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About the Library

GSSS Institute of Engineering and Technology for Women has built up a reputation of higher academic standards in all branches of Engineering & Technology and Management including science since 2003 through a true dedication and hard work of the management and staff with high end facilities. The institution has got wonderful library facilities to feed the requirement for all the stake holders to excel in their domain. The library has adopted a computerized facility which is user friendly and provides accessing books. The library has a huge collection of over 40560 books & around 14077 E-books along with CD's and DVD's apart from the latest Journals and Periodicals.

The GSSSIETW library consists of a central library and seven departmental libraries which collectively support the teaching - learning, research and development and extension programmes of the institution.

GSSSIETW library is setting time to time new goals and successful in achieving all the goals. It has emerged as modern library with its state of the art facilities and good infrastructure.

Vision

Library aims to be the best among engineering colleges libraries in the country. Library intends to incorporate the latest technology and adopt user friendly approach towards students and faculty. Library intends to offer comprehensive services related to dissemination of knowledge.

Mission

Library aims to become the centre of excellence to technical students to improve and invent novel ideology which is needed for challenging world.
Library aims at to seek, create, communicate and preserve knowledge and understanding and carryout the mission in a unified community known as College library.
Library aims at servicing as a resource centre and aims to develop a comprehensive collection of documents useful for faculty and students of the institution and provides an efficient dissemination of knowledge.
Build collections and create tools to support research, teaching, and learning.
Ensuring timely and seamless access to the highest quality resources.
The library has made commitment to adopt new information & communication technology.

Infrastructure

Infrastructure

The Central Library is aesthetically housed in the main building with an adequate space & good ambiance with the area of about 730 sq.mt with 250 seating capacity. Open access system is followed in the library.

Library Automation Software – Easylib Software

The library is automated using the user friendly library automation software called “Easylib software” which also takes care of institutions digital library.
Completely automated library management system makes it possible to search the database easily and borrow the materials at ease.
Computers in the library are provided with OPAC (Open Access Catalogue) which students can use for specific search (like Author wise, Title wise etc.) and book location in college library.

Issue & Return Desk :

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Department of Library
No.A-013
Area: 13.6sqmt

This Circulation Section provides users services in concerned with issue & returns of documents to the members: faculty, students, research scholars & supporting staff of institution.

Stacks Area, all disciplines

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Department of Library
No.A-013
Area: 171sqmt

Stack Section covers large No. of Engg & technology, computer science, electrical, electronic Engg, Basic science and humanities subject's books. P.G books. These books are properly labeled with subject & call number and title guides.

Branches	Volumes
Computer Science and Engineering	5312
Information Science and Engineering	3672
Artificial intelligence and machine learning	757
Electronics and Communication Engineering	6093
Electrical and Electronics Engineering	3251
Electronics and Instrumentation Engineering	1692
Basic Science & Humanities	8563
SC/ST Book Bank Books	477
M. Tech (Computer Science and Engineering / Digital Communication and Networking)	687
MBA	9015
General Knowledge & Literature books	1041
Total No. of Volumes	40560

Reference Section and Reading Hall :

Reference Section and Reading Hall | GSSSIETW

Department of Library
No.A-013
Area: 309 sqmt

The library maintains reference section which houses encyclopedias, dictionaries, data hand books, Project Reports, journals Bound Volumes, Question Bank, general & specific collections of books, etc.

Periodical Section :

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Department of Library
No.A-013
Area: 64.08 sqmt

Periodical section contains national & international print journals, along with Kannada & English magazines are kept for students & staff reference.
Total No. of national journals=40

Digital Resources Center :

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Department of Library
No.A-013
Area: 33 sqmt

The library has a separate place exclusively devoted for a digital library. It has in housed with 15 machines with all the A/V facilities. A patron can surf the internet, listen and watch academic-related audios & videos in a digital library. The Digital Library has all the information in a digital form, e- books e-journals, e-databases and NPTEL(National Programme on Technology Enhanced Learning). The Digital Libraru provides E-learning through web and video courses in engineering & technology subjects as per the VTU syllabus. E-Journals subscribed for all the branches engineering for UG, PG & research through VTU consortium.

Resources

1. National Digital Library (NDL)
2. NPTEL (Video Lecturer Programmes)
3. Internet service
4. Course materials
5. VTU Previous Years Scanned Question Bank

IT Infrastructure

• No. of Computers – 15
• No. of Multimedia – 15
• No. of Servers - 03

Librarian Chamber & Office

Department of Library
No.A-013
Area: 38.32 sqmt.

