Library

OVERVIEW

NIEIT has always believed in balancing tradition and modernity, staying rooted yet embracing the advantages of modern technology. Every aspect of the college and its infrastructure has been designed with this vision in mind – to be a world-class learning resource centre in the area of Engineering Education and Research. The Library facility has been developed and upgraded over the years to reflect this vision.

Over 20100 books, seating capacity for 100 people, E-Learning Centre, reference and regional language books section, OPAC Search facility, subject books, journals, integrated databases, CDs/DVDs, e-books, e-journals, reports, reference question papers, bound volumes, project reports – the NIEIT college library has a vast collection of resources at the student’s disposal. Students can also access external resources through DELNET and VTU Consortium to which the college has a membership.

Vision

To become world class learning resource Centre in the area of Engineering Education and Research.

Mission

To make its resources available through collection and dissemination of information.
To meet the current curricular and general requirements to authorized users.
To sustain, respect and preserve universal knowledge of the past, for the future generations.

Objectives :

To be user friendly.
Build collections to support teaching, learning, training, research & development.
Provide access to current and updated information resources.
To help users to find right information at the right time.
To help users in their curriculum activities with knowledge support.

ABOUT THE LIBRARY

Efficient staff, easy access to resources, and up-to-date facilities – the NIEIT library is designed to provide students with the best-of-facilities to enable a hassle-free academic experience.

LIBRARY SERVICES AND TIMINGS

LIBRARY RULES AND REGULATIONS

LIBRARY STAFF

INSTITUTIONAL MEMBERSHIP

Open Access System: The NIEIT library has an Open Access System through which students can select books of their choice.

Circulation Service:

#	Category of membership	No. of books	Period of loan
1	Teaching faculty	08	One semester
2	Non-teaching staff	02	One semester
3	Undergraduate students (B.E.)	04	15 days

General books are issued to all eligible members as per their privileges.
Loss of library books should be reported to the librarian immediately. An overdue fine will be collected until the book is replaced or returned.
A book can be renewed only twice at the most.
The borrowing facility will be withdrawn or restricted in case of misbehaviour in the library and misuse of library books.
The library member (staff or student) should check the condition of books being borrowed. If the books are found to be damaged, mutilated or ruined while they are being returned, the borrower must replace the same with a new book.
Books will be renewed if there are no reservations against them.

New Arrivals List

Students can check out new books in the new arrivals rack.

Inter-Library Loan

The library offers inter-library loan service to its users for books that are unavailable in the NIEIT library by procuring them from the Developing Library Network (DELNET), New Delhi. The NIEIT library also lends its resources to libraries of other academic institutions.

Reference Service

The library maintains a separate reference collection consisting of dictionaries, directories, and handbooks. Reference books are marked ‘R‘ for easy identification. The Reference section facility is extended to students, staff and faculty of the institute from 9.30 a.m. to 5.00 p.m. on all working days. Readers may approach the Reference Desk for information or any assistance in using the Library Collections and Services.

On-line Public Access Catalogue

The Online Public Access Catalogue enables access to bibliographic records available in the library.

Reprographic Service

The library offers photocopying service to all its members from 9.30 am to 5.00 pm on weekdays through the private photocopying vendor operating at Shankaracharya Bhavan within the college premises.

Library Rules and Regulations

Before entering the library, one needs to sign the register at the library entrance
Before checking books out of the library, one needs to present books and other materials to the staff at the entrance counter
Silence is to be maintained within the library premises
Personal belongings are not allowed inside the library
Refreshments are not allowed inside the library
Mobile phones and audio instruments with or without speaker or headphones are strictly prohibited within the library premises
Personal textbooks, printed materials and issued books are not allowed in library reference section

Library Cards

Two library cards will be issued per student.
Library cards are not transferable. The borrowers are responsible for the books borrowed using their card.
Library borrower cards are to be maintained with special care.
Books will be issued for 14 days only on the presentation of library cards. Students are advised to inspect books being borrowed and inform the librarian in case of any damage. They will be held responsible for any type of damage to the book noticed at the time of return.
A fine amount of INR 1/- per day per book will be charged on overdue books.
The librarian can recall any book from any member at any time and the member is expected to return the same immediately.
If the books are lost, then the borrower needs to replace the books of the same edition or the latest edition or pay double the cost of the book after getting permission from the librarian.
Loss of the library borrower’s card should be reported to the librarian in writing. After checking, they will be issued a duplicate card on payment of INR 5/card.
Library borrower’s cards are valid for the respective academic year only. New cards will be issued each year.

