BGS Institute of Technology (BGSIT), Sri Adichunchanagiri Kshethra, Nagamangala Taluk, Mandya District, Karanataka 571811

Vision

BGSIT Library is an Outstanding Knowledge dissemination center to develop competent professionals for the benefit of mankind.

Mission

To provide state - of – the- art facilities which enable to ensure best teaching/ learning and research activities.
To develop, organize and maintain a collection of libraryresources.
To adopt innovative technologies to support the sharing of knowledge for users community.

The BGSIT Library & Information Center is an important learning resource center with open access system encouraging the user to browse freely in the stock area. The library is housed in a spacious block. Presently library has 33,448 volumes of books and periodicals/magazines. The library comprises of reference section, periodical section, stock area, digital library with internet facility. Library also has collection of newspapers; journals back volumes, competitive exam books, GATE question papers and University question papers and syllabus of all the branches. The basic infrastructure, working duration, internet availability and membership details of Library& Information Centeris presented in the following Table

Details of Library and Information Centre Facility

Number of Volumes	33,448
Number of Titles	6,055
Carpet Area of Library (in m2)	625 Sq M
Number of Seats in Reading Space	150
Reading Space (in m2)	200 Sq M
Number of Users (Issue Book) per day	250
Timings: Working Day	9:00 AM to 4:30 PM
Timings: Weekend	9:00 AM to 1:00 PM
Timings: Vacation	9:00 AM to 4:30 PM
Number of Library Staff	4
Name of Library Automation Software	Koha
Computerization for Search, Indexing, Issue/Return Records	Yes
Bar Coding Used	Yes
Library Services on Internet/Intranet	Yes
Availability over Internet/Intranet	Yes
Number of Users per day	Average 190
DELNET and Other Similar Membership	DELNET NDLI Institute of Engineers India

The Library & Information Center of BGSIT facility has obtained no deficiency report from the AICTE/LAC Local Assessment Committee (LAC) for all the assessed years. To enhance the efficiency of library operations, the center is automated with Koha software to provide speed service to the library users.

Relevance of availability learning resources including e-Resources

The Institution has taken up membership from DELNET, NDLI, and Institute of Engineers India for enabling utilization of e-resources. The databases acts as a single-window service for Technical Institutions with their diverse research and academic interests. These e-resources can be accessed through IP based in the campus through web addresses. The various e-resources that can be accessed by the faculty and student members are presented in section.

Accessibility to students

Library& Information Center has an intranet OPAC facility for users to search the required content through the OPAC, computer and internet facility is provided in Library& Information Center where students can access different types of learning resources. Library has adopted open access system for stockholders to browse freely the books, e-books/e-journals through Wi-Fi facility across the library. The learning resource center is kept open from 8:30am to 9:30pm (9 hours a day) for usage, it will be extended basis on request of the users.

Support to students for self-learning activities

Digital Library: The Institution has set up DSpace Digital Library with 25 computers having adequate internet connectivity for navigating. The objective of this facility is to support self-learning activities. Institution has purchased local guru system for managing NPTEL videos. System covers more than 20,000 videos of different streams in engineering. These videos serve as a supplement to classroom teaching and learning activities. One can access the videos in the entire campus without internet, in addition e- resources from IEEE, ProQuest. Swayam, MOOC, NDL (National Digital Library), DELNET (Developing Library Network), INFLIBNET (Information and Library Network Centre), IEI (Institute of Engineers) and others open access portals.

Internet

The Institution has enabled adequate internet facility to support the operations. The details of internet provider and the specifications are provided in the following

Details of Internet availability

Name of the Internet Provider	Infynix Data Services Pvt. Ltd.
Availability of Bandwidth	500 Mbps
Wi-Fi Availability	Yes
Internet Access in Labs, Classrooms, Library, and Offices of All Departments	Yes
Security Arrangements	Firewalls

Library Service’s:

Text books:

Text books are most reliable source of information to the Faculty and the Students of B G S Institute of Technology especially for course/syllabus related reading. The section has approximately 33,448 syllabus related text books. The books for this section are purchased generally on the recommendation from different faculty members through the concerned Head of the Department. The timings for issuing the books from the Text Book Section are from 8:30 AM to 5:30 PM during Monday to Friday. The books of this section may be returned back during 9 AM to 5 PM only. A total no. 3 of books are issued from the section at a time.

Reference:

Readers may approach the Reference and Membership Desk for information or any assistance in the use of the Library Collections and Services. Users may contact Computer Applications Division for the computerized services, CD ROM Based Search Services and Web-based electronic journals. For special information requirements, users may also reach incharges of Readers Services/Serials Division or the Librarian.

Periodical:

A good number of journals and magazines both technical and general in nature are subscribed to library. Latest issues will be displayed as and when received.

Bibliographic:

The library has prepared a list of Reference Books for the benefit of user community. Booklet containing the details of all reference oriented documents will publish.

CD-ROM:

The CD-ROMs received along with books/journals/conferences are available in the Reference Section and the facility can be availed from 8.30 a.m. to 5.30 p.m. on all working days.

