The Central Library began its existence in 1946. Since then, it has grown in size and content along with JNTU College of Engineering, Kakinada to take the present shape. All these years, it has been the life line for the academic activity of the institute. At present, it stands as a model library. Central Library services the academic needs of about 3000 UG and PG students, research scholars and nearly 100, faculty members, technical and administrative staff of our institute. The Library resources stand at about 54000 volumes including text books and reference books. The journal subscription goes beyond 10. The library collection also includes a large section of expensive reference books, a large number of text book collection meant to cater for the courses running in the institute and a collection of books ear-marked for BC/SC/ST students. The central library has been catering to the needs of the under graduates, post graduates students, research scholars, faculty and staff members of the 9 departments. The book collection has been supporting the teaching, research, development and other professional activities of these departments. The demands of the ever-growing research areas in multiple disciplines are being catered with the help of latest volumes, in almost all fields of engineering, Science, Technology and general areas. The library presently occupies a spacious two storied building. The college library provides special services like current awareness services, selective dissemination of information along with the normal services like reference, referral, literature searching and bibliographic data services.
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The Central Library began its existence in 1946. Since then, it has grown in size and content along with JNTU College of Engineering, Kakinada to take the present shape. All these years, it has been the life line for the academic activity of the institute. At present, it stands as a model library. Central Library services the academic needs of about 3000 UG and PG students, research scholars and nearly 100, faculty members, technical and administrative staff of our institute. The Library resources stand at about 54000 volumes including text books and reference books. The journal subscription goes beyond 10. The library collection also includes a large section of expensive reference books, a large number of text book collection meant to cater for the courses running in the institute and a collection of books ear-marked for BC/SC/ST students. The central library has been catering to the needs of the under graduates, post graduates students, research scholars, faculty and staff members of the 9 departments. The book collection has been supporting the teaching, research, development and other professional activities of these departments. The demands of the ever-growing research areas in multiple disciplines are being catered with the help of latest volumes, in almost all fields of engineering, Science, Technology and general areas. The library presently occupies a spacious two storied building. The college library provides special services like current awareness services, selective dissemination of information along with the normal services like reference, referral, literature searching and bibliographic data services.
The Library aims to put the motto: “Books are for use”, into practice. The library has Text Books, Reference Books, Special Reference Books, Magazines, News papers, CD’s and DVD’s Course Materials, Project reports, Back Volumes etc. We take pride in saying that we have very good collection of books added to this, we have a wide collection of Books in Placement cell and General Books, which help to increase the knowledge of our students in different fields like placements, competitive exams, and Research level works.
No. of Volumes 50497
No. of Titles 14707
No. of e-Journals 460
No. of Print Journals 259
No. of Online Journals 4711
No. of E – Books 1181
No. of Magazines 29
CD’s & DVD’s 1500
M. Tech Dissertations 456
Ph. D Thesis 2001
Name of the E – Journals: IEEE EXPLORE (ASPP+POP)
ASCE, ASME,
ACESS ENGINEERING
ASTM DIGITAL LIBRARY
ELSEVIER SCIENCE DIRECT
DELNET, N – LIST (INFLIBNET)
Resources: DELETE
| TOTAL LIBRARY USERS (end of December 31st -2013) | 2413 |
| RUNNING ACCSESSION NUMBER AS ON 12-12-2013 | 75326 |
| PHYSICAL LY AVILABLE VOLUMES AS ON 12-12-2013 | 46000 |
| PHD THESIS | 75 |
| MTECH DESSERTATIONS | 253 |
| NO OF CDS DVDS | 600 |
| NO OF NPTEL VIDEOS | 5100 |
| NO OF NPTEL CONTENTS | 15000 |
| E-BOOKS | 1181 |
| NO E-JOURNLAS (IEEE ALL SOCIETY PERIODICALS) | 145 |
| ASCE | 34 |
| ASME | 26 |
| ACCCESS ENGINEERING | - |
| SCIENCE DIRECT (ENGINEERING PLUS COM SCIENCE) | 275 TOTAL 480 |
| LIBRARY MEMBERSHIP IN DIFFERENT ORGANISATIONS | N-LIST, DELNET |
| LIBRARY TIMINGS: | |
|---|---|
| Monday To Saturday | 8.00am to 8.00pm |
| 2nd Saturdays | 8.00am to 8.00pm |
| CIRCULATION TIMINGS: | |
| Monday to Friday | 9.00am to 5.00pm |
| All Saturdays Except Second Saturday | 10.00am to 1.00pm |
| Second Saturday & All Sundays | Reference & News Papers Only |
| READING HALL TIMINGS: | |
| Monday to Friday | 8.00am to 8.00 pm |
| All Saturdays & Sundays | 9.00am to 5.00 pm |
The University College of Engineering Kakinada is a (AUTONOMOUS BODY) And AICTE,NBA and also 12(B)Accreditation Institution, Approximately 1097+ e-journals subscribed through the consortium.
IEEE-EXPLORE (ASPP)
ACCESS ENGINEERING
https://www.accessengineeringlibrary.com/?implicit-login=true
ASME DIGITAL LIBRARY
https://asmedigitalcollection.asme.org/.
ASCE RESEARCH LIBRARY
ASTM Digital Library
N-LIST-INFLIBNET E- RESOURCES
DELNET( Developing Library network)
SCIENCE DIRECT
National Digital Library of India
SWAYAM-NPTEL
http:// https://onlinecourses.nptel.ac.in/
Knimbus
https://jntuk.knimbus.com/ProQuest
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/jnu/browseSubject.actionOnce you open the above link you will see our Institute name (JNT UNIVERSITY KAKINADA) as IP Based the welcome message, which indicates your setup for e-journals & e-Books access is active. Once you open the above link you will see our institute name (Amrita School of Engineering) as the welcome message, which indicates your setup for e-journals access is active. You can further browse through your requirement by clicking on the above options Subjects Collections etc.