Date	Topics	Place	Remarks
25/09/2006	Organizing Electronic Resource for Digital Archiving	SDM, Mysore	Seminar
18/07/2009	E – Resource / E – Prints Awareness Programme Among Engineering College Libraries of Karnataka	Dayanada Sagar college of engineering, Bangalore	National Seminar
04/02/2011	Open Content Management and Organization for Technical Information Services	M.S. Rmaiah Institute of technology, Bangalore	National Conference
15 –16/07/2011	Emerging Trends in E – Resources Management and Mandatory Library Standards	K.S.School of Engineering & Management, Bengalore	National Workshop
25 –26/05/2012	Effective of usage of E – Resources	VTU Jnana Sangama, Belgum	Paper Presentation
25 –26/05/2012	Trends in Developing and Managing E – Resources in Libraries	VTU Jnana Sangama, Belgum	Paper Presentation
23/11/2012	ERM for Next Generation Libraries	Manasagangothri, Mysore	Workshop
30/11/2012	IEEE Xplore Digital Library User Awareness	Manasagangothri, Mysore	Workshop
20/07/2013	Publish or Perish		Seminar
20-21/12/2013	“Redefining Libraries in Electronic Age “	VTU Jnana Sangama, Belgaum	National Conference
24/01/2014	Management of Libraries & Information Center in 21st Century at Sambhram College, Bangalore	Sambharam Group of intuitions, Bangalore	State Level Conference
28/04/2014	Aiming at Inner Motivation for Tapping Human Resources for Varied Competencies	Manasagangothri, Mysore	Soft Skills for Librarians
29/05/2014	Soft Skills for Librarians at Mysore University Library	Manasagangothri, Mysore	Workshop
12,13/08/2014	Usage of Social Networking Tools by the UG Students of GSSSIETW : A Case Study at At Central Library University of Karnataka	GulbargaCentral University of Karnataka, Gulbarga	Paper presentation
18-20,2015	Golden Jubilee Summit & International Conference on Information Unbounded The Past, the Present & Future of Information Science		Workshop
21/06/2015	Understanding Reference Tools: Mendeley & Endnote	JCE Campus Mysuru	Workshop
31-05-2018	Strategies for Transforming Libraries Growing Trends and Technologies	NIE, Mysuru	Workshop
6-8-06/2019	LIS Academy National Conference	VTU, Belagavi	Conference
10-11/01-2020	Reaching out users in the Digital Era: Opportunities and Challenges	Manipal Academy of Higher Education	National Conference
26-3-2021	Library Automation and Digitization	Swayam (Ministry of Education )	Swayam Course
25-11-2021	IEEE Explore Digital Library	GSSSIETW, Mysuru	FDP
27-11-2021	Skill Development for LIS Professionals	VTU and LIS Academy	Symposium
03-12-2021	Online user awareness program on springer nature e-resources	VTU Consortium and Springer Nature	Participation
18-01-2022	A Guided tour of Taylor & Francis E-Books and Journals	Taylor & Francis Group	Webinar
9-03-2022	Online Conference on Transforming Libraries and Empowering LIS Professionals	DELNET	Conference
24-03-2022	A Guided Tour of Taylor and Francis E-Books & Journals	Taylor and Francis Group	Tour
30-03-2022	Online user awareness program on springer nature e-resources	VTU Consortium and Springer Nature	Participation
5th -6th -05-2023	Two Days Workshop on Emerging Technologies and Innovations in Best Library Practices	JSS College of Pharmacy Rocklands, ooty	Two Days Workshop
29th-30th-5-2023	Exploring the Past, Present and Future of Library and Information Science	University of Mysore	National Conference

Information System Details & Services
The library has 40560 volumes of books of engineering and technology, Management, basic science and humanities. The details of collections mentioned in the below.

Total no. of books	40560
Total no. of titles	6392
Students technical project reports	2000
CDs and DVDs (Available in text books) Engineering subjects Titles	3636
National Journals (Print Version)	40
Online E-journals	6883
Online E-Books (Subscription through VTU Consortium)	14077
E-Journals & E-Books Subscribed (VTU Consortium)	Springer Nature Emerald Publishing Taylor & Francis Elsevier IEEE ASPP ProQuest Emerald Business K-NIMBUS (Remote Access Service) NetAnalytiks Technologies (LANQUILL) DrillBit - Plagiarism Checker

Library services

The Library services are designed to ensure maximum use & participation of the users in the library collection. The services of the library include:

Document circulation service
Reference Service
Newspaper clipping
Current Awareness Service
Selective Dissemination of Information
User Orientation/ Information literacy
New arrival service

Facilities

Reading hall
Meritorious Student Book bank
SC/ST Book Bank
Reprographic , Scanning
Softcopy of syllabus and question papers
OPAC (Open Access Catalogue)
Internet
Wi-Fi Facilities

Literature Section

This section covers good collections of books in English and Kannada versions includes books on various subjects, such as Novels, Fiction, Drama, Biography, Literature, etc.

