All the students, faculty members and employees of the Institute can register themselves for the membership of the Library. All Students, faculty and staff members are issued bar-coded patron cards. Their entitlement, in terms of the number of books that can be borrowed by them, are as follows

Category of member	No. of Books that can be issued	Duration of Issue	Membership Form Attestation By
Faculty	5	One Semester	HOD / Librarian
Technical and Supporting Staff	3	One Semester	HOD / Librarian
UG & PG Students	3	15 Days	Librarian
Diploma Students	4	15 Days	Librarian

Library Membership and Member ID card

All students, faculty and employees of the Institute are entitled for the membership of the Library. Library membership form is available at the Membership Counter at Central Library. The Library has over 4500 valid members. The prescribed Membership forms can be had from the circulation counter. Filled application in a prescribed form duly forwarded by the Department Central Library along with three recent Stamp size and one passport size photographs shall be submitted to the library.Each bonafide user will be provided with a Laminated Bar-coded Member ID Card for the duration of course. The Member ID Card is not transferable. The books and back-dated journals are arranged on the shelves subject-wise according to the Dewey Decimal Classification Scheme.

Borrowing Rules

• The readers should check the books thoroughly for missing pages, chapters, etc. while getting them issued.
• No book in damaged condition will be accepted from the users on return. Damaged books will have to be replaced by the borrower.

Conventions for Issues / Return

• General books are issued to all eligible members as per their entitlements.
• Reference books and bound volumes are issued to members with special permission. Please contact Incharge, Reader Services/Librarian for obtaining permission.
• Theses, dissertations, CDs, are not lent out of the Library.

Cost recovery of Lost Books by the Library members

Following is the approved criteria for recovering the cost of lost books by Library members:

• Lost book should be replaced by a new book with overdue charges, if any and with processing charges of Rs. 50/- for each book.
• In case the book is out of print or not available in the market then the double of the cost mentioned in the Accession register should be charged with processing charges of Rs. 50/- for each book with overdue charges, if any.
• Minimum of Rs. 300/- to be charged with processing charges of Rs. 50/- for each book with overdue charges, if any.

Overdue Fine

Items that are returned after the due date are considered overdue. Overdue fines are assessed at the following rates:

• Rs. 1.00 per day for the books issued from General Section
• Rs. 0.50 per day for the books issued from Book-Bank Section

Loss of Library Card

• The loss of Library Card should be reported to the Readers Services Section of the Library. The concerned section (UG/PG) will issue duplicate Identity card. Contact Readers Services for issuance of bar-code. Borrowers shall be responsible for any loss or misuse of their original/duplicate card.