No Dues Certificate

Borrowers should return their library cards at the end of the academic year and prior to the commencement of the written examination or Hall tickets being issued to obtain a No Dues certificate.

Care of Library Books

Students are required to handle books very carefully. Stealing, marking with pencil, writing or highlighting, tearing the pages or mutilating the same in any other way will be taken very seriously inviting stringent measures. In such a case, the reader will be held responsible unless this is brought to the notice of the library staff at the time of issue.

Name of the Library Staff	Designation	Qualification
Usha Mani U	Librarian	B.Com, M.Lib.Sc.
Ramchandra N R	Assistant Librarian	B.Com, M.Lib.Sc.
Kalavathi S R	Library Assistant	M.A, M.L.I.Sc.
Gururaj M N	Library Assistant	P.U.C.
Vijayakumari	Group – D	S.S.L.C.

DELNET :Library is a member of Developing Library Network (DELNET), New Delhi, Which provides services like browsing of Union catalogue and databases, Union catalogue of books, Union list of current periodicals, Theses and dissertations profile of member libraries, Inter Library Loan, Documents Delivery Services. Interested readers can access the catalogues of other Libraries through DELNET and request the required books/ journals to be procured from these libraries on loan for a limited period.

Web: http://delnet.nic.in Click onto: Delnet online

Login ID – knnieit

Password: nieit2066.

VTU Consortium: Library is a member of VTU Consortium for E-Resources, Belagavi. Online Journals are subscribed for all branches of engineering for UG through VTU consortium.

RESOURCES

From access to a vast repository of e-books and journals to a well-maintained in-house library collection, the NIEIT library has all the necessary resources at hand to help fulfill student and faculty needs in their academic pursuits.

Library Collection
Location of Books
E-Resources / E-Journals / E-Books
Newspaper and General Magazines
New-Arrivals
Open Access Resources
Web OPAC

No. of volumes	20343
No. of Titles	2836
No. of E-books	11113
Kannada books	440
E-journals	7369
E-conference proceedings	6514
E-standards	3043
E-abstracts	7800
CDs/DVDs	750
Daily newspapers – English	05
Daily newspapers – Kannada	05
Daily magazines – English	07
Daily magazines – Kannada	07

Sl No	Books on the Subject	DDC Number	Rack Number (Lending Sec)	Rack Number (Reference Sec)
1	Chemistry	540	11	3
2	Civil Engg	624	10	6
3	Constitution & Professional Ethics	342	10	6
4	Computer science Engg	005	16-17	1
5	Electrical & Electronics Engg	621	4-5	4
6	Electronics & Communication Engg	621	1-3	5
7	Engineering Ethics	620	10	6
8	Environmental Studies	372	10	6
9	Information Science Engg	005	13-15	2
10	Management	650	10	6
11	Mathematics	510	11-12	2
12	Mechanical Engg	670	6-9	6
13	Physics	530	11	3

E-Resources :

NIEIT has subscribed to various electronic journals databases through VTU Consortium covering all subjects taught in the college. The journal databases are hyperlinked in the website of Library. All the subscribed databases are made available throughout the campus in local network one can access the content without password and remote access is also provided using Knimbus database.

