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Library

Introduction

The Library is the heart of any academic institution. A Library is a trinity of documents, users and staff. It is the staff, who, by their service bring the users in contact with the documents.The XIE Library is situated on the first floor of the building above the general office and adjacent to the Conference Room . It encloses a total area of over 400 sq metres. The total seating capacity of the Reading Room is 100 and that of the Reference Section is 50.

MISSION STATEMENT

To acquire, store and make available a diverse collection of relevant and up-to-date print and electronic information resources to meet the teaching, learning and research needs of the students and staff.

OBJECTIVES

  • provide Library materials needed by the staff and students for the various courses in the engineering institution.
  • provide reference materials needed by the teaching staff to keep them up-to-date in their respective field of study.
  • provide reading materials to students and staff to meet their educational, informational and recreational needs.

LIBRARY COMMITTEE

Following members are appointed for the A.Y. 2024-25

Name of Faculty
Prof. Chhaya Narvekar- Convener
Prof. Yashonanda Maurya, Prof. Omprakash Yadav, Prof. Jaya Jeswani, Prof. Tejal Deshpande, Mr. Sandip Chandurkar, Mr. Sharad Thange

LIBRARY TIMINGS

Monday – Friday 8:30 a.m – 4:30 p.m.

(Reading Room 8.30 am to 7.00 pm)
Saturday (1st , 3rd and 5th) – 8.30a.m –1:00 p.m
Closed on Sundays and Public Holidays

COLLECTION DEVELOPMENT

Total No of Volume - 13584
Total No of Titles - 4885
Total no of E-books - 10683 (Delnet)

JOURNALS & MAGAZINES

Number of journals & magazines : 28

ONLINE JOURNALS

IEEE Xplore; Number of ejournals : 197

DELNET : 382

LIBRARY AUTOMATION

The library is automated using SLIM software. This software is based on internationally accepted standards and is a comprehensive and user friendly library management software. It provides a wide range of features for library management. It is developed by Algorhythms Consultants Pvt Ltd, a leading Pune based software company in the field of library automation.