Sri. N. Raghunath Rao Maanay Library and Information Centre
Sri. N. Raghunath Rao Maanay Library and Information Centre is presently housed in ‘S’ building with a floor area of 1030 Sq.Mtrs. The Circulation Section, Stock Section, Digital Library, Periodical & Newspaper Section is housed in 2nd Floor and Reference Section in 3rd Floor with a total seating capacity of more than 200 members at a time.
The total collection of the Library is over 77851 Volumes (Including UG Library and PG Library 50811 and 27040 e-Books) of reference and textbooks with 13222 Titles. The Library and Information Centre subscribe over 64 Print Journals, covering of all branches of Engineering and Management Programme in addition to various e-Resource databases through VTU Consortium, Belagavi. Beside this, it has over 896 bound volumes, 2753 learning CD-ROMS, several Data Books and Project Reports.
The completely automated Library Management System Software has made it easy to all its activities through Bar-Code Interface with Web OPAC facility. All the documents have been classified as per AACR II of Dewey Decimal Classification (DDC) and systematically shelved for Open Access.
The modern Library and Information Centre provides uncompromising information and intellectual requirements to its students and faculty members with a user friendly approach. It offers a fully integrated and dynamic environment for conducting academic study. Multiple copies ensure that resources are easily available in Reference Section and Circulation Section as well. The Digital Library is set up by using open source Dspace Software to access the Institutional Repositories like e-books, e-journals, previous year question papers, news clippings, faculty publications, etc. by the students and the members of staff.
BNMIT-NDLI Club (National Digital Library of India, IIT, Kharagpur) has been set-up enabling our students and faculty members to register and participate in the local and global events being conducted through NDLI Club periodically. As a member of the club, users can access wide range of 7+ Crore online resources from it repository. https://club.ndl.iitkgp.ac.in/club-home
All our faculty profiles have been created on VIDWAN Portal – a premier database of scientists/researchers and faculty members working at leading academic institutions involved in teaching and research in India. The same has been hosted on IRINS (Indian Research Information Network System) to enable them to exchange their expert ideas, scholarly publications, skills and accomplishments, researcher’s identity and etc.
SWAYAM-NPTEL (National Programme on Technology Enhanced Learning) facility has been provided to all students and faculty members to enable to access its peer content from faculties of IIT’s and IISc Bengaluru.
The Library and Information Centre has the CMTI Library and IIM-B Library Membership enabling students and faculty members to refer to the other members of the libraries for additional information for their research/projects.
In order to cater to serve the wide range of information services to the users, BNMIT Library and Information Centre has highly qualified, richly experienced, trained and competent staff, comprising 5 Professional members of staff to serve the students community and faculty members.
List of e-Resources Subscribed through VTU Consortium, Belagavi for the Year 2023-24
Enabled via IP Address of the Institution – Access Details
Sl. No. | Publishers | URL |
E-JOURNALS | ||
1 | Elsevier ScienceDirect | https://www.sciencedirect.com |
2 | Springer Nature | https://link.springer.com |
3 | IEEE – ASPP | https://ieeexplore.ieee.org |
4 | Taylor & Francis | https://www.tandfonline.com |
5 | ProQuest (Architecture & Engineering) | https://www.proquest.com/165290 |
6 | Emerald Insight (Management) | https://www.emeraldinsight.com |
E-BOOKS | ||
1 | Elsevier ScienceDirect | https://www.sciencedirect.com |
2 | Springer Nature | https://link.springer.com |
3 | Taylor & Francis | https://www.taylorfrancis.com |
4 | McGraw Hill Education | https://www.expresslibrary.mheducation.com |
5 | New Age International | https://digital.elib4u.com |
DIGITAL LIBRARY PLATFORM/REMOTE ACCESS SOLUTION | ||
1 | Knimbus Digital Library | https://bnmitb.knimbus.com |
TECHNOLOGY SOFTWARE | ||
1 | DrillBit (Plagiarism Detection Software) | https://www.drillbitplagiarism.com |
INSTITUTIONAL REPOSITORY/DIGITAL LIBRARY | ||
1 | Dspace (Open Access Digital Library Software) | http://192.168.20.27:8080/jspui |
NATIONAL DIGITAL LIBRARY OF INDIA (NDLI) | ||
1 | National Digital Library of India | ndl.iitkgp.ac.in |
NATIONAL DIGITAL LIBRARY OF INDIA CLUB (NDLI CLUB) | ||
1 | National Digital Library of India Club | https://club.ndl.iitkgp.ac.in |
Professional Members of Staff
Sl. No. | Name of the Staff | Designation |
1 | Dr. R. M. Putta Swamy, M.L.I.Sc., M. Phil., Ph. D., MISTE. | Chief Librarian |
2 | P. S. Manjunatha, M.L.I.Sc., M.Phil., K-SET. | Librarian – PG Library |
3 | M. C. Basavaraju, B.L.I.Sc., M.L.I.Sc. | Library Assistant |
4 | G. S. Ramesh, M.L.I.Sc. | Library Assistant |
5 | K. A. Satisha, B.L.I.Sc., M.L.I.Sc. | Library Assistant |
Supporting Staff
Supporting Staff | ||
1 | M. Leelavathi, PUC | Library Attender |
2 | N. L. Asharani, SSLC, C.L.I.S | Helper |
3 | M. G. Krishnakumar, 9th Std. | Library Attender |
Library Timings
Circulation Section | Reference Section | ||
Monday – Friday | 08.15 a.m. to 5.00 p.m. | Monday – Friday | 08.15 a.m. to 7.00 p.m. |
Saturday (Opens on 2nd, 4th & 5th) | 08.15 a.m. to 5.00 p.m. | Saturday (Opens on 2nd, 4th & 5th) | 08.15 a.m. to 7.00 p.m. |