Working Hours

The library will be kept open on all days expect Sundays and on institutional holidays.

Lending Section: 8:45 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Reference Section: 8:45 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.
Digital Resources Center 8:45 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.

Staff Details

Department Of Library :


Banadeshwar Hiremath, MA, M.LISc, PGDLAN Librarian	Sampath Kumar, B.LISc, M.LISc Asst Librarian	Mahendra D G, M.LISc, (Ph.D), Asst Librarian	Manjukumar M.B, B.LISc, M. LISc, Library Asst


Rajitha Kumari, D. Lib Library Asst	Deepika P, Library Asst	Abhishek C, Attender

E-Resources

Sl No	Publishers	Subject Category	Resource Coverage	No. Of Resources	Login Details
1	Elsevier http://www.sciencedirect.com/	E-Journals: Engineering +CS + EE + ME + EC + CV and allied branches of engineering.	Artificial Intelligence-22 Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design-19 Computer Networks and Communications-29 Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition-10 Hardware and Architecture-20 Information Systems-28 Signal Processing-13 Aerospace Engineering-5 Biomedical Engineering-16 Civil and Structural Engineering-35Computational Mechanics11 Electrical and Electronic Engineering-33Mechanical Engineering-38Ocean Engineering-6 Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality-13(Back Issues from 2010)	298 Journals	IP Based
2	Springer Nature https://link.springer.com/ Journals List: http://surl.li/jkahn	E-Journals: Electrical & Electronics MechanicalCivil Computer Science Engineering (Allied Subject) Chemistry and Material Science Mathematics Physics	Electrical & Electronics - 58 Mechanical - 44 Civil - 13 Computer Science - 93 Engineering (Allied Subject) - 39 Chemistry and Material Science - 162Mathematics - 167 Physics - 104 (Back Issues from 1997)	690 Journals	IP Based
3	IEEE ASPP https://ieeexplore.ieee.org Journals List: http://surl.li/jkaie	E-Journals IEEE-ASPP The core collection all Society periodicals	Aerospace-4 Bioengineering-12 Communication, Networking and Broadcast Technologies-29 Components, Circuits, Devices and Systems-20 Computing and Processing-48 Engineered Materials, Dielectrics & Plasmas-8 Engineering Profession-3 Fields, Waves and\Electromagnetics-18 General Topics for Engineers-5 Geoscience; Power, Energy and Industry Applications-4 Nuclear Engineering; Bioengineering-2 Photonics and Electro optics-1 Power, Energy and Industry Applications-22 Robotics and Control Systems-6 Signal Processing and Analysis-15 Transportation-6 Others-1 (Back Issues from 2010)	198 e- Journals	IP Based
4	Taylor & Francis https://www.tandfonline.com/	E-Journals: Engineering +CSE + ME + CV + Architecture and Allied Science (Back Issues from 2010)	585 JournalsIP Based	Allied Science- 324 Mechanical-35 Textile -8 Engineering & Technology-76 Electrical- 17 Computer Science- 27 Civil & Structural- 31 BioTechnology-17 Architecture- 19 (Back Issues from 2010)	585 Journals	IP Based
5	Emerald https://www.emeraldinsight.com/ Journals List: http://surl.li/jkajo	E-Journals: Management	Accounting, Finance & Economics Business, Management & Strategy HR, Learning & Organization Studies Information & Knowledge Management Marketing Operations, Logistics & Quality Property Management & Built Environment Public Policy & Environmental Management Tourism & Hospitality Management	212 Journals	IP Based
6	ProQuest https://www.proquest.com/165290 Journals List: http://surl.li/jkamo	E-Journals: Architecture and all Engineering and its allied branches.	Technology Collection includes the AdvancedTechnology & Aerospace and Materials Science & Engineering Databases (Back issues from 1962)	Full text:4900 Journals Indexed:7800 Abstract	IP Based
7	KNIMBUS https://www.knimbus.com/	Cloud serveralong with Universal Federation search services RemoteAccess Solution + mLibrary mobile App	Single Login page with a domain vtuconsortium.org Mobile app (IOS Android)access all Digital Holding anytime anywhere Embedded Remote Access for all the Subscribed Publisher A-Z Cataloging of Subscribed Databases Federated Search Searchable database of (eBooks/Proceedings- 100,000+Journals-15,000+videos-1,50,000+Mooc Courses Including NPTEL and MIT Courses- 5,000+) Individual Branded eLibrary Protal for each Institution along with Institutional Repository Admin Dashboard for each Institution to manage users departments and track user/usage analytics	eBooks/Proc eedings- 100,000+Jour nals- 15,000+video s- 1,50,000+Mo oc Courses Including NPTEL and MIT Courses- 5,000+)	IP Based
8	Drillbit www.drillbitplagiarismcheck.com/	Drillbit- Plagiarisum Detection Software	End user Licenses: 1. Instructor profile 2.Student’s profile		Login Based
9	MAPMy Access https://vtulib.mapmyaccess.com/ resources	Cloud server along with Universal Federation search services Remote Access Solution	All subjects 12 K + Resources and following features: OA resources: Journals + e-Books + e-Theses + Educational videos. 24 X 7 seamless access. Admin control for librarians. Usage report for individual colleges. Secured remote access full text content. Mobile compatibility.	OA resources: 10,000+ eBooks & 5700+ eJournals	IP Based
10	Turnitin* https://www.turnitin.com/	Plagiarism Originality Online Check*	End user Licenses: Instructor profile Student’s profile	-	Login Based
11	NetAnalytiks’	LANQUILL (Writing Grammar Learning Tool)	Admin control for librarians 24 X 7 seamless access Usage report for individual college can take	-	IP Based
12	Indian Journals.com http://www.indianjournals.com	Indian e- Journals of all Engineering and it’s Allied branches	Applied Science and Technology, Business Economics and Management, Social Science and Library Science	222	IP Based
13	Indian Citation Index Database http://www.indiancitationindex.com	ICI - Premium Database	10 Years depth of data of 1400+ journals coverage.	1400+	IP Based
14	Web of Science Database https://www.webofscience.com	Web of Science Core Collection	Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE) Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI) Conference Proceedings Citation Index (CPCI) Current Year 2021 (Non ownership of data) with 20 years of rolling back files	-	IP Based
15	SCOPUS Database https://www.scopus.com	Database	16 million researcher profiles 80 million curated documents 70,000 institution profiles 5,000 publishers accessed	-	IP Based
16	Questel Orbit https://www.orbit.com	Patent Database	The Orbit Intelligence Solution (Database)- Questel-IPBI includes: Essential, Alerts Workfiles Express, Insight	-	IP Based

