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The Central Library of the college was established in 1911 next to be Principal Office (now the VC office). The present Central library building was built in 1978 and in 1996 a new block was added. The Ranbaxy information Centre equipped with computers was opened in 1998. The old block has 3 floors with a floor area of 2900 sq. ft and the new block has 2 floors with a floor area of 1040 sq. mt.

With the efforts of then Vice Chancellor, Prof Hari Gautam and Honorary Librarian Prof Madhumati Goel, the Central Library was renovated in 2007.

Library Hours: The Library functions from 10 am to 10 pm on weekdays and from 10 am to 5 pm on Sundays and Holidays.
Facilities:

Library Phone No: 0522- 2257717
Ranbaxy Centre Phone No : 0522- 2257543

Library Holdings: *Books 30,000  *Journals 30,000

General Reading section : General Reading Section consists of periodicals and light reading books, established from donation funds. Periodicals (magazines) are for in house library reading only, while light reading books are issuable for a week to faculty members only.

Rental Book Section : Text books on rental basis are provided to bonafide students at 1/8 th the cost of the book for 6 months and 1/5 th its cost for one year. Interested students may contact Ms Bharti Misra for details.

Books from SC/ST Grant : Books from SC/ST commission received for SC/ ST students are issued to them for a period of one year without any charge.

Ranbaxy Medical Information Centre : Computers and internet facility is available in the Ranbaxy Centre of the Central Library from 10am to 10pm on working days and 10 am to 5 pm on holidays. The centre is equipped with 10 computers, laser printers and internet facility with broadband connection. Students, residents and faculty use these facilities for literature search, making presentations for seminars, conferences, symposia, computing , thesis typing etc.

Charges :With effect from January 2007, library charges for browsing etc. are being reduced as follows

S.No.

Description of work

Existing Rates

Revised Rates

1.

Internet Browsing

Nil

Rs. 10/- 30 minutes

2.

Internet Browsing

Rs. 15/- per hour

Rs. 15/- per hour

3.

Offline Computer

Rs. 10/- per hour

No Change

4.

Preparation of Power Point slides

Rs. 10/- per hour

No Change

5.

Text Matter typing with Laser Printing

Rs. 10/- per page

No Change

6.

Only Laser Printout

Rs. 4/- per page

Rs. 3/- per page

7.

Scanning

Rs. 5/- per page / per picture

No Change

8.

CD Burning with CD

Rs. 25/-

No Change

 

CD Burning without CD

Rs. 25/-

Rs. 10/-

9.

Floppy

Rs. 20/-

Rs. 15/-

Audiovisual Facility : CD Library with LCD projection facilities are available on request for faculty and students for making presentations for lectures, symposia, conferences etc. Request for LCD Projector can be sent to the Library 2 days in advance along with requisition form.

Charges: For 1 hour : Rs 100/-
For 2 hours : Rs 200/-
For full day: Rs 1000/-

Reading Room : There are 3 separate air conditioned reading rooms; 2 for undergraduates and one for postgraduate students, where students can bring their own books. These rooms are open for 24 hours.

Xerox Facility : Two Modi Xerox Machines provide on the spot photocopying on nominal charges.

Journals : New journals subscription both print and online are under active consideration. Basic infrastructure for providing online search is already there in Ranbaxy Information Centre which is proposed to be upgraded simultaneously with online services with nominal user charges.
New books and e-journals in Central Library

- Journals Subscribed for the Library during 2006-2007
- Trial access of Oxford Medical Journals for one Month  
Student Benevolent Book Fund

"We make a living by what we get but we make a life by what we give"
- Winston Churchill

Benevolent Book Fund" was started in the Central Library in August 2004 with Rs.15000/ donated by our first founder benefactor Sri. Amar Nath Chaddha ji, on an appeal from the Vice Chancellor, Prof. Mahendra Bhandari, with the aim of providing help to deserving meritorious students facing financial constraints. The fund has grown since then through contributions from various individuals and philanthropic organizations. Till December 2005 we have been able to provide books more than worth Rs.1,20,000 to 19 MBBS students who applied for assistance. We appeal to individuals, public, national and international philanthropic organizations, KGMU alumni and the faculty to donate generously for this noble cause. Your contributions will go a long way in empowering these meritorious students - the young budding doctors of the university The contributions/bank draft/cheques may be drawn in favour of " Benevolent Book Fund" and sent to Prof. Madhu Mati Goel, Hony Librarian, CSM Medical University . All donations will be acknowledged with official receipt.

Applications

Applications are invited from bonafide needy meritorious students of.The Chhatrapati Shahuji Maharaj Medical University, from weaker economic sections, for support by provision of books from this fund. Completed application forms must reach the office of Central Library in three categories of as under :

•  First year MBBS students: within first month of entry in MBBS course.
•  Second professional MBBS students: A month before the final I st professional MBBS examination.
•  Third professional MBBS students: Before the final exam of second professional MBBS course

Application forms may be obtained free of cost from the Central Library.
Members of the Library Committee

1

Prof. SK Agarwal

Vice Chancellor, K.G.M.U.

0522-2258292 (O)

2

Prof. Madhu Mati Goel

Hony Librarian

94150-10742

3

 Prof Diwakar Dalela Member 93352-42329

4

 Prof Rashmi Kumar Member 93359-05089

5

 Dr Vimala Venkatesh Member 93359-12340

6

 Dr Ashish Wakhlu Member 94151-11654

7

 Dr Maneesh Singh Member 93352-15152

8

 Dr Sandeep Bhattacharya Member Secretary 94155-82875
 
 
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