Sl.N0	DATABASE & URL	SUBJECT CATEGORY	NO. OF E-RESOURCES
E Journals
1	Elsevier www.sciencedirect.com	Engineering + CS + EE + ME + EC and CV	304 Journals Subscribed Journals List
2	Springer Nature https://link.springer.com	Electrical & Electronics Mechanical, Civil, Computer Science, Engineering (Allied Subject) Chemistry and Material Science, Mathematics, Physics.	690 Journals Subscribed Journals List
3	Taylor & Francis http//www.tandfonline .com	Engineering + CSE + ME + CV + Architecture and Allied Science	555 Journals Subscribed Journals List
4	Emerald https://www.emeraldinsight.com	Management	120 Journals Subscribed Journals List
E Books
1	Elsevier www.sciencedirect.com	Engineering and Allied Braches of Engineering	436 E-Books, ( Perpetual Access) Subscribed E Books List
2	Taylor & Francis https://www.tandfonline.com	Engineering	4950 E-Books (Perpetual Access) Subscribed E Books List
3	McGraw Hill Education http://mcgrawhilleducation.pdn .i	Engineering Express	505 E-Books (Four Year Subscription Model) Subscribed E Books List
4	New Age International http://www.newagepublishers .com/servlet/nahome	Engineering	220 E-Books (Perpetual Access ) Subscribed E Books List
5	Packt https://prod.packtpub.com/in	Engineering and Professional Computers	5002 E-Books (Perpetual Access) Subscribed E Books List
Technology Platform
1	Knimbus https://new.knimbus.com	1. Digital Library Platform, 2. Remote Access Solution, 3. Mobile App	E-Books: 10,000+ E – Journals : 5700+
2	NetAnalytiks https://sententia.online/	Sententia (Writing Grammar Tool)	—

English Newspapers	Kannada Newspapers	English Magazines	Kannada Magazines
Deccan Herald	Andolana	CSR	Gruhashobha
Indian Express	Kannada Prabha	Employment News	Karmaveera
Star of Mysore	Mysuru Mitra	Frontline	Kasturi
The Hindu	Prajavani	India Today	Mayura
Times of India	Vijaya Karnataka	Readers Digest	Sudha
		Sportstar	Taranga
		The Week
		Womens Era

Open Access Resources are research materials have been made available to the public, free of charge, data and datasets, books and articles, including scholarly research articles.

Open Access Journals :

DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals –Provides access to over 1500 + learned journals covering all major disciplines.	http://www.doaj.org
IAS : Indian Academy of Sciences 11 free Indian Online journals	http://www.ias.ac.in
Niscair Full Text Journals	http://nopr.niscair.res.in
IOP :Institute of Physics– electronic journals 60 e-journals	http://iopscience.iop.org/journals
IISC: Journal of the Indian Institute of Science	http://journal.library.iisc.ernet.in
INSA: Indian National Science Academy journals	http://www.insa.nic.in
IETE Journals : (Institution Of Electronics And Telecommunication Engineers)	http://www.ietejournals.org
Open Access Journals Search Engine	http://www.oajse.com
Digital Learning	http://www.digitallearning.eletsonline.com
DOAR: Directory of Open Access Repositories	http://www.opendoar.org
Journal of Nanotechnology	http://www.hindawi.com/journals/jnt

Open Access E-books :

Project Gutenberg offers over 38,000 free ebooks	http://www.gutenberg.org
DOAB: Directory of Open access books	https://www.doabooks.org
Google books	https://books.google.co.in

Open Access Dictionaries & Encyclopeadias :

One look Dictionary	http://www.onelook.com
Encyclopaedia	http://www.encyclopedia.com
Encyclopaedia Britannica	http://www.britannica.com
Merriam Webster Dictionary	http://www.merriam-webster.com
Engineering Dictionary	http://www.engineering-dictionary.org
Webster’s Online Dictionary	http://www.websters-online-dictionary.org

Open Access Digital Repositories :

NSDL: National Science Digital Library at NISCAIR	http://www.nsdl.niscair.res.in
NDL: National Digital Library of India	https://ndl.iitkgp.ac.in

Open Access E-Theses and Dissertations :