Inter-Library Loan (ILL):

The books of our library will be sent to various our institute libraries on Inter Library Loan as per the request from our institute Libraries. The library also used to get some books Inter Library Loan basis from other our institute libraries as request by our users.

Photostat copy:

The Library has entrusted the responsibility of extending Xerox facility inside the Library. The Library document will be xeroxed within the Library for the benefit of the users.

Newspaper clippings:

Important and relevant information published in dailies will be displayed on library notice board regularly and the same will be updated once in a month on library website.

Question bank:

Previous years ACU Question papers are arranged subject wise in multiple copies and will be provided to users to take photocopies on request. The soft copy of question papers are available on library website which is downloadable.

Plagiarism Check:

Library Automation:

Now-a-days Library Automations are considered as a powerful tool for any type of library to make its services very easy and relatively reliable to access the resources. The Library Automation of different kinds with powerful features are available in the market; which can also be used in academic library in order to promote library activities and services for the benefit of academic fraternity and research output. We done Automations successfully with help of Koha in B G S Institute of Technolgy.

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Web OPAC:

Online Public Access Catalouge: OPAC contains over 34,000 bibliographic records, with more records being added on a daily basis. It is one of the most widely used databases of the library and is accessible 24×7 via library web page. Besides listing all the documents available in the library, it allows on-line renewal and reservation, circulation, fine collection, and indicates status of a particular book. The OPAC is searchable & allows users searching by any combination of author, title, subject/keywords, accession number, subject and several other fields of methods.

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E-Resources (e-Books):

E-Databases:

S/N	Name of the e-databases	URL’s
1	IEEE ASPP Online	https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/Xplore/home.jsp
2	Proquest	https://www.proquest.com/?parentSessionId=F3bcm8JEbtFA1oM2RE4PcofO%2FWl8M%2BP4dqyiPOsGjvA%3D
3	Delnet	http://delnet.in/index.html
4	Drill bit Plagiarism tool	https://www.drillbitplagiarismcheck.com/auth/login

DSpace Digital Library B G S Institute of Technology

Welcome to DSpace Digital Library B G S Institute of Technology online institutional repository, Store, Manage, Retrieve and Preserve all types of digital information available in the form of

Data CDs /DVDs
Interactive CDs/DVDs
E-journals, E-books
Archives of digital information
Archives of Digitized information Manuscripts/ Rare Documents
Rare Collections of Library
Digital Photo Archives Academic Project/Faculty Publication/ Question Papers/Seminar/Thesis/Dissertations digital Reports
No specific technical manpower needed to operate and maintain the installation

Print Collections:
Department Wise Titles and Volumes

S/N

Departments

Titles (In No)

Total No. of Vol (in nos.)

National Journals (in No)

Under Graduation (UG)

1
Civil Engineering
610

3194

6

2
Mechanical Engineering
795

3880

6

3
Electronic and Communication Engineering
1077

7844

18

4
Computer Science and Engineering
931

5844

18

5
Information Science and Engineering
599

2956

6

6
Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning
37

123

6

                Basic Sciences

7
Engineering Mathematics
133

1657

Engineering Physics
61

749

Engineering Chemistry
77

711

Electrical Engineering
44

721

                Post-Graduation (PG)

8
CMOS VLSI Design
102

374

3

9
Computer Science
122

273

3

10
Structural Engineering
108

206

3

11
Infrastructure Engg & Management
16

70

3

12
Master of Business Administration
386

1025

12

                Other Library Collections

13
General Books
423

1614

14
Donated Books
105

875

15
Government Books
243

1076

16
Bound Volumes
286

286

Total number of Titles and Volumes

6,055

33,448

84

Contact:

Dr. K. N. Shivakumaraswamy, Ph.D.
Deputy Librarian
Adichunchanagiri University
BGS Institute of Technology,
B G Nagara, Nagamangala(TQ),
Mandya(D), Karanataka-571448,
E-Mail – librarian@bgsit.ac.in
Web:http://www.bgsit.in
Facebook:www.facebook.com/BGSITcentrallibrary.
Twitter:  https://twitter.com/BGSITLibrary.
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S/N	Departments	Titles (In No)	Total No. of Vol (in nos.)	National Journals (in No)
S/N	Under Graduation (UG)	Titles (In No)	Total No. of Vol (in nos.)	National Journals (in No)
1	Civil Engineering	610	3194	6
2	Mechanical Engineering	795	3880	6
3	Electronic and Communication Engineering	1077	7844	18
4	Computer Science and Engineering	931	5844	18
5	Information Science and Engineering	599	2956	6
6	Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning	37	123	6
Basic Sciences
7	Engineering Mathematics	133	1657
	Engineering Physics	61	749
	Engineering Chemistry	77	711
	Electrical Engineering	44	721
Post-Graduation (PG)
8	CMOS VLSI Design	102	374	3
9	Computer Science	122	273	3
10	Structural Engineering	108	206	3
11	Infrastructure Engg & Management	16	70	3
12	Master of Business Administration	386	1025	12
Other Library Collections
13	General Books	423	1614
14	Donated Books	105	875
15	Government Books	243	1076
16	Bound Volumes	286	286
Total number of Titles and Volumes		6,055	33,448	84

Library and Information Center