A library is the heart of an academic institution. Our institution encourages all students and staff members to make the best use of the library that has been carefully built up since the inception of the college as a cardinal support services of the Institute. The prime objective of our library is to provide the right information to the right readers at the right time in the right manner by bibliographic sources and full text sources in the form of print as well as digital in the disciplines of Science, Engineering, Technology, Humanities, Management, general and etc., are kept in separated places such as Stack Section, Reference Section, and Periodical Section to support the scholarly and informational needs of the Institute Community . The library is housed in a spacious area of 840 Sq.m., fully computerized with Reference Section, Magazine Section, Stack Area and Digital Library . Presently there are more than 25430 books and 4218 reference volumes stacked for the benefit of staff and students. The library subscribes more than 90 specialized journals, over 40 them being international. We are also a member of US information service (USIS), British Council Library, CSIR, DELNET, CII, Madras Productivity Council and Anna University.

Constant addition of titles and volumes in all the fields of Engineering, Management, Basic Science and Humanities is the regular feature of our library. Every effort has been made to obtain all titles recommended by the faculty. Newspapers, weekly and fortnightly magazines of repute are subscribed to enable the students to keep abreast of day-to-day trends. The library comprises of an Audio-Visual section equipped with videocassettes and CDs. We are having Bar-coding and Internet connectivity. One Xerox machine has been provided for taking copies from library itself.

Library Resources- Stack Collection  Details
Volumes	25430
Title	4218
National Journals	48
International Journals	1450
Magazines	45
Daily Newspapers
Back Volumes	260
CD-ROM	65
Project Reports	820

Journal Section: Current issues are displayed in the periodical display rack and back volumes were bound at regular intervals

Print Journals	Department wise list
E-journals
IEEE	https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/Xplore/home.jsp
SCIENCE DIRECT	https://www.sciencedirect.com/
ASCE	https://ascelibrary.org/
Springer	https://link.springer.com

	Directory of Open Access Journals (Covers over 2000 open access journals on all major subject areas) https://myownjournal.com
	Electronic Library of Mathematics (by European Mathematical Society and Zentralblatt Math and Includes journals, monographs and lecture notes)
	DIGI Zeitschriften (Completely or partial on-line available magazines )
	Seals(Swiss Electronic Academic Library Services) Portals (Provides free online access to archives of Commentarii Mathematici Helvetici and lenseignement mathatique )
	Goettinger digitization center GDZ (Provides free online access to monographs, articles etc in mathematics )
	Numdam Website ( The NUMDAM programme is supported by the French ministry of higher education and research by CNRS. It attempts to retro-digitize the ancient mathematics documents published in France )
	The NASA Astrophysics Data System (The Digital Library for Physics, Astrophysics, and Instrumentation developed by NASA)
	HighWire Press (Standford University)
	CERN Document Server (Over 800,000 bibliographic records, including 360,000 fulltext documents, of interest to people working in particle physics and related areas. Covers preprints, articles, books, journals, photographs, and much more.)
	SPIRES – HEP Literature Database (Search more than 500,000 high-energy physics related articles, including journal papers, preprints, e-prints, technical reports, conference papers and theses, comprehensively indexed by the SLAC and DESY libraries since 1974.)
	Gallica – National Library of France (Please select Recherche and then Periodique from this web site to see the list journals including Royal Society of London’s Journals available)
	Scirus – a science specific search engine
	Open J-Gate (Open J-Gate is an electronic gateway to global journal literature in open access domain.)
	https://www.library.auckland.ac.nz/guides/eng/resources/es.htm
	https://www.ias.ac.in Indian academy of science publications
	https://www.niscair.res.in NISCAIR Online Periodicals Repository

	National Digital library – https://ndl.iitkgp.ac.in/
	World digital Library – https://www.wdl.org/

	https://www.techbook sforfree.com/science. shtml
	https://www.pdfdrive.net/
	https://www.onlinebooks4free.com
	https://www.freeonlinebooks.org
	https://freeonlinebooks.net
	https://www.freetechbooks.com
	https://www.e-book.com.au/freebooks.htm
	https://www.readprint.com
	https://www.freecomputerbooks.com

	MIT Course Material available at www.ocw.mit.edu
	National Program on Technology Enhanced Learning (NPTEL): www.nptel.iitm.ac.in
	Digital Library – Digital Library has started functioning from 15/7/2011. More than 10,000 documents of lectures and lecture notes prepared by IIT and MIT professors are available in the form of videos, PDF and PPT.

