The Central Library 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 Libraryhas been divided into Block-A and Block-B. The covered area of Central
Library is 2945.23 Sq. Mtrs. All the floors are air-conditioned and connected by an elevator. The library has a power backup by
132 KVA generator.
Holdings:
The Central Library has a collection of 44830-books, 29400-bound volumes (Journals), 3885-Print-Thesis
and 1316-DVD/CD's (Data as per holding shown on KOHA - Library Management Software till 31 March, 2022). The Central Library subscribed 238
print-journals, 1126 e-journals, 3829 e-books subscribed for the year of 2022. Library is member of DELNET Developing Library Network
which is the major Digital Library Resources in South Asia and Electronic Resources in Medicine (ERMED-India) Consortium, New Delhi,
India through which the university gets 242 high quality online medical 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
security Magnetic Detection Gates have been installed in the library for ensuring the security of documents. IP CCTVs installation and
fire/smoke alarm systemare available 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. Madhu Mati Goel
Pathology
-do-
9.
Dr. Apul Goel
Urology
-do-
(Designated w.e.f 16th May, 2014 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. An open air library has been started in the year 2022.
