About

About GSSSIETW Library

GSSS Institute of Engineering and Technology for Women has built up a reputation of higher academic standards right from its inception since 2003 through a true dedication and hard work of the management and staff with high end facilities. The institution has got wonderful library facility to cater the requirement for all the stake holders to excel in their domain. It has a collection of 41346 Volumes and 25908 e-books that support teaching and research. Library subscribes to 39 printed journals/magazines. All the books in library have been classified as per AACR II of Dewey Decimal Classification (DDC) and systematically shelved on Open Access. The entire collection has been bar-coded and fully automated by using Library Management Software.

The institute is a member of VTU Consortium for E-Resources. It is subscribed to National and International peer-reviewed e-Journals access through IEEE Xplore, Springer, Elsevier, Emerald, EBSCO, etc. It also has access to e-Books from Springer, Elsevier, BSP, Cambridg University Press, Cengage Learning, Qucklrn, Mint Books and Eduport. Electronic resources can be accessed within the campus and also access off campus via Knimbus Remote access facility. Additionally, the library provides a plagiarism check service for Thesis, Project work, articles etc using Drillbit software.

The GSSSIETW library consists of a central library and seven departmental libraries which collectively support the teaching - learning, research and development and extension programmes of the institution.

GSSSIETW library is setting time to time new goals and successful in achieving all the goals. It has emerged as modern library with its state of the art facilities and good infrastructure.

Vision

Library aims to be the best among engineering colleges libraries in the country.  Library intends to incorporate the latest technology and adopt user friendly approach towards students and faculty. Library intends to offer comprehensive services related to dissemination of knowledge.

Mission

• Library and Information Centre department of the institute aims to improve and invent novel ideology which is needed in students for challenging world.
• Aims at to seek, create, communicate and preserve knowledge and understanding and carryout the mission in a unified community known as college library.
• It aims to serve as a resource centre and aims to develop a comprehensive collection of documents useful for faculty and students of the institution and provides an efficient dissemination of knowledge.
• It Build collections and create tools to support research, teaching, and learning. Ensuring timely and seamless access to the highest quality resources.
• Institute library has a commitment to adopt new information & communication technology.

Infrastructure

Infrastructure & Facilities

The library and information center is elegantly situated in the main building with centrally located within the campus. It spans spacious area of approximately 730 square meters having seating capacity for 250.

The library and information centre is automated using the user friendly library automation software called “Easylib software” which helps to search the database of books available for borrow at ease.

Computers in the library are provided with OPAC (Open Access Catalogue) which students can use for specific search (like Author wise, Title wise etc.) and book location in college library.

Issue & Return Desk:

Stacks Area, all disciplines:

Reference Section and Reading Hall:

Periodical Section:

Digital Resources Center:

Librarian Chamber & Office:

FACILITIES

Department Library and Information Centre is providing following facilities for user community of GSSSIETW

1. Book Borrowing Facility:

The library users borrow books for a specific period. The lending process is fully automated using a barcode system, ensuring accurate tracking of borrowed and returned items. The number of books a person can borrow depends on their category.

2. Digital Library Facility:

The library provides access to a wide range of digital resources, such as e-books, e-journals, databases, and other digital content. Users can access these materials on-campus or remotely enabled through Knimbus Remote Access platform.

3. Fully Automated book borrowing facility:

he library is equipped with an Easylib Integrated Library Management System, where every physical resource is tagged with a barcode. Users can easily issue or return books using the system and all transactions are logged automatically, reducing manual work and errors.

4. Wi-Fi Facility:

The library offers Wi-Fi access to users. This helps students and faculty access online resources, databases, and e-books conveniently on their laptops or mobile devices while inside the library.

5. Email Alert facility:

The library sends email notifications to its users about library services and this service keeps library users informed about the latest arrivals in the library books, journals, reports, etc.

6. Online Public Access Catalogue (OPAC):

OPAC is a digital catalog where users can search for books, journals and other resources available in the library. It allows users to check the availability, location, and status of books from anywhere with internet access.

7. Reference Service:

The library provides assistance to users in finding specific information or resources. The reference service is designed to help with research queries, academic projects, or locating find resources.

8. Newspaper Clipping:

This service collects and archives important news articles from newspapers on specific topics, and events. It is useful for keeping track of relevant news and developments over time, particularly in areas

9. Open Access:

All books have been classified as per AACR II of Dewey Decimal Classification (DDC) and systematically shelved on Open Access and user can access their interested books.

10. Reprography facility;

Users can request photocopying, scanning, or printing services for books or documents they are interested in, as per their needs.

