The library is situated in the first floor of the main building. The Library transactions are carried out through Bar Code Technology. It has the facility of Web OPAC-online search. Our institution encourages all students and staff members to make the best use of the library, which has been carefully built up, since the inception of the college. The library is housed in a spacious area of about 800 sq.m., which is fully computerized and air-conditioned along with the Reference Section, Periodicals Section, and Stack Area. Presently, more than 32669 volume, 8311 title of books and reference volumes are stacked for the benefit of staff and students. There is also an established media resource centre. The library follows the open access system and encourages the students to browse the stack area. The library subscribes more than 120 specialized International & National journals. The Library has its Institutional membership in Anna University, DELNET (Developing Network), British Council Library (BCL), National digital Library (NDL), Madras Library Association (MALA), Society for the Advancement of Library and Information Science (SALIS).
Constant addition of titles and volumes in all the fields of Engineering, Management, Basic Science and Humanities is the regular feature of the library. Every effort has been made to obtain all titles, which are recommended by the Principal, Senior Librarian & faculties.
Newspapers reputed weekly and fortnightly magazines are subscribed to enable the students to keep day-to-day trends. The library comprises an Audio-Visual section, which is equipped with video cassettes and CDs. We have Bar-coding and Internet connectivity too. One Reprographic machine has been provided for taking copies from library itself.
| Sl.No. | Name of the Staff | Designation | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dr.T.N.M.Tharinni Mai | Senior Librarian | M.A., M.L.I.S., M.Phil., MBA, Ph.D. |
| 3 | S.Kavitha | Assistant Librarian | M.Com., M.L.I.S |
| 4 | A.Pappi | Library Assistant | M.A., B.L.I.S |
| 5 | K.P.K.Mohana Muthukumar | Junior Assistant | M.A.,M.L.I.S |
| LIBRARY AREA | 800 sq.m. |
| Books | |
|---|---|
| Volumes | 32669 |
| Titles | 8311 |
| Periodicals | |
| INTERNATIONAL | 60 |
| NATIONAL | 60 |
| MAGAZINES | 28 |
| e-journals | 6815 |
| S.NO. | DEPARTMENT | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Titles | Volumes | International | National | E-Journals | ||
| 1 | ECE | 940 | 3760 | 6 | 6 | IEEE (1540)) DELNET(5000) |
| 2 | CSE | 939 | 3755 | 6 | 6 | |
| 3 | IT | 937 | 3748 | 6 | 6 | |
| 4 | EEE | 939 | 3754 | 6 | 6 | |
| 5 | MECHANICAL | 855 | 3419 | 6 | 6 | |
| 6 | civil | 668 | 2672 | 6 | 6 | |
| 7 | S & H | 1092 | 4026 | 6 | 6 | |
| 8 | M.E. | 150 | 645 | 3 | 3 | |
| 9 | MBA | 1791 | 6890 | 15 | 15 | |
| Total | 8311 | 32669 | 60 | 60 | ||
Library Hours : Mon to Sat (8.30 a.m. – 6.00 p.m.)
Number of users (Issue of books) :
| Issue of Books | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Readers | UG | PG | |
| Staff | 5 | ||
| Student | 5 | 5 | |
| Research Scholars | 5 |
Stack Room
The books are classified according to the Universal Decimal Classification. Bay guides are available for easy access. Open access system is followed, which goes a long way to help the readers in locating books and making search easy.
Reading Hall
It is a spacious and ventilated area for comfortable reading for a long time. It is provided with 12 tables and a seating capacity of 180 chairs. Students are permitted to bring the books from the stacks for reading.
It has the collection of around 3000 CDs for all disciplines, including sources like e-books, e-journals, GRE, GATE, GMAT, TOEFL, and other competitive exam books, etc. In addition, Audio and Video Cassettes are available in the library. This section also has well-equipped furniture and computers.
Online Resources
e-Journals
The web address and access through IP (click here)
| PUBLISHER | URL | SUBJECT AREAS | E-CONTENT |
|---|---|---|---|
| SCIENCE DIRECT | http://www.sciencedirect.com | ECE (150), CSE & IT(156), EEE(53), MECH (104), Civil(43), S&H(85) | 637 |
| IEEE | http://ieeexplore.ieee.org | ECE (101), CSE & IT (120), EEE(100), MECH (64), S&H(63) | 273 |
| SPRINGER | http://www.springerlink.com/ | Electrical & Electronics( 74) Computer Science Engg.(75) | 149 |
| SPRINGER | http://www.springerlink.com/ | Mechanical (49) | 49 |
| ASCE | http://ascelibrary.org/ | Civil (35) | 35 |
| DELNET | http://delnet.nic.in/ | Digital Library | Digital Library |
| BCL | www.britishcouncil.org.in | Institutional Member | Institutional Member |
| E-Books and Periodicals (Open Access): |
|---|
| Directory of Open Access Journals (Covers over 2000 open access journals on all major subject areas) http://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.) |
| Indian Academy of Sciences Publications |
| 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.) |
| http://www.library.auckland.ac.nz/subjects/eng/resources/es.htm |
| http://www.ias.ac.in Indian academy of science publications |
| http://www.niscair.res.in NISCAIR Online Periodicals Repository |
| Indian Academy of Sciences Publications |
| 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.) |
| http://www.library.auckland.ac.nz/subjects/eng/resources/es.htm |
| http://www.ias.ac.in Indian academy of science publications |
| http://www.niscair.res.in NISCAIR Online Periodicals Repository |
| Free Online Course Materils : Free Online MIT course materials www.ocw.mit.edu |
NPTEL (www.nptel.ac.in/LocalChapter) – Online Courses
The National Programme on Technology Enhanced Learning (NPTEL), a project funded by the Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD),[1] provides e-learning through online Web and Video courses in Engineering, Sciences, Technology, Management and Humanities. This is a joint initiative by seven IITs and IISc Bangalore.
NDL (www.ndl.iitkgp.ac.in) e-Library
The Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) under its National Mission on Education through Information and Communication Technology (NMEICT) has initiated the National Digital Library of India (NDL India) pilot project to develop a framework of virtual repository of learning resources with a single-window search facility.
DELNET (Developing Network – Data base)
Sharing of resources among the libraries by developing a network of libraries, by collecting, storing and disseminating information and by offering computerized services to the users.
Shodhgangha (www.shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in)
The Shodhganga@INFLIBNET Centre provides a platform for research students to deposit their Ph.D. theses and make it available to the entire scholarly community in open access.
News Paper Section
There is a separate stand to read Newspapers and magazines like Reader’s digest, Frontline.
The following 11 numbers of Newspapers are subscribed for the Library.
Periodical Section
No. of National & International Subscription: 120
Magazines : 28
A separate Section is available for Periodicals in the First floor. It has 4 tables with the seating capacity of 60 chairs. This section has both technical and Non-technical Journals and Magazines of National and International levels. The latest issue of Journal and Magazine is exhibited outside in the respective shelves. Previous issues will be converted as back volumes after one year.
Book’s Exhibition
The library organizes the book exhibition every year for the benefit of the readers. The main aim of the library is to increase the level of reading habits.
The library organizes the book exhibition every year for the benefit of the readers. The main aim of the library is to increase the level of reading habits.
Sai Leo Nagar, West Tambaram,
Chennai - 600044
Phone : +91-44-22512111 / 2251 2333 / 22512444
Fax : +91-44-22512323
Mail : sairam@sairaminstitutions.in
Resumes : career@sairaminstitutions.in
© Sri Sairam Institute of Technology, 2024. All rights reserved
Powered by iTech
