Library

Facility | Library

ABOUT LIBRARY

The ACSCE Library and Information Centre started in the year 2009 at Kambipura, Bengaluru managed by the Moogambigai Charitable and Educational Trust with an initial collection of 6000 volumes of textbooks, 82 National & International Print Journals and with other necessities. It has housed in the college building Ground Floor with a total area of 360 Sq. Mtrs. with good and well equipped with lightings, furniture’s & ventilation. In 2016 Library Shifted to 6th floor of the same building with the 15,488 Sq. Ft. with all the advanced facilities & services. To catering to the needs of all specialties of UG & PG, Research & Developmental activities having the collection of around 22578 volumes, 74 National & International Print Journals, Back Volume of Journal 941, e-Resources and many more with seating capacity of 320 students & faculty well ventilation, lightings & furniture’s.

Working Hours (Excluding College holidays)

Monday to Friday: 8:30 A M to 7:00 P M Saturday: 8:30 A M to 5:30 P M

Library Area & Layout

Library is housed in 6th Floor of the college building. It has 15,488 Sq. Ft. carpet area spread with various sections Like; Textbooks Lending Area, Reference Section, Digital Library, Current Periodicals & Archives Section, Photocopier, Staff Reading Area, Audio Visual Section, Round Table Discussion, Personal Reading Area, Librarian Office & with others with the Seating Capacity of 320 students & Faculty can use the library at a time.

Vision

Mission

Library Advisory Committee

Si. No.	Name of the Faculty	Designation & Department	Library Advisory Committee (LAC) Designation
1.	Dr. A.M. Prasanna Kumar	Professor, E&C	Chairperson
2.	Mr. Shivashankar	Assistant Professor	Member
3.	Mr. Kiran .R	Chief Librarian, Library	Member
4.	Mr. Ravikumar N	Librarian, Library	Member secretary

Library Staff Details

Si. No.	Name of the Faculty	Qualification	Designation	Date of Joining	Experience
1.	Mr. Ravikumar .N	BCom, MLISc	Librarian	01/03/2010	14 Years
2.	Mr. Chandru B R	BA, MLISc	Asst. Librarian	20/08/2016	8 Years
3.	Mr. Bhararth A	PUC	Attender	March/2018	6 Years
4.	Mr. Madhusudhan	SSLC	Attender	–	2 Years
4.	Mrs. Leelavathi	SSLC	Attender	–	7 Months

Library Resources as on 15th January, 2025

Si. No.	Document Resources Details	Qty.
1.	Total No of Books:	22578
	a. Text Books	20864
	b. Reference Books	1714
2.	Total No. of Titles	3885
	Rare Book	40
	3.	Periodicals:
		a. National Journals	54
b. International Journals		20
c. Newspapers		12
4.	e-Resources (Online Journals ) through VTU Consortium https://acsceb.knimbus.com
	E-Journals(7529): Elsevier,, IEEE-ASPP & POP ALL, Springer Nature, EBESCO – Engineering Suite, Taylor
	E-Books-(25817+):Eduport Global-CBS, BSP E-Books, Cengage Learnings, Cambridge University Press & Mint Books,
	Plagiarism Software (Online Tool): DRILLBIT
5.	Bound Volume of Journals:	941
6.	Non – Book Materials:
	a. CD’s /DVD’s	657
	In addition, we have EDUSAT e-Learning Program & NPTEL Lecture notes
7.	Computers:	29
8.	Annual Institutional Membership for Inter-Library Loan:
	a. NDL Club Membership	Yes
	b. DELNET, New Delhi (Membership enrolled by our sister concern Institution Medical College on the name of Dean, RRMCH	Yes
9.	Book Bank	250
10.	Project Reports	343

Subject Wise Breakups of Resources as on 15/01/2025

Si. No	Name of the Subject/ Dept	Titles	Volumes	Print Journals		Nat.	Intl
				National	International
1	Mathematics	489	2641	1	0	Subscription of E- Resourses. E-Journals(7529): Elsevier,, IEEE-ASPP & POP ALL, Springer Nature, EBESCO – Engineering Suite, E-Books-(25817+):Eduport Global-CBS, BSP E-Books, Cengage Learnings, Cambridge University Press & Mint Books, Plagiarism Software (Online Tool): DRILLBIT	–
2	Physics	–	597	1	1		–
3	Chemistry	–	804	1	1		–
4	Civil Engg.	458	2613	1	1		37
5	Computer Science Engg. (Data Science, Cyber Security & IoT)	598	4576	24	8		37
6	Electronics & Communication	719	4056	6	2		79
7	Mechanical Engineering	446	2584	1	1		55
8	Biomedical Engineering	527	1939	6	2		–
9	Aeronautical Engg.	494	2243	6	2		135
10	Aerospace Engg.	124	525	6	2		–
	Grand Total –	3779	21460	54	20		343

List of e-Resources: Publishers Wise Gateways (2023) (VTU Consortium)

Knimbus (E- Resources Gateway)	https://acsceb.knimbus.com
Elsevier Science (327 e-Journals)	www.sciencedirect.com
IEEE ASPP & POP ALL- (201 e-Journals & 1800+ IEEE annual conferene Proceedins)	www.ieeexplore.ieee.org
Springer Nature (689 e – Journals)	https://www.link.springer.com
Emerald (212 e-Journals)	https://www.emeraldinsight.com/
EBESCO Engineering Suite (6100 e – Journals & e books 24015)	https://search.ebscohot.com
BSP E-Books (141 e-books)	https://ebookstore.bspublication.net/library
Cengage Learning (69 e-books)	https://cengageindiaelbrary.ipublishcentral.net/explore
Cambridge University Books (58 e-books)	https://www.cambridge.org
Mintbooks (1360 e-books)	https://mintbook.in
Quiklrn (Language communication Lab)	https://quiklrn.com/englishlap/
IEEE Blended e-Learning Platform	https://blp.ieee.org
KNIMBUS	https://www.knimbus.com
Drillbit (Plagiarism Originality Online Check)	https://turnitin.com

List of News Papers-12

Kannada	English	Hindi	Tamil	Malayalam
Prajavani	Deccan Herald	Rajasthan Patrika	Daily Thanthi	Malayala Manorama
Vijaya Karnataka	The Hindu
Kannada Prabha	Indian Express
Udayavani	Times of India
	Bangalore Mirror

General Instructions

Sr. No.	Subject
1	Staff & Students are requested to enter their name and sign in the Register kept at the gate during entry & exit.
2	RFID Card & ID Card is a must during textbooks transaction time & per Students can barrow 2 books at a time for 15 days period and if they fail to return within the due date fine levied Re.2- per book per day.
3	Reference books, Journals, Project Reports & others are only for reference.
4	Except note book & note pad, no personal Books/folders/files/blazers/ Jerkins/Aprons are not allowed inside the library.
5	If any student found misbehaving and not maintaining silence inside the library, he/she will be suspended from the library as per Library Advisory Committee direction.
6	All borrowed books must be returned and dues must be settled prior to receiving examination hall tickets
7	Mobile/Cell phone is strictly prohibited in the library premises.
8	Refreshment of any kind is not allowed in the library premises.
9	Marking, scratching, damaging, mutilating, stealing library materials or property will invite disciplinary action against the defaulters.
10	Chairs, tables and other library equipments, fittings shall not be marked, defaced, disarranged. Readers should not rest or keep their feet on chairs, tables, shelves, etc.