POLICIES FOR BOOKS ISSUEING PROCESS FOR LIBRARY USERS

The Department of Library and Information Center has implemented books lending policies to ensure efficient circulation management and equitable access to resources for all users. The following are common policies for the book lending process:

• All students must obtain library membership to borrow books from the library
• Identity Card should be compulsory to issue books from the library.
• Students, faculty members, and staff of college are eligible to borrow books from the library. The borrowing period and the number of books allowed are specified below:

• Students must be returned Issued books on or before the due date.
• If students do not returned the books on or before due date, there will be a fine of Rs.1/- charged (one rupee per day)
• Borrower must make good the loss by replacing library material with same or latest edition. In case of non-availability of material, then the double the cost of the book/material will be recovered by the borrower.
• Students are advised not to issue Books to others on their names.
• Reference Documents like Dictionary, Encyclopedia, Year Books, Journals (Loose & Bound), Theses, Project Reports, Handbooks will not be issued out.
• Users should not deface, mark, cut, mutilate or damage library resources in any way. If anyone is found doing so, he/she will be charged the full replacement cost of the resource.
• Faculty and staff who is going on long leaves like deputation, study leave will have to return all borrowed material before leaving college.
• The Library reserves the right to call back any issued book/item at any time
• Loss of library card is to be reported immediately to the library
• Library issue/return timing is from 8.45 am to 5.15 pm

 RULES AND REGULATIONS

• Identity Card should be compulsory for entering into the library.
• All the students and staff members entering the Library shall keep their bags and other personal belongings at the property counter. All the users are advised not to leave their valuables things at the property counter
• Users should scan your identity card in Library In/Out Management system at the entrance of the Library.
• Personal books and issued library books are not allowed in the reference section
• Books removed from the shelves, if not required further, should be kept on the book table nearest to them. Please do not try to shelve them yourself. Please remember that a book misplaced is a book lost.
• Users should not deface, mark, cut, mutilate or damage library resources in any way. If anyone is found doing so, user will be charged the full replacement cost of the resource.
• Please take care of your personal belongings
• Conversation and discussion disturbs library ambience. Therefore, all are requested to maintain dignified silence. If discussion is necessary, the common room should be utilized for the same.
• Beverages and Eatables are not allowed inside the library.
• All users are requested to keep their mobiles in silent mode.
• No photograph of the Library shall be taken without the prior permission of the Library authority.
• If users violate library rules and regulations, appropriate action will be taken by the library authorities.

WORKING HOURS

The working hours of the GSSSIEW Library are as follows.

Staff Details

Department Of Library :

Banadeshwar Hiremath, MA, M.LISc, PGDLAN Librarian	Sampath Kumar, B.LISc, M.LISc Asst Librarian	Mahendra D G, M.LISc, (Ph.D), Asst Librarian	Manjukumar M.B, B.LISc, M. LISc, Library Asst

Rajitha Kumari, D. Lib Library Asst	Deepika P, Library Asst	Abhishek C, Attender

E-Resources

Sl No	Publishers	No of e-journals/e-books covered	Subject Covered	Subject Covered Link
1	Science Direct	327 e-journals	CS ,EE, ME,EC, and allied branches of engineering	https://www.sciencedirect.com/
2	Springer	689 e-Journal	EC,EEE, CS, ME,CE Chemistry and Mathematics Physics	https://link.springer.com/
3	IEEE ASPP & POP ALL	201 e-Journals + 1800 +IEEE Annual conference proceeding	EC,EEE, CS, IS, AIML, AI-DS	https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/Xplore/home.jsp
4	Emerald Journals	212 e-Journals	Management	https://www.emerald.com/insight/
5	EBSCO Engineering Suits	E-Journals 6100 E-Books 24015	Engineering, Management, Architecture	https://research.ebsco.com/c/x525ve/search
6	Eduport Global-CBS	174 e-Books	All Engineering Branches	https://eduport-global.com/
7	BSP E-Books	141 E-Books	All Engineering Branches	https://ebookstore.bspublications.net/library
8	Cengage Learning	69 e-Books	All Engineering Branches	https://cengageindiaelibrary.ipublishcentral.net/explore
9	Cambridge University Press	58 e-books	All Engineering Branches	https://www.cambridge.org/core/
10	Mint Books	1360 eBooks	All Engineering Branches	https://gsssietw.mintbook.in/
11	Quiklrn	91 E-Books	All Engineering Branches	https://quiklrn.com/app.php
12	Quiklrn Language communication Lab	Language communication Lab	Language Lab	https://home.quiklrn.com/englishlab/
13	IEEE Blended e-Learning Platform	E-Leaning Platform	E-Leaning Platform	https://blp.ieee.org/
14	KNIMBUS	Cloud server Remote Access Solution + mLibrary mobile App	Remote access platform (Access to e-resources in campus and off campus)	https://gsssietwm.knimbus.com/user#/home
15	Drillbit	Drillbit-Plagiarism Detection Software	Drillbit-Plagiarisum Detection Software	Contact Librarian for plagiarism check service for Thesis, Project work, articles etc

Additional Resources

Sl No	Particulars	Content	Url
01	AICTE E-Kumbha Portal	AICTE launched this portal for Engineering and diploma books in English and 09 regional languages. Students and faculty access these books once register through this portal	https://ekumbh.aicte-india.org/
02	National Digital Library	Educational materials are available for users ranging from primary to post-graduate levels Repository hosts contents from multiple subject domains like Technology, Science, Humanities, Agriculture and others More than 1,76,07,617 documents are available (including Audios and Videos)	https://ndl.iitkgp.ac.in/
03	NPTEL Server(National Program on Technology Enhanced Learning)	Audio and Video lecture and Notes, Faculties Course Materials etc.	http:\\192.168.0.34 User Name : student Password : student
04	VTU Previous Years question papers	VTU old question papers and Students Project Reports available	http:\\192.168.0.34 User Name : student Password : student