Library and Documentation Centre
The students spend a lot of their time at IUT Library and Documentation Centre. It is on the first floor of the Library/Cafeteria building overlooking a lake on the eastern and western sides. The library has a floor area of 1300 sq. meters with a shelf space of 52,000 books. It is divided into two sections, General and Research/Reference. To conduct the IUT Library service, a customized software was developed and installed earlier in the library. Recently the CSE (Computer Science and Engineering) department developed a new software for library management which is accessible through computers and cell phones. Also the data of projects/thesis/dissertations have been incorporated in the software. Now the faculty members and the students may search their desired books/dissertation from OPAC (On-line Public Access Catalogue). Local Area Network (LAN) in the IUT campus. There are 26,200 books on engineering, technical and vocational subjects. 20 technical journals are being subscribed from abroad annually. It is an open-shelf library. Books are issued to the students and staff for home use. It is open from 8.00 am to 10.00 pm on all working days and on one weekend 2.00 pm. to 10.00 pm.
To conduct the IUT Library service, a customized software has been developed and installed in the IUT Library. Also the data of projects, theses and dissertations have been incorporated in the BookTrax software. The library is in a process to computerize its other information resources. Now the members of the IUT working in the campus have the access to Library database through a LAN. The circulation system has been computerized and consumers can borrow through an automated bar-code system.
It has a photocopy section. Since all the students live on campus the library is the only place where they can use their time by reading books and taking notes up to 08-00 pm every day.
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