Click here to visit DELNET
Admission to the Library: All Students and Faculty of the college are admitted as members of the library. Library membership forms are available at library. For using library facility, students are requested to sign the login register, which is kept in the library entrance. Every member shall be required to deposit his/her personal belongings at the counter kept at the entrance. Entrance to library is not permitted without ID card.
| All (UG)I/II/III/ IV Year | 2 books will be issued for a period of 14 days. |
| All PG Courses | 4 Books will be issued for a period of 14days. |
| Faculty | 10 Books will be issued for a period of Semester |
The Library books have been computerized and users can search the documents through OPAC-ONLINE PUBLIC ACCESS CATALOGUE by Title wise –Author wise – Subject wise – etc,. We are following OPEN ACCESS system, Borrowers can select the required books directly from the shelf for reference & borrowing purpose.
Please visit: http:// /opac (Public Access) Please visit: http:// /opac ( Campus Access)
Library provides a additional book bank service for SC/ST students. For more details please contact Librarian or Library Circulation counter
Reference Material & Reference Section
Library has a separate Reference section. Good collections of Books for reference purposes are maintained. Reference books, Journals, Magazines, Newspapers, project reports, question papers, Placement materials, course materials, and Lecture notes are considered as reference materials.
Loss of Book
Loss of library book must be brought to the attention of the librarian immediately on occurrence and the replacement cost of the material should be paid immediately. If notification is made after the book is overdue, the borrower will also be responsible for the overdue charge. If a book belonging to a set is lost, the borrower will be charged for replacement of the entire set. In case a student loses the book, he/she is be expected to replace the book with processing charge Rs. 60/-. If he/she do so, he/she has to pay The amount of the book seven times (Maximum) Depending on year of publication.
Condition of Loan
Library cards are not transferable. The borrower is fully responsible for the books borrowed on his/her card. Any borrower card lost cost of card is Rs.100 per card. In case there is demand from more than one student for the same book, they will be issued based on the reservation made (Online reservation facility available in OPAC).
Over Due
Materials borrowed from the library are to be returned on or before the due date (14 days) and only one time Renewal (14 days) On the expiry of due date, Rs.1/- per day will be charged for books. On the expiry of due date, two reminders will be sent. Non-receipt of reminders is no reason for returning books late. Absence is not accepted as excuse for nonpayment of overdue charge. If the due date falls on college holiday, the book may be returned on the next working day, without overdue charge. If students fail to return the books within the above stipulated period, such students’ library membership will be canceled for certain period. Recall: In exceptional cases or during need, the librarian may recall the book before it’s due date.
Care of Library Materials
a) Library books, Journals and other reading/reference materials are expensive and often rare to replace. They are for the benefit of not only the present but also the future members of the library. Therefore, they should be used with care and consideration. No one should write upon, damage, turn down the leaves of, or mark upon any library material.
b) Before leaving the library, the member should satisfy himself/herself as to whether the library material lent to him/her is in sound condition. If not, he/she should immediately bring the matter to the knowledge of the circulation section staff. Otherwise he/she is liable to be held responsible for the replacement of the material or pay such compensation as fixed by the librarian.
Admission to the Library
All Students of the college are admitted as members of the library. Library membership forms are available at library. For using library facility, students are requested to sign the login register, which is kept in the library entrance. Every member shall be required to deposit his/her personal belongings at the counter kept at the entrance. Entrance to library is not permitted without ID card.
Clearance Certificate
Library books are the property of the library and are to be returned. Dues, if any, should be paid and a clearance certificate should be obtained for them from the librarian atleast a week before the date of convocation or Terminating connection with the college.
Photocopying Service
Students can get photocopy of Print of the magazines, material in the library, if required by them.
Damaging of books not allowed
Marking, writing and tearing the pages of the books are not allowed. Overnight issue: Reference books can be borrowed for over-night issue, before closing the library (half an hour before) & return before 8.30am next day, otherwise Rs.50/-(Rupees Fifty only) per day fine will be charged on the same. Reservation Facility: Book reservation facility is available for users, by prior registration Register your name in register for reservation. 24 hours/ one day only Reserved books available for issue, after that it will goes to next users account.
Book Exhibition
Every semester or year we are planning to conduct Book exhibition for the benefit of our faculties and students.
Donations to the library
This library accepts donations of books, Journals, Magazines, special publications, audio-visual aids etc.,
Mobile Phone
Carrying & use of cellular mobile phones within in the library premises banned. If we find any student violating these rules will lose the library membership for certain period & cell phone will be handed over to the Principal or Central library Committee member’s further action.
CENTRAL LIBRARY COMMITTEE
Central Library Committee is functioning to Start shortly look into all aspects of continual improvement of the library activities, so that the library and its facilities achieve a fair degree of acceptability amongst the users. This Committee, co-coordinated by a Chairman (Director Academic and Planning), convener is Director (Information and Library science), Director IST, Director SMS, Director Faculty Development, also including Librarian is Committee Members.
Suggestion box
The suggestion box kept in the entrance of the library is frequently used for eliciting not only complaints but constructive suggestions for improvement of library services. Valid feedbacks obtained through this source are promptly followed.
General Instructions:
Best Practices in Library: