The newly established state-of-the-art Central Library occupies a place of pride in Navodaya and is an essential component of the institute’s quality outstanding research and education mission. It is a most sparkling place on the campus providing a safe, comfortable and friendly environment that enables learning and advancement of knowledge, and promotes discovery and scholarship. The Library facilitates creation of new knowledge through acquisition, organization and dissemination of knowledge resources and providing for value added services.Our central library functions round the clock for the benefit of the students, faculty and the research scholars. The central library is unique in entire North Karnataka equipped with all the modern technology and will be providing various library services of International standards. The library has open access, with latest automation facilities for hassle free issue and return of books, with separate reading rooms for undergraduate, post graduate and faculty members, stacking room with capacity of more than one lakh books, digital libraries, media libraries and three conference halls.
Ground Floor
The impressive front entrance leads to the help desk, undergradute reading rooms, undergraduate digital libraray, Book stacking rooms where very important titles from various medical branches are stored in this Section and Reference Section hall with a seating capacity of 400 students. The floor has also a conference hall and a hygenic food court.
Library information kiosks are placed in the entarnce for checking books availability and reserve the books in advance
First Floor
The first floor of the central library has been dedicated to the post graduate sections. The floor has a separate reading room, national & international Journal section, digital library, two conference halls and media library.
Unique Features
Digital Library
Computers with Internet browsing facility provided at the first floor and second floor. This facility are meant to be used free of cost by the Faculty, Residents and Students only for browsing the Internet for their Academic, Research and Patient Care related matters.
Working Pattern – Timings
The Working Hours of the Central Library is from 9 AM to 9 PM.
The central library is considered to be one of the best libraries in entire Karnataka which has about 56,000 square feet built up area with impressive planning, vast academic resources and future enabled with latest technologies.
Users
Services To Members
Latest editions of medical, para-medical and general books of famous authors are procured every year and offered for Referencing and Circulation. The total collection of books as on date is 32714 apart from 3999 books procured exclusively under the Book Bank Scheme for the benefit of SC/ST students.345 Journals from Indian and International Publishers are subscribed for the year 2010. Presently, the bound volume collection of the Journal Section is 15,652Internet browsing facility is provided free of cost to the Faculty Members, Residents and Students for their Academic, Research and Patient Care activities.
