Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University Hyderabad
Kukatpally, Hyderabad - 500 085, Telangana, India
ACCREDITED BY NAAC WITH 'A+' GRADE
University Library
The Library was started for erstwhile IPGSR (Institute of Post Graduate Studies & Research) on a spacious floor in the Academic block on the Main Campus of the JNT University at Masab Tank, Hyderabad. It was upgraded as the University Library in the year 1990. In 2004, the University Library was shifted to a new building of 45,000 Sq.ft area extended in 3 floors at Kukatpally Campus. The Library is centrally located in the campus keeping in view the accessibility to all the Units. The University Library caters to the needs of all JNTUH University Units and the Constituent Colleges.The University Library is a central facility supporting the teaching and research activities of the University.
The University Library facilitates Lending books, Reference Section, Document Delivery Service, Current Awareness Service, Selective Dissemination of Information(SDI), Database searching, CD writing, Reprographic facility, Conference Room facility, Online Information Services through Online Public Access Catalogue (OPAC) and Internet, access to e-journals, e-books, e-lectures and other multimedia content.
The University Central Library is fully automated using Integrated Library Management Software VTLS-VIRTUA in the year 2006. The library has also created a learning environment by establishing OPAC Searching Area, Internet browsing area, Laptop zone with Wi-Fi facility throughout the library and specialised workstations for students and research scholars and has facilitates access to electronic resources, search services / tools. The fully automated Library is equipped with two new IBM x3650 M4 Servers, NAS Box, and 70 Dell Desktops. The Library has a 20 MBPS dedicated leased line connectivity under NKN/NME-ICT Programme. All the systems are connected to the campus-wide LAN, thus enabling the users to access the online resources from their respective desktops. The University Library has access to OURIGINAL Anti-Plagiarism Detection tool (formerly URKUND) provided by Information and Library Network (INFLIBNET) Centre (https://secure.urkund.com/login/sign-in).
The Library has a collection of 93,441 books and subscribes to 187 print journals of National and International origin in the fields of Sciences and Technology. The Library has a perpetual access to 3533 e-books from Springer on Biomedical & Life Sciences, Earth & Environmental Sciences, Elsevier’s Engineering, Science & Technology, IEEE MIT Press and renowned publishers McGraw Hill Education, Taylor & Francis, Pearson Education, CBS etc. The Library is a member of various National level Consortia namely DELNET (Developing Library Network) and INFLIBNET’s e-ShodhSindhu Consortium. Through Consortia and subscriptions, the University Library provides IP Authenticated online access and Remote Access facility to 30,560+ e-journals and databases from IEEE’s IEL Online, ASCE, ASME, J-GATE, EBSCO Business Source Elite, Nature Pub. Group, SpringerLink, DELNET, Indian Citation Index etc. To provide access to the online resources during the pandemic period onwards, Remote Login support through RemoteXs cloud platform has been provided to all the Researchers, students and staff across all the JNTUH University College of Engineering campuses (https://jntuhlibrary.remotexs.in/).
The University Library holds 4091 copies of Ph.D. and M.Phil. theses submitted at JNTUH. With financial support through UGC and INFLIBNET Centre under Shodhganga, the National ETD Repository project, JNTUH University Library has established the ETD Lab in the year 2018 at the cost of Rs. 19.57 Lakhs (Rs. 15.36 Lakhs UGC-Inflibnet + Rs. 4.21 Lakhs JNTUH) and digitized 620 + Theses and Dissertations and uploaded into the Shodhganga repository. The lab is equipped with Dell Server & Desktop Computers, HP High end Scanner & Printer, etc. The users can access these full-texts of theses and dissertations in the Electronic Theses and Dissertations (ETD) Lab and through the Shodhganga project website. Users can access nearly 1300+ Theses of JNTUH online on Shodhganga Theses Repository (https://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/handle/10603/2163).
The University Library has established a Competitive Examinations Reference Library (CERL) on the 2nd floor of the library catering to user services exclusively to students preparing for Competitive Examinations like UPSC/Civil Services/ Group-I/ IES/ GATE/TOEFL/GRE/UGC-NET etc. with a separate books collection & magazines/periodicals. A separate Personal Books Reading Room facility is provided in the Ground Floor for the students to read their personal books and materials.
Keeping in view, the safety and security of the resources and readers, the Library has installed Surveillance system on all the three floors with 45 Nos. of IP cameras with 2 Nos. of LED TV's, Recorders having 4TB storage capacity for effective surveillance on all the important locations of the Library. The 3M EM (Electro-magnetic) Library Security System has been installed with Detection panel and Book check system for security of books from theft ensuring that no material leaves the Library without being properly issued /checked out. To prevent from fire hazards, fire extinguishers have been installed in the library in every floor.
