Library

DIAMOND JUBILEE LIBRARY   
Phone: 040-27682339 Fax: 040-27095179

UCE LibraryIntroduction
The Library is housed in a spacious double storied building with a plinth area of about 2420 square meters, built on the occasion of the Diamond Jubilee of the College of Engineering in 1992. It caters to the needs of about 5000 users comprising Under-Graduate, Post-Graduate students (Regular and Part-time) Doctoral candidates, Teaching and  Non-Teaching Staff.

The Library procures and stocks predominantly engineering books and journals to serve the requirements of all the branches of engineering (i.e. Biomedical, Computer Sciences, Civil, Electrical, Electronics & Communication and Mechanical) and inter disciplinary subjects such as Maths, Physics, Chemistry and English.

Financial Resources:-

  1. Grants from UGC under various Five year Plans
  2. University Normal Budget
  3. Non-University Fund of the College
  4. Technical Education Quality Improvement Programme (TEQIP)

With the above grants the Library procure a number of current books for all branches of engineering and inter disciplinary subject.

Library Collection

At present the library has collection of books and current journals and back volumes as detailed below:

Type

Total

BOOKS

Books

76300

STLL

1640

STBL

7250

GIFT

2883

PTPG

684

Total Books

88757

No. of Titles

34000

JOURNALS

International Journals

175

National Journals

30

Bound Volumes (Journals)

6295

Magazines

9

        

    In addition to the above 6,000 books are available in the SC/ST section. Regular SC/ST students are allowed to borrow 6 books. In Integrated Scheme of Book Bank (ISBB) 2741 books are available for regular and part-time course students. 


Besides the usual sections such as stack room the Library has following sections:

  • Lending Section
  • Technical Section
  • SC/ST Book Bank
  • Stack Room
  • Students Reading Room
  • Journals Wing
  • Digital Library (e-Resources)
  • Text Book Section/Reference Section
  • Learning Resource Centre

Automation of the Library:

Automation of the Library is completed. All the Library books data has been entered in New Gen Lib Library software which has advance features has been installed.