Students have facility to refer different material of exceptional nature. Printed journals, reference books are available in it. Reference room can accommodate 100 Students at a time.
The University has a well stocked Central Library which has 42,245 volumes with 12,198 titles of textbooks and reference books on various subjects [ME, ECE, CS IT & MCA, EEE, Civil, Diploma, M.Tech Digital Communication, M.Tech Ind. Mang. Eng., M.Tech (CIM), M.Tech.(E.T.), M. Tech power, MBA, BBA, BCA, B.Com Fashion Design, Tourism, Library Science, Journalism and Mass Communication, Education, Basic Science Books (Maths, Physics, Chemistry, Communication Skills) etc] for the students and respective faculty. The library is fully automated and computerized. The library is linked with national and international networks through internet and LAN.
Central library is the soul of the academics at Mandsaur University. It is designed to meet the information needs of the users with an aim of providing “Anytime, Anywhere Access” to information. The Central Library supports university in building an excellence in academics and research by an established knowledge hub.
The Central Library has reading section for general reading and a reference section for referring different type of referal material like books, journals and periodicals, CD’S and current affairs magazines. There is subscription to 68 print journals, 24 magazines and E-journals, E-Books, E-Thesis through DELNET.
Students have facility to refer different material of exceptional nature. Printed journals, reference books are available in it. Reference room can accommodate 100 Students at a time.
A part of library, the information center is well equipped with 12 computer nods with internet access. It has an excellent collection of CDs and DVDs on science and technology for promoting audio visual learning for the students.
It is a part of central library and has about 12 computers printer, scanner, CD/DVD writers E-Databases & Journals access and a server comprising of the digital library. Here the material is collected from various sources and kept in a structured format. Students can access it and do their research study. In future we are planning to extend this facility to the hostel rooms so that students can access this knowledge center round the clock.
A separate Xerox machine for the students & faculty is available in the Library. Institute also encourages the students of SC/ST Category & other backward classes by maintaining an additional ‘Book Bank’ for them. Library on the other hand has seminars and group discussions for personality development and internet facility for the dynamic development of students. The central library is managed by a group of experienced and qualified librarian and assistants.
Collection | Description |
Books | Print Resources still continue to be primary learning resources. Central Library has a strong collection development policy and holds more than 42,000 books related to various disciplines. |
Journals/Serials/Periodicals Collection | A journal or periodical or serial is a publication which is produced on a continuing basis. The Library currently holds:
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Media Resources | Approx. 405 CDs |
Project Reports | 355 project reports of various disciplines of Engineering. |
Sr. No. | Particulars | Total Numbers |
1 | Computers | 18 |
2 | Servers | 01 |
3 | Printer/Photocopier/Scanner | 01 |
4 | Bar Code Scanner | 01 |
The University Library is fully automated with Library Management Software (Delplus,ERP) which are various modules such as Acquisition, Cataloging, OPAC, Circulation, Article Indexing, Serial Control, System Administration and Security protocols also come under the purview of automation.
The Online Public Access Catalog (OPAC) system in the University Library is allows cataloging of diverse resources OPAC enables searching through clusters like Author, Keyword, Subject, Class, Title, Publisher, Place of publication, Material type, Subject, ISBN / ISSN, Series titles, Serials title and Year of publication, etc.
S. No | Categories of Membership | Eligibility | No. of books | Period of loan | Loan privilege |
1. | * Faculty | Faculty | 05 | 30 days | General Issue,Reference/ Journal consultation |
2. | * Other Staff | Staff | 02 | 30 days | General Issue, Reference/ Journal consultation |
3. | *Students | Students (UG) | 05 | 15 days | General Issue,Reference/ Journal consultation |
4. | Student | Students (PG, Researcher) | 05 | 30 days | General Issue,Reference/ Journal consultation |
Mr. Sunil Kumar Khokhar | Library Assistant |
Ms. Anshita Sharma | Library Assistant |
Mrs. Ananmika Jain | Library Assistant |
National Digital Library of India (NDL)
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