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Learning Resource Centre (Library)

Mission

The mission of the library is to provide high quality, convenient, timely and affordable access to relevant biomedical information resources including research preferences to health science professionals of the Institution.

Vision

To be one of the state-of-art medical libraries in India by inspiring and enhancing world class teaching, learning, research, and clinical care through the use of our collections, facilities, services & expertise

History

The “AIMS Learning Resource Centre” being one among the core department in the Adichunchanagiri Institute of Medical Sciences has been established in the year 1986 with a sole purpose to quench the thirst of knowledge and to fulfill the concerned needs of both the faculty and the students.

It aims to provide documents, information and environment that can suits in imparting education, promoting research and development thereby leading to improved patient care pertaining to medical education. The existing state–of-the-art new modern library is centrally air conditioned and well-furnished for the readers. The library has a Wi-Fi facility to browse and access the resources in any part of the premises.

This library has formulated and adopted its Mission, Vision, Goals and Objectives in tune with the institutional objectives of the parent organization to serve the stakeholders.

Infrastructure

Currently “AIMS Learning Resource Centre” is one among the major Constituent College Library of Adichunchanagiri University being established during January 2018, earlier, the institution was affiliated to Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences, Karnataka, Bangalore, from the period of inception.

The Learning Resource Center is located in the eastern part of the college premises, the physical space of the library building spreads over 5057.00 Sq. meters in the library landscape. The library building is well planned and designed according to the functional needs of the library in the modern era, adequate provisions have been made for all the sections and services area of the Library for serving the users. The AIMS LRC is a most lively place on the campus providing a safe and comfortable and friendly/conducive environment that enables learning and advancement of knowledge, and promoting discovery and scholarship.

Library provisions:

Property Counter
Information Desk
Circulation Desk
Librarian’s Office
Staff room
Current arrivals unit
Stack Area
Book Bank section
Current periodical display provision
Back volumes of periodical section

Digital Library provision
Audio-Visual / Seminar room
Undergraduate Reference section
Postgraduate Reference section
Faculty reading provision
Binding section
Reprographic section
Newspapers and Magazine browsing area
Reading Room
Common Room for Boys and Girls

Goals & Objectives

Goals

To support the curriculum with the latest relevant information resources.
To support academic excellence, faculty research and contribute to student success by improving reference and library instruction services.
To provide both intellectual and physical access to materials in a variety of forms.
To provide ubiquitous access to reading materials on the utilization of the websites, and
All the library users will be assisted by friendly, professional staff trained in determining the users’ needs in locating the information on time.

Objectives

To build up wide range of collection in different formats of reading materials to disseminate bio-medical information to clinicians, academic staffs, researchers, health planners and other health professionals.
To develop an efficient medical information system to support teaching, learning and training and research activities in the field of biomedical and allied health sciences.
To improve the standards of Medical education aligned with research.

Library Services

Rules and Regulations

Timings and Events

LRC Operational Hours

Regular Days: 9.00 am to 10.00 pm

Sundays: 9.00 am to 5.00 pm

Reading Room: Open 24/7 throughout the year

LRC Events

AIMS LRC organizes library events like

Wordbook and Copy Right Day on 23rd April
National Librarian’s Day on 12th August
National Library Week from 14th – 20th November, every year

Library Collection

Sl.No.	Particular	Numbers
1	Total Library Collection	28447
	a. Number of books	20808
	b. Number of Special Collection	85
	c. Number of PG Dissertation	528
	d. e-Books	1362
2	Total Number of Journals
	a. Print Journals (National- 74, International -60)	134
	b. Online Journals The Institution Subscribes online journals from ProQuest: Health Research Premium Collection Database/aggregator.	5696
	c. DELENET Resources.
	d. WHO Global Publications (1986 to till date)
3	Back Volumes of Journals	7111
4	(1986 to 2018) Number of CDs	813

Library Staff

Sl.No	Categories	Name	Qualification
1	Chief Librarian	Dr.Vasanthakumar, M	B Sc, M.L.I.Sc, Ph.D.
2	Librarian	Mr.Kumaraswamy, H G	B.Sc, M.L.I.Sc, M.Phil.
3	Attender	Mr.Venkatachalagowda,T V	PUC
4	Attender	Mr.Ananda, C M	PUC
5	Attender	Mr.Ningaraju, K	SSLC
6	Peon	Mr.Annaiah, D S	SSLC
7	Peon	Mr.Shivaramu, J K	7^th pass
8	Peon	Mr. Kantharaju, J N	SSLC
9	Sweeper	Mrs.Ratnamma
10	Sweeper	Mrs.Padma