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IIT Kanpur Library |
IIT Kanpur is a known destination for the students who want to pursue their higher studies in management, engineering, humanities and sciences. This esteemed institution has nurtured many students into successful entrepreneurs and engineers.
Be it the postgraduate programmes or the Ph.D programmes, the institute has top class infrastructure and highly qualified faculty to guide you in your studies. When it comes to infrastructure, the name of IIT Kanpur library has to be mentioned.
The IIT Kanpur Library, also known as P.K. Kelkar library, is well-stocked with a wide range of collection. Earlier known as Central Library, it is among the biggest and resourceful libraries of the country. The whole library covers an area of 6973 sq. m.
Presently it houses more than 3, 00,000 volumes and 1000 periodicals.
The volumes contain Microform and CD-ROM databases, technical reports, standards, thesis, etc. The bulk of the books are on Science and Technology with some percentage of books on Humanities and Social Sciences and other subjects.
List of stocks in the Library
The library has well-stocked books - 175,000
Machine-readable databases – around 30, 000
Periodicals (back volumes) – more than 135,000
Cartographic materials - 550
Technical Reports - 25,500
IIT Kanpur thesis - 15,200
ISI standards - 10,000
Periodicals on current subscription - 1,200
IIT Kanpur Library Timings
- From Monday-Friday, the library remains open from 8 am to 12 am.
- On Saturdays the library opens at 9 am and continues till 12 in the midnight.
- The library opens at 9 am and closes at 5:30 pm on Sundays & Holidays.
- During the examination days, the library of IIT Kanpur remains open round the clock.
- The Library remains open for 358 days a year and remains closed on National holidays. You can access the online library at any time of the day throughout the year.
- Books are circulated from 9 am to 9 pm from Monday-Friday and from 9 am to 4 pm on Saturdays. No books are issued on Sundays & Holidays.
IIT Kanpur Library Resources
The library has a separate collection of limited editions of the text books prescribed in the academic course structure of the Institute.
It also has a good collection of reference materials like, encyclopedias, directories, handbooks, yearbooks, almanacs, etc.
You can also get access to a wide collection of Thesis submitted by the M. Tech., M.Sc. and Ph.D students of the institute.
This library of IIT Kanpur contains some of the most important databases. You can browse through the CD-ROM discs on the following items.
- Oxford Dictionary
- Psychology
- Sociology
- Encyclopedia science & tech
- Biological Abstract
- National Geographic
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