Vel's University Library Building Spanning over
an area of 14,000 sq.ft. has a seating capacity
of 400 persons and follows open access System blended
with State-of-the-art facilities. Library houses
a collection of 33,100 Books, it subscribes more
than 217 Periodicals, 6200 Back Volumes, 4000 E-journals
and 1250 Audio - Visual resources. Our Vision is
to provide world - class knowledge resources that
not only cater to the curricular requirements but
also provide Intellectual enquiry and Research.
1. Stack Area I: It contains books
on Arts, Science & Technology, Paramedical,
Encyclopedias, Dictionaries, Directories, Thesaurus,
Year Books, Glossaries, Maps and
Atlases.
2. Stack Area II: It Contains Books
for Students to prepare for the various Competitive
Examination and Student Project reports.
3. Reference Section: With over
3665 books in various disciplines.
4. Periodical Section: With over
6200 Back Volumes of Scientific and Technical Periodicals.
It also subscribes 217 Periodicals from various
professional Societies.
5. Digital Library: It facilitates
access to Electronic Information Services to ensure
that the information needs of our Students, Faculty
& Staff are met.
6. Audio - Video Conference Hall:
It houses LCD, Pentium System with Internet.
7. Reprographic Section: It provides
copier facility for the benefit of those who access
the Library.
SPECIAL FEATURES > All the Library facilities supported
by Qualified and Efficient Librarians with assistants
are available to ensure the best possible Information
Services to users from 8.00 am to 8.00 pm on all
working days.
> Fully automated Library Information system
with Bar-coding of Books, Non-Book Materials and
ID cards to enable Laser Scanning of Issues and
Returns.
> The Library has been using the LIBGENIE an
Integrated Library Management Software Package with
all the modules of the library housekeeping operations.
Using Online Public Access Catalogue (OPAC) users
can search the library online catalogue by Author,
Title and Keywords. Also, the users can know the
latest additions of Periodicals, Books and the status
of a Document (whether on shelf or on issue).
> Library is an Institutional member of, British Council Library; MALIBNET (Madras Library
Network)
>SERVICES
> Lending Services
> Reference Services
> Current Awareness Services
> OPAC (Online Public Access Catalogue)
> Reprographic Services
> Internet Services
> Inter - Library Loan
> News Paper Clipping Services
> Referral Services
> User Orientation
> Information Retrieval / Printout
