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Mission:
To keep the people
updated at all times with the dynamic and knowledge based
globe.
In the present age of
information explosion libraries have attained the Central
position in all Educational and Research organizations.
Central Library of BIT was established in 1986 to supplement
classroom teaching and to boost Research. Since then this
center of self-learning has been playing an important role in
supplementing academic activities and boosting research in the
college. The library established from the inception of the
institute is a well managed one and provides the following
categories of service to its readers:
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Routine issue of books
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Reference service
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Reprographic service
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Reading room service
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Internet surfing
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Online accessing of
various International journals
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Adorning of the
Departmental libraries
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SC/ST Book Bank
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Scholar Book Bank for
meritorious students
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Library Timing
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8.00 am to 9.00 pm |
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8.00 am to 3.00 pm |
It is adjacent to the
administrative block having a separate reading hall,
periodical section, processing section and a small binding
unit. The spacious reading room with 250 capacities is stocked
with encyclopedias, dictionaries, handbooks, and textbooks
numbering around 8000 volumes. Newspapers, weeklies
and magazines of diverse fields are subscribed.
The stack room is well stocked
with over 23,000 volumes of books and an adequate number of
journals of repute in various areas of Engineering and Applied
Sciences. The students can avail the facility of the "Book
Bank for Meritorious students" with approximately 3,000 books
for the general students and 2,500 for the SC/ST.
In the e-library section, a
stock of around 1000 e-books, Downloaded articles of IEEE and
World Scientific, CD/DVD Writer, Scanner/OCR are used
extensively by its users.
Additional facility of free
Internet Surfing Zone with 16 clients through SIFY Broad band
Services with 10 MBPS leased port are available for use. The
library has its own LAN system and which is connected to BIT
W-LAN. The central library is proud to be a member of DELNET
and AIRC. For monitoring the activities, CCTV based monitoring
system has been installed. The library is open for 13 hrs.
(8:00 AM to 9:00 PM) during the working days. Library staff
includes Librarian, Assistant librarian, Book lifter and
security personnel. Prof. In-charge, Library looks after the
effective mobilization of the resources.
Future proposals for expansion
of Central Library includes development of Full Library
Automation, E-Library, Separate PG Library, PG Reading Room,
Teacher’s reading room.
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CENTRAL
LIBRARY BOOKS DATA AS ON AUGUST 2011 |
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S.NO. |
BRANCH |
TITLE |
VOLUME |
AMOUNT |
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1 |
CHEMISTRY |
275 |
894 |
240535 |
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2 |
CIVIL |
970 |
4054 |
662413 |
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COMPUTER Sc. |
2633 |
9643 |
2314056 |
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4 |
ELECTRICAL |
705 |
3582 |
668331 |
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5 |
ELECTRONICS |
1630 |
7914 |
2184154 |
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6 |
ENGLISH |
93 |
448 |
82184 |
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7 |
SAFETY / ENVIRONMENT |
274 |
770 |
582949 |
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8 |
GENERAL |
1168 |
1927 |
584646 |
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9 |
MANAGEMENT |
1847 |
7011 |
1920811 |
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10 |
MATHS |
626 |
2756 |
539165 |
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11 |
MECHANICAL |
1716 |
7799 |
2049945 |
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12 |
PHYSICS |
297 |
1220 |
234157 |
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TOTAL |
12234 |
48018 |
12063346.00 |
Books at
a Glance
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Central Library |
41503 |
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Donated Books |
249 |
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Gifted Books |
89 |
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Book Bank |
3676 |
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Sc / St |
2501 |
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Total |
48018 |
Resources at a Glance
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Educational CDs |
1505 |
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Educational Floppies |
355 |
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Magazine CDs |
725 |
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IS Codes |
1228 |
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Question Papers |
2495 |
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Journals/Magazines |
204 |
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Newspapers (H&E) |
20 |
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Video Lecture Series,
NPTEL |
112 |
Reference books at a Glance
Journals
at a Glance
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Journal Name |
No |
Total |
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ICFAI |
39 |
840 |
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SAGE |
5 |
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Journal of Management Research (FMS) |
1 |
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PRODUCTIVITY |
1 |
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IEL Online |
244 |
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ASME |
22 |
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ASCE |
30 |
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SPRINGER |
498 |
Membership
Facilities
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Xerox
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FreeInternet
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Scanning
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CD/DVD Writing
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Back Volume Question
Papers
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Back Volume E-
Journals
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Back Volume Syllabus
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Back Volume
Journals/Magazines
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CCTV base Monitoring
System
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