Library

About Library

The Library System in NSS College of Engineering consists of a Central Library and six Department libraries which collectively support the teaching and research programs of the institute and provides facilities for general reading and disseminates information to the users. Central Library has started functioning since 1960. It is working in a separate building with a plinth area of 925m 2 and two courtyards with a plinth area of 200m 2 . The operations of the library are fully computerized and Koha, an open source integrated library system is used for library management functions. Users can search the documents of library through the Online Public Access Catalogue (OPAC) available in the campus.
The central library is having more than 64155 volumes of books with 35770 titles, 40 print national and international journals, 30 popular magazines and 5 daily newspapers. The books are classified according to the DDC Scheme of Library Classification and follows open access system. Library is functioning with barcode technology for issuing books. In addition to the regular Library and Information services, Book Bank service is being provided to ensure essential study materials to socially backward students.
The central library have purchased 4 valuable foreign e-journal databases in the field of Engineering science and technology include ASCE, ASME, Elsevier, IEEE and IEI in the last four years. IP based Full text access of these Electronic resources are activated all over the campus. Remote accesses of these e-resources are provided through Knimbus Platform. Turnitin, a plagiarism detecting software is also available in the Central Library. National Digital Library and NSSCE Digital Library (NSSCE Digital Repository) are also available in our library. Library has spent an amount of Rs.5046818/- for last three years to improve its academic and infrastructure facilities.