The Central Library of Vel Tech Rangarajan Dr. Sagunthala R & D Institute of Science and Technology consists of enormous printed books, journals, magazines, back volumes and e-resources in the field of Science, Engineering, Technology, Law, Management and Humanities. The Central Library is fully automated with “AutoLib Library Management Software” and well supported by RFID Technology. The Central Library is so spacious with a built up area of 2500 sq.m. consists of a massive collection of 105517 volumes of books and 27341 titles and a seating capacity of more than 540 students. Apart from the printed books, the Central Library is having annual subscription of e-books of renowned publishers such as McGraw Hill, Proquest and Pearson. To enhance the research, in addition to the e-books, the library is subscribes to two major electronic database, SCOPUS and Web of Science. The subscription of e-journals such as IEEE, ASME, ASCE and J-GATE acts as a boon to the students, research scholars and faculty members to upgrade themselves. The reading environment of the Central Library is wi-fi enabled to support the readers. The Central Library is in possession of 20 Kindles and the students, research scholars and faculty members are privileged to borrow the same to access the e-resources. The air-conditioned digital library enhance the user community to dwell inside the digital library to explore the electronic resources with great comfort. The working hours of the Central Library is from 7.30 a.m. to 8.00 p.m. including all Saturdays and Sundays and except Public Holidays. The remote access facilities of the electronic resources play vital role to access the electronic resources around the clock. The Central Library is a member of Shodhganga, E-Shodh Sindhu, National Digital Library of India and DELNET. The design and development of Digital Library through “DSpace Digital Library Software” supports the user community to access the previous year exam question papers and projects in the electronic version. The Central Library is facilitated to detect plagiarism through Urkund and Turnitin software.

About Library

VISION

To provide comprehensive resources and service to support the research, teaching and lifelong learning needs of the user community.

MISSION

To preserve information across all formats and to ensure the effective storage and delivery system
To embrace change and align the library to thrive on diversity, to support professional growth and opportunity and to reward flexibility and innovation.
To develop, organize and maintain a collection that attempts to meet the needs of our community.
To develop and strengthen the working culture with faculty, students and staff.
To develop opportunities for improving library environments and optimize physical facilities for users.

FLOOR PLAN

The Central Library is functioning with 6 bays (viz., School of Computer Science, School of Electrical & Electronics, School of Mechanical, School of Basic Science, School of Information Technology and School of Management Studies) located in the third floor of the block numbers 2130, 2230, 2330, 2430, 9300 and 8300.

MEMBERSHIP

The Central Library is following Open Access System. All the Students, Faculty Members, Research Scholars and Non-teaching staff are privileged to borrow books from the Central Library. The borrowing privileges are as follows:

SL. NO.	MEMBER DETAILS	NO. OF BOOKS	PERIOD
1	UG STUDENTS	6	14 DAYS
2	PG STUDENTS	6	28 DAYS
3	RESEARCH SCHOLARS	6	42 DAYS
4	TEACHING STAFF	6	42 DAYS
5	NON-TEACHING STAFF	5	28 DAYS

WORKING HOURS

The Central Library is kept open throughout the year except Public Holidays. The working hours of the Central Library is as follows:

ALL WORKING DAYS 7.30 a.m. – 8.00 p.m.

3^rd SATURDAYS & ALL SUNDAYS 9.00 a.m. – 4.00 p.m.

RULES & REGULATIONS

Observe silence in the Library.
Library users are requested to deposit their belongings / bags (other than valuables) at the property counter.
Do not mobile phone to speak inside the Library.
Register your Gate Entry in the Computer System kept near the entrance of the Library.
Do not mutilate, scribble or mark on any book belongs to the library.
Members are responsible for any damage caused by them to the books or any other property belonging to the library and shall be required to pay the penalty imposed upon them.
The members caught tearing pages/stealing of books will be suspended forthwith from using the library facilities and further disciplinary action will be initiated against them by the Institution.
Members shall not bring personal belongings (including, Books and other printed material) and library books borrowed by them to the reading and stack area of the library.
Members leaving the library should stop at the exit so that the material borrowed or taken out of the library by them can be checked.
Books will be issued only on production of valid user ID card.
Books borrowed must be returned or renewed on or before the due date.
Books will have to be physically presented for renewals.
Books will be renewed if there are no reservations.
Members are requested to verify the physical condition of the book/s before borrowing.
Overdue charges will be collected for the late return of books as per rules in force.
Misuse of library facilities is an offence and will invite punishment as decided by the competent authority.