Transaction of Books (Issue & Return)	Reference	Reprographic (Xerox)
Internet & Intranet	Online Public Access Catalogue (OPAC)	Group Discussion Room
Reservation of Books	Reminder for overdue books	Inter Library Loan
Periodical utilization

	Photocopying charges :  Students, faculty and other members Re.1.00/-
	Fine will be collected for the late return of books as follows:
	Till first week after the due date Rs. 1.00 per day
	From Second week onwards from the due date Rs. 2.00 per day
	From Third week onwards from the due date Rs. 5.00 per day.
	Members who do not return the books even after 30 days from the due date will lose the right to borrow books.

	BCL -10 cards borrow 4 books and 2 magazines against each card : Website: www.britishcouncil.org.in
	DELNET- Developing library Network (International Library Network) – avail any book, Xerox or soft copy of any journal article through ILL (Inter Library Loan) Website: www.delnet.nic.in
	MALIBNET – Madras Library Network – 3 cards –can access all the MALIBNET member institutions Website: www.malibnetonline.com
	IIT Madras – One card –borrows one book and refers all journal Website: www.iitm.ac.in
	Anna University- 5cards – borrows one book against each card and can refer all journals : Website: www.annauniv.ac.in

	Before entering the library, Users (Staff & Student) should leave their belongings at the property counter and must scan their ID cards in e-gate at the entrance.
	Strict silence should be maintained inside the library.
	Books will be issued only under the Non-Transferable Institutional ID Card
	If the borrowed book is not returned on the due date, a fine must be paid until the book is returned
	In case of damage or loss of book, the borrower should provide a new book along with overdue charges. Otherwise the triple-price of the latest edition of book will be collected along with penalty of overdue
	Writing in the books, dog-earing, tearing pages and tampering the date – slip or any other type of mutilation of books and journals etc., are punishable offences
	Reference books, Back Volumes, and Journals are allowed to lend out of the library and return the same within another working day from the date of borrowing.
	Library is a silence zone. Mobile phones and watch alarms should be switched to silent mode before entering the Library
	The Apposite authority will take necessary action against the users who violate the library rules and regulations
	Private books and personal belongings are to be deposited at the entrance. Any printed materials, documents and CD-ROMs will not be permitted to be taken inside the library
	During Library hours the concerned library staff in charge will take care of entries and to maintain discipline in the library premises. Anyone found disturbing the library atmosphere will be asked to leave the library
	All Library transactions should be through circulation counter only
	Library members should produce their valid ID card whenever they borrow/return /renew their books at the circulation counter
	Members are not allowed to use other ID card
	Students can also renew their books through online renewal system, which is an Intranet Service. Books will be renewed only if the title does not attract fine, reservation and also if it is not renewed 10 times already
	During Study holidays and Exam days Telephone and E-mail renewals are allowed, if the books does not attract fine and reservation
	Members are encouraged to check their library transaction details in Online Book Renewal link in http://dlib.svce.ac.in or 192.168.6.70
	Reference Books, Back Volumes and Periodicals are not issued
	Members are responsible for the books issued to their account.
	Under special circumstances Librarian has the right to recall any issued books even before the due date.
	The users should not bring the borrowed books inside the library unless they want to return them

The following entitlements apply to books in the general loan collections of the Central Library.

Membership Category	Borrowing Entitlements	Loan Period
Professor	10 Books	30 Days
Associate Professor	08 Books
Assistant Professor	06 Books
Supporting and Administrative Staff	04 Books
Under Graduate Students	05 Books
Post Graduate Students	06 Books

Library Working Time (Except Institutional Holidays)

Reference Service	9.00 A.M. to 6. 00 P.M.
Transaction Service	9.15.A.M. to 5.00 P.M

Name	Dr. C. Balasubramani
Designation	Chief Librarian
Educational Qualification	MLISC, MPhil, PhD
Experience	19 Years
Name	C.Rajangam
Designation	Librarin
Educational Qualification	MLISC
Experience	22 Years

1	Dr.K.S.Srinivasan	Principal	Chairman
2	Dr.E.Dhiravidachelvi	Head - Academics	Member
3	Dr.B.JANARTHANAN	Head – Research	Member
4	Dr. I. Manju	Head - Training	Member
5	Dr B Muthukumar	Head - Placement	Member
6	Mr.Abdul Rohuman	IV Yr Student Rep	Member
7	Ms.Fahima S	III Yr Student Rep	Member
8	Mr.MD.Najumudeen	II Yr Student Rep	Member
9	Mr.C.Rajangam	Librarian	Member Secretary