"A well-stocked, well-staffed library is like a gardener who plants books, knowledge, and dreams and grows readers, learners, and doers."
-Laura Purdie Salas
The Library Committee ensures that all students and faculty members get relevant study material on a timely basis. The two libraries (UG and PG) function as repositories of diverse knowledge; they hold a vast collection of Management and IT books.
All students, faculty members and staff are entitled to make extensive use of the library services such as Circulation, Referencing, Indexing, Selective Dissemination of Information (SDI), Current Awareness Service (CAS) and Inter Library Loan (ILL).
Library Rules
Library Timings
Under Graduate Library | Monday - Saturday | (8:00 AM - 6:00 PM) |
Post Graduate Library | Monday - Saturday | (8:00 AM - 6:00 PM) |
The Institute has two libraries, one each for undergraduate and postgraduate programmes. Students are requied to use their respective libraries only. For using the library facilities, students need to follow the following rules:
Library Services
Open Access To Documents
The Library provides access to its collection and users are free to access any document they require from the shelves.
Circulation Service
Students :- One student can get three books issued on his/her ID card for one week, which can be renewed for further one week, if there is no demand.
Library Fine: One Rupee Per Day for the first seven days and after that it is Two Rupee Per Day for each subsequent day.
Faculty :-A maximum of 4 books can be issued for the entire semester.
Circulation of Periodicals and CDs
Journals and CDs/Video Cassettes are also issued for one week. As the library has more than 87 journals for both Management and IT fields in hard copy, these are displayed in both the UG & PG library with their back volumes. PG Students and Faculty can get these journals issued for one week. CDs (kept in the PG library) can be issued for one week.
Reference Collection
Reference collection can only be accessed within the library premises.
Book Bank Service
Book Bank titles are issued for one full semester which have to be returned with in a week after the end of exams enabling students to get the books for next semester.
Reservation of Books
Books can also be reserved by the students, when the book which they want is not available at that point of time.
Reference Service
There is a Reference Section in both the libraries for UG and PG students. Books can be referred from the reference section with in the library premises. Reference books can not be issued to any student.
Online Public Access Catalogue (OPAC)
Users can search the catalogue for books under various Headers, such as Author, Title, Subject and many other approaches.
Library Feedback Form Service
When users want to offer any suggestions with regard to improvement in the library services, library feedback forms are available in print in both the UG and PG library. Users can fill the form and submit it in the library.
Library Orientation Program
Library orientation is provided to students and faculty from time to time to make them aware about the library rules, services and new additions.
Current Awareness Services (CAS)
CAS is provided to the users of IITM libraries, with the objective of keeping the IITM Faculty and Students informed about the new collection being added in the library. The Library has a column of "Recent Arrivals" which displays new titles added to the collection. There is a "Periodical Display Rack" which provides information about the latest journals and magazines available in the library
Selective Dissemination of Information (SDI)
IITM Library provides SDI Service to the faculty which keeps them up to date about the recent published articles (from the journals subscribed in the library) in their respective areas.
Library Collection
Journals
Journals
News Papers
E-Resources