Library

Library is always considered to be the ‘powerhouse’ of an educational institution. The SDM Library is a spacious building of total 1102 sq.meters area facilitated with proper lighting and ventilation. It has more than 1,05,693 books and non-book collections.

A unique possession of the College is the Ha Ma Na Research Centre which exclsively 28,158 books, donated to SDM by the well known literary personality of Karnataka, Late Sri Ha. Ma. Nayak.

The main library subscribes more than 190 periodicals, magazines and journals. It is provided with an e-learning resource centre too. It has separate reading hall for girls, boys and lecturers. There is a stack section, a periodical section, a reference section, circulation section, and a C section etc with all basic facilities. The seating capacity of the library is 400. The Learning Resource Committee, a dedicated resource team monitors the functioning and betterment of the library.

SDM Library has a membership at the American Library Chennai, University Library Mangalore and British Library Bangalore, providing us further provision and access to quality academic content. The library is fully automated with in-built EERPMS system which helps us manage data entry, information storage, retrieval, circulation, stock verification, OPAC, report generation, bar coding and student ID scanning. With mandatory library hours assigned to every student of SDM, automated ID scanning has helped the library keep track of the number of hours each student uses the library. Best library users are recognized every month.

The library offers services ranging from open access to MP3 books. Students can avail books and periodicals over overnight borrowing, for reference, and book bank. Frequent book exhibitions are conducted in the library.

A recent addition to the library block is an air conditioned reading room setup that is freely accessible to students during their mandatory library hours. This section has its own independent collection of books and periodicals.

Timings : The library will be kept open from 8.30 A.M. to 8.00 P.M. on all working days from Monday to Friday, Weekend timings Saturday 8.30 A.M. to 4.00 P.M. Sunday : 10.am to 5.00 PM

Staff : Total number staff in the library is 12, One Chief Librarian, Four Library Assistants, One Computer Operator, One Typist, and Two Attenders & Three Peons.

Access System : Open Access system
                                  Closed Access system

Mode of Issue : In library Reference, Overnight & Loan (One Week) facilities are provided for the benefits of users.

Collection of Library : Library is a growing organism and librarian play an important role in developing information repositories. Libraries Collect & preserve materials in order to serve their information sections.