The Central Library of the University was established in 1911 inside the Administrative Block.
The present Central Library building was built in 1978 and in 1996 a new block was added.
The covered area of Central Library is 2945.23 Sq. Mtrs.
The Library has now been Block-A and Block-B. All the floor are air
conditioned and connect to the elevator. The library has a power backup of 132 KVA generator.
Holdings:
The Central Library has a collection of 44651 books, 29386 bound volumes , 3633 Thesis and 1316 CD's (Data as per holding shown on KOHA-Library Management Software till December 2021) and the Central Library Subscribed 227 print-Journals, 1040 e-journals, 3861 e-books subscribed for the year of 2021-22. We are the member of Electronic Resources in Medicine (ERMED-India) Consortium, New Delhi, India through which are university gets 242 high quality online e-journals from five leading Publishers.
Library has been automated with 'KOHA' (Library Management Software). Online searching of documents through OPAC (Online Public Access Catalogue) is available on the computers connected to Central Library LAN via URL searching mode http://172.16.26.35 All the books, bound-journals and thesis are tagged with radio-frequency identification system (RFID) and for its Security to Magnetic Detection Gates have been installed in the Library for ensuring the security of documents. IP CCTV's installation and fire/smoke alarm system has been done in all wings of the library.
Library History:
The List of past Honorary Librarians/Officer-in-Charges, in chronological order (as per records available):
S.No.
Name of Faculty Member
Department
Designation
1.
Dr. B.K. Khanna
Tuberculosis & Chest Diseases
Honorary Librarian
2.
Dr. G.P. Agarwal
Surgery (General)
-do-
3.
Dr. K.K. Tangri
Pharmacology
Officer In-charge
4.
Dr. Ramesh Chandra
Plastic Surgery
-do-
5.
Dr. Devika Nag
Neurology
-do-
6.
Dr. Ashok Chandra
Medicine
-do-
7.
Dr. Raj Mehrotra
Pathology
Honorary Librarian
8.
Dr. M.M. Goel
Pathology
-do-
9.
Dr. Apul Goel
Urology
-do-
(Designated w.e.f 16th May, 2014 and still is continuing)
10.
Dr. D.N. Upadhyaya
Plastic Surgery
Co-Faculty In-charge (Designated w.e.f 12th Nov., 2021 and still is continuing)
With the efforts of former Vice Chancellor, Prof. Hari Gautam and the then Honorary Librarian Prof Madhu Mati Goel, the renovation of the Central Library was done during the year 2007-10. Today, the reading rooms are attractive and the facade of the library is very pleasant.
Revamping Advancement:
In 2014, Prof. Ravi Kant, Vice Chancellor, gave a massive thrust to the library by increasing the library budget many folds. With the goal of updating the library and making it at world-class level, the library purchased a large number of valuable and prestigious books and journals (online and print). A new renovated section of keeping the journals was also commissioned.