Corporate membership

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Institution

URL/Login/Password

Service

URL:https://ndl.iitkgp.ac.in/

Educational materials are available for users ranging from primary to post-graduate levels
Repository hosts contents from multiple subject domains like Technology, Science, Humanities, Agriculture and others
More than 1,76,07,617 documents are available (including Audios and Videos)

URL:www.delnet.in

Additional Services

Sl No	Content	URL	Services
01	NPTEL Server(National Programme on Technology Enhanced Learning)	http:\\192.168.0.34 User Name : student Password : student	Audio and Video lecture and Notes, Faculties Course Materials etc.
02	VTU Previous Years question papers	http:\\192.168.0.34 User Name : student Password : student	Scanned VTU question papers and Students Project Reports
03	Library Web Opac (Library Online Public Access Catalogue)	Easylib Software	Check availability of Library document Check status & location of library document Reserve checked-out document
04	Turnitin-Plagiarism checking tool	Contact the Chief Librarian	You can do the plagiarism check of any document like: Papers, Articles, Project reports, Dissertation and thesis

NBA

NAAC

CET Code: E133

COMEDK Code: E055

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About

About the Library

Infrastructure

Staff Details

Department Of Library :

Banadeshwar Hiremath,
MA, M.LISc, PGDLAN
Librarian

Sampath Kumar,
B.LISc, M.LISc
Asst Librarian

Mahendra D G,
M.LISc, (Ph.D),
Asst Librarian

Manjukumar M.B,
B.LISc, M. LISc,
Library Asst

Rajitha Kumari,
D. Lib
Library Asst

Deepika P,

Library Asst

Abhishek C,
Attender

E-Resources

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