NDLTD :Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations	http://www.ndltd.org
Shodhganga : a reservoir of Indian theses @INFLIBNET	http://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in
Indian Institute of Science	Etd@IISc: IISc Repository of Theses & and Dissertations
Vidyanidhi : Indian digital library of electronic theses	http://eprints.uni-mysore.ac.in
ShodhGangotri : Repository of Indian Research in Progress	http://shodhgangotri.inflibnet.ac.in

Open Course wears :

NPTEL : National Programme on Technology Enhanced Learning	http://www.nptel.iitm.ac.in
MIT: Massachusetts Institute of Technology	http://ocw.mit.edu
IGNOU RESOURCES	http://www.egyankosh.ac.in
SWAYAM: Study Webs of Active –Learning for Young Aspiring Minds	https://swayam.gov.in/
Swayamprabha : free DTH channel for Education	https://swayamprabha.gov.in/index.php/ch_allocation/moreChannels
E-Pathshala: A gateway to all Post graduate courses	https://epgp.inflibnet.ac.in
A-VIEW : Amrita Virtual Interactive e-Learning World	http://aview.in

Online Newspapers :

Online Newspaper Directory for the World	http://www.onlinenewspapers.com
India News Papers Directory	http://www.e-paperview.com

An online public access catalog (often abbreviated as OPAC or simply library catalog) is an online database of materials held by a library. Users search a library catalog to locate books and other materials available at a library. OPAC is an important tool for web resources. Therefore, the NIEIT Library started OPAC facility to its clientele.

OPAC provides the access to the NIEIT Library database.
OPAC allows the users to know the library collection and the status of the Library Resources & Number of copies available in library.
Search facility: By specifying Author, Title, subject, publisher, edition, accession number or any other field.
User can access NIEIT OPAC from any computer connected to the NIEIT- LAN
Shows the list of books borrowed, along with the details.How to access the library OPAC WEB-OPAC go to: My page Login: Member Id; Borrowers card No Default Password: library (requested to change the password after logging in)

DIGITAL ACCESS

Access to multiple e-resources such as Taylor & Francis, ProQuest and Knimbus, NPTEL videos and other educational materials – the library has all the modern facilities to help students with their research and academics.

DIGITAL LIBRARY

DELNET /INTERLIBRARY LOAN

QUICK LINKS

E-SHIKSHANA

A digital library is a managed collection of information, with associated services, where the information is stored in digital formats and accessible over a network. Central Library is a part of the institute-wide network. The library has 10 computers and other accessories adequate to cater to the needs of users & are meant for users to access OPAC, databases, e-books, e-journals and other e-resources. The Central library has been Wi-Fi enabled to provide wireless access to the Internet. Users are welcome to use their laptops in the library.

DELNET, a network of 1000 institutions with access to more than 60 lakh records through online systems is considered as a big leap towards the modernization of libraries in India. DELNET has been actively engaged in the compilation of various union catalogues of the resources available with member libraries and has already created the union catalogue of books, current periodicals, and a CD ROM database. It provides a range of services including e-mail access to its member libraries including institutional and associate institutional members.

The NIEIT Library has a membership with DELNET (New Delhi) to facilitate the efficient search of information through various online databases and union catalogues. DELNET delivers individual books as and when required by member libraries as well as photocopies of articles published within and outside India through the Inter-library Loan/Document Delivery Services.

Overview

e- Shikshana is a multi-modal, multimedia internet based virtual knowledge sharing platform.
Adopted by VTU e-learning centre as an alternate to the existing Edusat e-learning system.

Objectives

e – Shikshana enables… A course expert to teach or interact with a large number of students.

The instructor to teach and interact with a large number of learners transcending geographies on a real-time basis through live audio-video streaming and synchronized content sharing.
To leverage the world’s best faculty for the benefit of the academic community at higher educational institutions across the nation by providing a near classroom experience free of cost.
To set up online classrooms, meetings and training with ease and to perform a live evaluation of the learners and to get real-time feedback from attendees on the go.
To act as an online meeting tool that can support online social collaboration and interactions with multiple users across the world.