The Gandhigram Rural Institute Library was established in 1956. It moved to the present building during 1987, stocking over 1.6 lakh books. The Library is named after the Founder Vice-Chancellor Dr. G. Ramachandran. The Library has been computerised for circulation and searching of books with KOHA Software integrated with RFID Technology. The Institutional Respositories is provided with digitized Ph.D Theses and Question Papers etc. E-journals access called e-ShodhSindhu facility is provided by UGC-INFLIBNET Centre, Ahmedabad. The Digital Knowledge Centre has 40 Computers for e-Journal access. The total area of the Library building is about 14338 Sq.ft.
Working HoursTimings | |
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Monday-Friday | 08.00 A.M. - 08.00 P.M. |
On all Saturdays | 09.00 A.M. - 05.00 P.M. |
On all Sundays | 09.00 A.M. - 01.00 P.M. |
During Vacation | 09.00 A.M. - 05.30 P.M. |
9.30 a.m.- 5.15 p.m. (Ciruclation) |
Sl. No. | Member Details | No. of Books | Loan Period |
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1 | Faculty Members | 10 | One Year upto 30th June |
2 | Scholars | 5 | 30 Days |
3 | Students | 3 | 14 Days |
4 | Non-Teaching Staff | 5 | One Year upto 30th June |
Dewey Decimal Classification
Overdue ChargesOverdue charge of 50 Paise per book per day is charged for late return of books
Holdings1 | Books | 1,65,023 |
2 | Current Periodicals | 303 |
3 | Back Volumes | 4,253 |
4 | Databases | 23 |
5 | Theses (Ph.D) | 687 |
6 | Dissertations/Project Reports | 7377 |
7 | Videopaedia | 25 |
8 | CD/VCD collection | 1700 |
9 | Braille Books | 12 |