Events Organized

One day National Seminar on “Web Resources in Academic Excellence” was conducted on 5^th Jan 2013
Webinar programme on Springer Link was conducted on 14^th Feb 2013
Organized IEEE Xplore Users Awareness Programme on 13^th Aug 2013
Organized and conducted a Programme on Resources of Scopus in Library Services on 4^th Feb 2014
Conducted J-Gate User Orientation Program on 11^th Mar 2014
User’s Awareness Programme on Springer link conducted on 22^nd Dec 2014
Conducted one day National seminar on “Knowledge Management in Digital Era: Opportunities and Challenges” on 27^th Feb 2016
One week Library users Orientation Programme was conducted in between 9^th June 2017 to 7^th July 2017
Conducted one day work shop on“ J-Gate Plus “ on 30^th Oct 2017

Sl. No.	Event Name	Event Organizer	Date
1	NDLI USER AWARENESS SESSION	Dr. M Prasad Chief Librarian VEL TECH CENTRAL LIBRARY & VEL TECH NDLI CLUB & IIC	06-28-21
2	Web of Science	Dr. Subhasree Nag Clarivate Analytics	07-09-21
3	Scopus – Webinar “Integrating Scopus in your Research Work Flow”	Dr. M Prasad Chief Librarian VEL TECH CENTRAL LIBRARY	07-10-21
4	Pearson E – Books : Webinar	Dr. M Prasad Chief Librarian VEL TECH CENTRAL LIBRARY	07-11-21
5	Webinar on AICTE Scholarship/Fellowship/Internship schemes for the students of UG/Diploma/PG	AICTE, New Delhi.	09-16-21
6	Design Thinking and User Experience in Libraries : A Primer	Dr. Dhanashree Date, Global Head, IRC, TCS	10-30-21
7	International Webinar on Open Access from MPLA and TSLA	on occasion of library week from Telegana and Madhya Pradesh Library Association	11-14-21
8	Our Planet is on Danger	Designed for academic researchers at all stages	11-16-21
9	TPS-IIC-DELNET Online Programme on “Timeless Mystical Poetry”	DELNET	11-17-21
10	DELNET Book Talk on “Teach to Enrich”	Ms. Sonia Vikas Kapoor DELNET	11-20-21
11	DELNET Webinar on “Netiquette for Online Communication : Golden Rules”	Dr. Sangeeta Kaul DELNET	11-30-21

LIBRARY COMMITTEE

Sl. No.	Name and Designation	Constitution
1	Prof. Dr. S. Salivahanan, Vice Chancellor	Chairman
2	Prof. Dr. E. Kannan, Registrar	Member
3	Prof. Dr. A. T. Ravichandran, Dean, Academics	Member
4	Prof. Dr. M. Sivakumar, Dean, Freshman Engineering	Member
5	Prof. Dr. V. Jayashankar, Dean, SOE	Member
6	Prof. Dr. V. Srinivasa Rao, Dean, SOC	Member
7	Prof. Dr. M. S. R. Mariappan, Dean, School of Management	Member
8	Prof. Dr. S. Valarmathi, Dean, Q & A	Member
9	Prof. Dr. P. Chandrakumar, Dean, Ind. Rel. & TBI	Member
10	Prof. Dr. P. Suresh, Dean International	Member
11	Prof. Dr. K. Nithyanandam, (Former Director of Central Library, Anna University) President, Madras Library Association	External Member
12	Dr. S. Prabakar, University Librarian	Convener

