e-PG Pathshala is an initiative of the MHRD under its National Mission on Education through ICT (NME-ICT) being executed by the UGC. Institute is facilitated with online access portal for free access of available 22000+ Modules [e-text/Video]. For online search facility, one has to visit website e-PG Pathshala . No user id and password required for access of this facility.

eKUMBH portal eKUMBH portal under the guidelines of National Education Policy (NEP) 2O2O to impart education in mother tongue so as to enhance the creativity, critical thinking among the students, All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) initiatedTechnical Book writing scheme for both Under graduate and Diploma level. With the above initiatives, the major objective of the AICTE is to provide outcome based Technical Education Books in different Indian Languages to the students and faculty members across all technical institutions in India. A dedicated website has also been developed from where these books can be viewed and downloaded at eKUMBH portal , Institute is facilitated with online access portal for free access of available books. No user id and password required for access the online library facility.

Journal Section General magazines and news letter are displayed in magazine/Journal section. The latest issues are displayed on display rack and other previous issues are available with record room. Bound volumes of periodicals are arranged in rack and are ment only for reference within the library.

Reading Room A reading room with seating capacity of 100 students is available in central library section. A well-furnished and illuminated location creates an atmosphere of serenity that motivates the readers to have effective learning and research activities. This area is also covered under Namo wi-fi network as well as local internet points for easy usage to students/faculties.

Admission to Library Students are allowed to enter the library only on production of their authorized/valid Identity Cards.

Library Timings 11:00 am to 5:00 pm (All working days)