KITS-Central Library

In 1981, the Library of this institute was a collection of 387 books in three steel almirahs and a reading room (42.75 sq. m). to read these books in, along with a few newspapers and magazines. The library catered to the needs of students of two branches of engineering and the faculty of the Institute.
Today, the library is housed in almost 75% of the ground floor of Block-II, measuring 1200sq.m. and serves 2823 clientele (distributed through eight branches of Engineering at UG level..
The Library offers the following facilities & services:
Reading room facility with 10 newspapers and 25 magazines
Reference facility
Open Access System according to Dewey Decimal Classification
Dictionary type card catalogue: Author, Title & Subject based on AACR-2 and Library of Congress Subject Headings.
Loan facility
Technical journals facility
Book Bank facility for SC/ST students
Reprographic facility
Automated circulation
Know Your Library
Audio Visual Aids
Library reading hour
Online Public Access Catalogue
Internet facility
Bar-coded ID cards & Books
E-Journal through SONET
Digital Library facility
The library is open from 09.30 a.m. to 6.00 p.m.;
The Circulation Counter is open from 09.30 a.m. to 2.00p.m. and 3.00p.m. to 5.30p.m.
MEMBERSHIP & CIRCULATION :
Membership of the library is open to all the students, faculty and the non-teaching staff of the Institute. Membership is also extended to the members of Management and Administration. The circulation counter has processed as many as 73,065 transactions during the year 2006. Faculty are eligible for borrowing upto 5 books at a time; senior students & PG students - 3; Freshers – 2. All the other staff are eligible to borrow one book at a time.
LIBRARY PERSONNEL:
Librarian : Smt. M .Uma Rao, M.A., M.L.I.S., PGDLAN, MILA, MISTE, MWLA
Asst. Librarian : Sri D.L.N.Chary, MA, M.L.I.Sc., MILA, MISTE, MALSD
Jr.Assistant : Smt.P.Vijaya Laxmi, B.A., Typewriting Lower.
Sri V.Karunakar Rao, B.A.
UQ Mech : Sri P. Sammaiah, SSC,A-V Tech
Attenders : Sri A.Sudhakar, SSC
Sri B.Srinivasulu, SSC
Sri K.Suryanarayana, B.A.
Sri B.Srinivasa Reddy, Inter
Sri G.Sudhakar, Inter
LIBRARY ADVISORY COMMITTEE:
Sri V. Ramaiah, Asst.Professor, EEED .. Chairman
Smt. M. Uma Rao, Librarian .. Convener
Sri D.L.N.Chary , Asst.Librarian .. Addl.Convenor
Dr.A.Srihari Rao, Professor,MHS .. Member
Sri S.G.Narayana Reddy,Asst.Professor .. Member
Sri S.Rajesh,Lecturer,MED .. Member
Sri K.Eshwaraiah, Asst.Professor,PED .. Member
Sri O.Anjaneyulu,Lecturer,EIED .. Member
Smt.P.Kamakshi,Lecturer,CSED .. Member
Smt.S.P.Girija,Lecturer,ECED .. Member
Sri Ch.Sateeshchandra,Lecturer,PSSD .. Member
LIBRARY RESOURCES:
The library collection consists of 42,600 books; subscribes to 45 National Journals, 10 newspapers and 25 magazines. International Technical Journals are accessed in the Digital Library through SONET of which the Institute is a member:
IET - 175
ASCE - 29
ASME - 18
AST - 535
Springer’s - 289
J Gate - 739 (abstracts)
The library collection also includes more than 1000 CD's.
AUTOMATION:
Majority of the library functions are computerized. Software is developed within the Institute by the Library and Department of Computer Science & Engineering staff. Introduction of bar-coding technology has taken automation of circulation counter one step further.
NATIONAL SEMINAR:
The Library has conducted a National Seminar on ‘LIBINFOTECH’ (LIBrary INFOormation TECHnology in the New Millennium) on July 20th, 2000, Sponsored by All India Council for Technical Education, New Delhi. The Seminar was attended by 68 persons from several states such as Kerala, Goa, Maharastra, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh etc., besides Andhra Pradesh.