2.8.FACULTY & STAFF

SL. NO.	NAME & QUALIFICATION	DESIGNATION
1	Dr. S. Prabakar, M.L.I.S., M.Phil., Ph.D.	Chief Librarian
2	Dr. M. Mohan Kumar, M.L.I.S., M.Phil., Ph.D.	Librarian
3	Mr. V. Narasimmaraghavan, B.A., M.L.I.Sc., M.Phil.	Assistant Librarian Senior
4	Mr. S. Parasuraman, M.A., M.L.I.Sc., M.Phil.	Assistant Librarian Senior
5	Mr. P.G. Damodharan, M.A., M.L.I.Sc., M.Phil.	Assistant Librarian
6	Mr. N. V. Bharathwaj, B.Com., M.L.I.Sc.	Assistant Librarian
7	Mr. N. Balachander, M.B.A., M.L.I.Sc.	Assistant Librarian
8	Mr. Chandrasekar,M.Sc., M.L.I.Sc., M.Phil.	Assistant Librarian
9	Mr. V. Venkatesan, B.A.,B.L.I.Sc.	Library Assistant

2.9.CONTACT US

Chief Librarian,

Vel Tech Rangarajan Dr. Sagunthala R & D Institute of Science and Technology

400 Feet Outer Ring Road, Avadi, Chennai – 600 062, Tamil Nadu, India.

E-mail. chieflibrarian@veltech.edu.in

Central Library collection

1. BOOKS	a)Total no.of Books(Print)(Titles-26302)	106873
	b)Total no.of Ph.D Theses	122
	c)Total no.of Caltech Theses	357
	d)Book Bank	473
	e)E-Books	70573
2. National & International Journal (Print)	a)Subscribtion Indian Journals	112
	b)Back Volume	6528
	c)Magazine- 40 & NewsPapers- 13	53
3. E-Journals	a)IEEE –ASPP	294
	b) ASME	36
	c) ASCE	42
	d)J-Gate Management	56768
	e)DELNET	5000
4. E-Database	a) Scopus	4585
4. E-Database	b) Web of Science	1846
5. Non-Print Materials	a) CD’S	4220
5. Non-Print Materials	b) Kindles	20

Digital Library

The Digital Library is fully air-conditioned and consists of 90 computer systems. It acts as a boon to the students and the research scholars to explore the following e-contents to enhance their knowledge.

Subscribed electronic books such as McGraw Hill, Proquest and Pearson
Subscribed electronic journals such as IEEE, ASCE, ASME, CDJ Law and J-Gate
Subscribed electronic database such as SCOPUS and Web of Science
Open Access E-Books, E-Journals and Video Lectures
To gain access to MOOC such as NPTEL, SWAYAM, Coursera, EDX, Udemy, Allison
To access the previous year e-question papers and e-projects through the module of Institutional Repository

Rules for the Digital Library:

Internet facility is open for the registered users of the Library only. No outsider will be allowed to use this facility.
Users should produce the Identity Card at Counter and collect the same after browsing.
Users are advised to make use of this facility only to support their academic and research activities.
Users are advised to help in identifying unauthorized users, since this facility is for the registered users only.
The facility is available between 8.00 am to 8.00 pm on all working days.
All the computers are equipped with the Electronic Surveillance Software to detect the Internet sites visited and searched by each user.
Each user at a stretch is allowed only for one hour for computer use in Digital Library.
Maintain silence while working in the Digital Library.
Do not change any of the computer configurations.
Do not download / install any software from any website.
Do not bring any personal computer gadget inside the Digital Library.
In case of any computer operational or access problem, report to the Digital Library in-charge.
Internet and intranet access is limited to academic pursuit only i.e. subscribed online databases/ e-journals/ institute websites/ NPTEL web course/ Open source educational sites and the like.
Access to Orkut, e-mails, google talks, online chatting/ playing games on computers is strictly prohibited in the entire Digital Library premises and Strict disciplinary action will be taken against the defaulters.
Users are not allowed to share their net access ID and Password with other students.

University to initiate requisite action to establish a Digital Knowledge Centre for the benefit of its user community. It is imperative that this Centre needs to be improvised to extend its services to a wider access. The prime objective of this Digital Knowledge Centre is to access to the information resources of various libraries and information services both internal and external, all in one place, enabling users to search, browse and download any required data needed quickly and easily.

About Library

Central Library collection

Digital Library

E-RESOURCES

Resource Sharing

Institutional Repository