Prof. VENKATA SUBBA SETTI LIBRARY
Smt. Kamala and Sri.Venkappa M. Agadi College of Engineering and Technology Library named as Prof. Venkata Subba Setti Library and it was established in the year 2003. The Library is housed in a specious building having 800sq.mtrs and has over 28410 volumes related to Science and all branches of Engineering. Library subscribes 8 electronic databases, Viz, IEL Online, Springer, Elsevier Science Direct, Taylor & Francis, ASCE, Pro Quest Engineering, Pro Quest Management and Knimbus Digital Library, Knimbus Remote Access Solution under VTU Consortium. More than 35068 e-Journals, and 36 print National journals and are available to the faculty, students and other users through annual subscription.
And also have perpetual access towards e-books of Springer, Taylor & Francis, and 169 Pearson Computer Science e-books collection. Handbooks, Standards, Manuals, Encyclopedias, Technical Reports, Conference Proceedings, and Back volumes. The books are stacked in open racks arranged subject wise as per Dewey decimal classification schedule. The Library is automated with Easylib software upgraded with 4.3.2 version with OPAC facility hosted in LAN Campus. Digital Library facility, CD services, VTU membership for E-Resources, book banks schemes, reading rooms, reprographic facility are the additional resources of the library.
About Digital LibraryThe Digital Library is a separate place exclusively devoted for a digital library. It has in housed with 40 independent machines with A/C facilities. A patron can surf the internet, listen and watch academic related audios & videos in a digital library.
Apart from this, the users from the digital library can also browse the parent library through Library OPAC (Online Public Access Catalog) and even subscribed electronic databases.
The digital library is designed and developed keeping in view the shifting IT environment and the day to day needs of modern students.
E Journals / Resources
| Sl. No | Publishers | E Resources |
| 1 | ASCE | Journals |
| 2 | CRC BOOKS (T and F) | Books |
| 3 | Proquest | Journals |
| 4 | IEL Online | Journals, Conference Proceedings and Standards |
| 5 | Springer | Books and Journals |
| 6 | Knimbus | Journals and Gateway |
| 7 | Science Direct | Journals |
E-Resources (On-line) Access
| http://ieeexplore.ieee.org | It includes IEEE- All Society Periodicals e Package (ASPP) 273 e-Journals, 1000 eBooks, 6514 Conference proceedings, 3043 Technical Standards etc. (2016) (Back file Access – since 1872). |
| http://www.sciencedirect.com | It includes Elsevier Science Direct Package, 288 Journals of Computer Science, Information Science and Mechanical. |
| http://link.springer.com | It includes SPRINGER Package, 680 Journals of Electrical & Electronics, Computer Science and Information Science and other Departments. |
| http://ascelibrary.org | It includes 35 e-Journals, over 300 titles (2016) (Back files Access – since 1983) |
| http://search.proquest.com | It includes 4328 Journals, 161 Magazines, 017 News Papers, 213 other resources, Other ProQuest Technology collections 14425 |
| http://www.tandfonline.com | It includes Scholarly journals, books, eBooks, reference works, and databases, our content spans all areas of the humanities, social sciences, behavioral sciences, science, technology, and medicine. Content: 240 Journals. |
| http://www.new.knimbus.com | Knimbus stands for Knowledge Cloud and is a dedicated knowledge discovery and collaborative space for researchers and scholars. Content: 13000 open access journals and e books 1000. |
| Reference Service. |
| Book Bank Scheme for Students. |
| Top 3 Students in each semester from all branches – Two books each. |
| SC/ST book bank – Two books for each student. |
| Book Reservation Facility. |
| Photocopy Facility. |
| Print facility for Students & Staff. |
| Circulation Section | 9.30 am to 9:00 pm (Monday – Friday) |
| Reference Section | 9.30 am to 9:00 pm (Monday – Friday) |
| Saturday | 9.30 am to 5:30 pm |
| Sunday & General Holiday’s | 10.00 am to 5:30 pm |
| Staff | 05 Books for 45 days |
| Students | 02 Books for 21 days |
| Toppers | 02 Books for 21 days |
| BBS and SC/ST Students | 05 + 02 Books for whole semester |
Our library has a collection of over 32503 books, 1300 CD’s/DVD’s and over 27 hard copy journals and 9 magazines. It has also maintained bound volumes of journals for important journals. The same tends to grow at a very experiential rate in coming years. The collection details are underneath:
- Volumes : 32,503
- Titles : 5,100
- National Journals : 36
- E- Databases / Journals Packages : VTU Consortium
| Library Main Books | 18,096 Books |
| Book Bank Scheme Books (BBS) | 15,340 Books |
| SC/ST Book Bank | 00254 Books |
| General Books | 00663 Books |
| Management Donated Books | 00150 Books |
| TOTAL BOOKS | 34,503 Books |
| CD’s | 1400 |
| Journals (Hard Copy) | |
| National Journals | 36 |
| Back Volumes from 2003 to 2019 | 1022 |
| News Papers: | |
| Kannada News Papers : | 06 |
| English News Papers : | 04 |
| Magazines: | |
| Kannada Magazine : 04 English Magazine : 05 |
| Sl No | Branch | No. of Titles | No. of Volumes | Journals National & International | Magazines |
| 1 | Civil Engineering | 232 | 2204 | 7 | – |
| 2 | Computer Science & Engineering & Information Science & Engineering | 1436 | 4815 | 4 | 3 |
| 3 | Electrical & Electronics Engineering | 209 | 1947 | 10 | – |
| 4 | Electronics & Communication Engineering | 514 | 2744 | 2 | 1 |
| 5 | Mechanical Engineering | 781 | 3294 | 1 | – |
| 6 | General Science | 170 | 836 | 2 | 5 |
| 7 | Engineering Science | 304 | 1339 | 1 | – |
| 8 | Biotechnology | 32 | 36 | – | – |
| Total | 3608 | 17215 | 27 | 9 |
| Sl. No | Packages | No. Of Journals | No. Of Books |
| 1 | IEEE Package resources – 9830 | ||
| Journals – 273 | 273 | ||
| Conference Proceedings | 6514 | ||
| 2 | Elsevier – Science Direct | 288 | |
| 3 | Springer | 680 | 12126 |
| 4 | ASCE | 35 | |
| 5 | Taylor & Francis | 535 | |
| 6 | Proquest – Engg | 3900 | |
| Proquest – MGMT | 7800 | ||
| 7 | KNIMBUS | 12000 | |
| TOTAL | 35068 | 12126 |
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Sunday’s & General Holiday’s