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Friday, July 30, 2010
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About DCE Campus
| LibraryVisit :Knowledge Center and Library Online Libraries are backbone of any civilized society and heart of any academic institution. Thus the library at Delhi college of Engineering also acquires a prominent place among the students and faculty. Situated in a three storeyed Centrally airconditioned building spread over an area of 5000 sq. mt., it is a central place for academic and research activities. The library has a well equiped conference hall with a seating capacity of 150 for academic discussions and reading rooms for 300 users at a time. The library has a very rich collection of relevant book and journals. The total collection of the library is more than 100 thousand in main libray and 40 thousand in book bank. The library services at Delhi College of Engineering are provided to student, staff & faculty member for updating their knowledge and supporting the research, and teaching learning activities. These services are provided through the central library and departmental libraries keeping in view the fast changes in technology the knowledge base of the library is updated regularly by way of adding new literature in the form of text books, reference books, reports, proceedings, abstracts & indexes, encyclopedias, data books, standards (National & International) Journals & database on CD-ROM. Apart from adding the new literature the basic literature is also procured for the new Programmes along with current one. Some new section and services are also being started to make the library services of ISO 9001 standard. 1.1 EXISTING SERVICES AND SECTION 1. BOOK BANK The College runs a Book Bank intended to assist students, from the economically weaker sections of society, by giving text books on loan to deserving students for a whole academic semester according to the rules framed for the purpose. The College also runs a Book Bank specially meant for Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe students who can borrow books from the Bank for a whole academic semester according to the rules framed for this purpose. 2. REFERENCE SECTION A large number of Encyclopaedia, Handbooks are available in the Library. 3. ADDITIONAL READING SECTION The library has a collection of good books on English and Hindi Literature for leisure reading. |