Vision of the Library

The KMIT Central library promotes intellectual growth and creativity by developing collection, facilitating access to information resources, teaching the effective use of information resources and critical evaluation skills and offering research assistance. Broadly speaking, the vision of the KMIT Central Library is to provide access to a broad range of learning resources and information services to students and faculty.

Infrastructure

The Central Library began its existence in 2007. It is centrally located in the campus. It is surrounded by academic classrooms, laboratories, workshops, placement wing and sports grounds. It is divided into different sections like Stack area, Reading room, Reference and periodical Sections, Circulation, Digital library and Reprographic Section. The library is housed spaciously with a plinth area as follows:

Rules & Regulations

• Users must keep their belongings in the pigeon-hole racks provided at the entrance however a note book/calculator may be allowed inside.

• Identity card should be shown at the checkpoint on demand.

• Sign in the register kept at the checkpoint, while entering the Library.

• Visitors should obtained prior permission from the authorities before utilizing the resources.

• Decency and Decorum Should be maintained in the Library.

• Members are free to browse through the books. Books taken out of the shelves must be left on a table. Replacing the books on shelves is not encouraged as it may be misplaced. Misplaced book is a lost book.

• Readers shouldn’t mark, underline, write tear pages or damages the books

• Show the documents, which are being taken out of the Library, to the staff at the checkpoint.

• Books lost by the Borrowers have to be reported immediately in writing to the Librarian, failing which fines will keep on accumulating. PLEASE DO NOT ASK FOR WAIVER OF FINES. Replace the book within the time permitted.

• Each borrower is responsible for the book issued on that card, Hence borrowers are requested not to exchange the books with others.

• No due certificate will be issued at the end of every semester.

• Change of Department, Status, and Address etc., to be informed immediately.

• Use the dustbins provided in the reading area and help us to maintain library clean & tidy

• Anyone who violates of the rules and regulations of the library would be liable to loss the privilege of the membership.

Library Advisory Committee

• The Library has an advisory committee involving representatives from all academic departments

• The Committee members meet twice in the year

Print Resources

The library has 19430 books, 4315 titles and 73 Print journals that cater to all the branches of engineering, as well as other disciplines.

Branch-wise Distribution of Books & Print Journals