Library Timings: University Library is open throughout the year except on General Public Holidays.
| Working Days | Holidays |
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(Monday to Saturday) 09:00 AM to 11:00 PM |
(Second Saturday & Sundays) 09:30 AM to 04:30 PM |
Circulation Timings (Book Issue & Return):
| Regular / Part time (PTPG) (Monday to Saturday) | 09:30 AM to 10:00PM |
| UG/PG/RS/PTPG (Second Saturday & Sundays) | 10:00AM to 04:00 PM |
Access to e-resources is available online in the campus premises (Campus IPs only) & Remote / Off-campus access to e-resources is available via REMOTEXS platform
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| 1 | American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) | http://ascelibrary.org/journals/all_journal_titles | 36 e-Journals + Backfile access from 1983 | ||||||||||||||||
| 2 | American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) | http://asmedigitalcollection.asme.org/ | 33 e-Journals +Back file Access since 2000 | ||||||||||||||||
| 3 | IEEE Xplore Digital Library | http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/Xplore/home.jsp | 177 IEEE journals, magazines, & transactions+26 IET journals & magazines +20+ IET conference titles +1400 Proceedings | ||||||||||||||||
| 4 | EBSCO- Management: Business Source Elite | http://search.ebscohost.com/ | 1110+ full-text e-Journals & magazines (7222 e-Journals indexed and abstracted) | ||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Nature Pub. Group | http://www.nature.com | Nature Biotechnology + Scientific American + Nature Reviews Drug Discovery | ||||||||||||||||
| 6 | J-Gate Science & Technology | http://www.jgateplus.com | 34,600 Indexed+ 18,800 free full text + Backfile till 2001 | ||||||||||||||||
| 7 | J-Gate Social Science & Humanities | http://www.jgateplus.com | 18,500 indexed + 8,400 free full text + Backfile till 2001 | ||||||||||||||||
| 8 | Springer Link and Nature Journal | https://link.springer.com/ | 1700+ Journals collection. Archival from 1997 onwards. (Funded by INFLIBNET's e-Shodhsindhu Consortium) | ||||||||||||||||
| 9 | Indian Citation Index | http://www.indiancitationindex.com | Citation database covering 1000+ Indian knowledge contents of journals published in India | ||||||||||||||||
| 10 | DELNET - Developing Library Network | Database of 35,00,000+ books for loan, 1,00,000+ list of journals, 5000+ full-text journals, 1,00,000+ Thesis/Dissertations from member libraries | |||||||||||||||||
| 11 | J-Gate Custom Content for Consortium (JCCC ) | http://jgateplus.com/ | Database providing facility to e-mail request for articles to ILL Centers or to INFLIBNET Centre (Funded by INFLIBNET's e-Shodhsindhu Consortium) | ||||||||||||||||
| 12 | Institute for Studies in Industrial Development (ISID) Database | http://isid.org.in/ | Database providing Indexes of 262 Indian Social Science Journals (Funded by INFLIBNET's e-Shodhsindhu Consortium) | ||||||||||||||||
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E-BOOKS |
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ELSEVIER- Science Direct (Engg. & Science) | https://www.sciencedirect.com/browse/journals-and-books/ | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | CBS Publishers | https://eduport-global.com/ | |||||||||||||||||
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Mc-Graw Hill Education | https://mcgrawhillindia.vitalsource.com/#/explore | |||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Pearson Education | ||||||||||||||||||
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Taylor and Francis / CRC | https://www.taylorfrancis.com/ | |||||||||||||||||
| 6 | IEEE MIT Press E-Books Library-2014 | ||||||||||||||||||
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SPRINGER LINK – Biomedical & Life Sciences |
https://link.springer.com/ | |||||||||||||||||
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SPRINGER LINK – Earth & Environmental Sciences |
https://link.springer.com/ | |||||||||||||||||
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Springer e-Book collection (IST) | Access at Library LAN only | |||||||||||||||||
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Bio-Technology Colletion (University Library) | Access at Library LAN only | |||||||||||||||||
| NPTEL MATERIAL | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | NPTEL Content - Local Guru Content management System & Video Streaming (800+ Courses from 17 Departments |
Access at JNTUH Campus Network only |
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| USEFUL LINKS | |||||||||||||||||||
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SHODHGANGA THESES REPOSITORY - India's Theses Repository holds 4,65,000+ theses from 718 Universities. It provides a platform for research students to deposit their Ph.D. theses and make it available to the entire scholarly community in open access. Includes 1300+ Theses from JNTUH. |
https://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/
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| 2 | NATIONAL DIGITAL LIBRARY OF INDIA (NDLI) - It provides support for all academic levels including researchers and life-long learners, all disciplines, all popular forms of access devices and differently-abled learners. It is designed to enable people to learn and prepare from best practices from all over the world and to facilitate researchers to perform inter-linked exploration from multiple sources. |
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| 3 | DIRECTORY OF OPEN ACCESS JOURNALS (DOAJ)- It is a unique and extensive index of diverse open access journals from around the world driven by a growing community, committed to ensuring quality content is freely available online for everyone. |
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| 4 | DIRECTORY OF OPEN ACCESS BOOKS (DOAB) - It is a searchable database of 64,500 peer reviewed scientific books that have been made accessible by academic publishers in open access. DOAB contains the metadata of free to share e-books and provides direct links to the full-text of the publications on the websites of the publishers. |
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| 5 | UGC-CARE CARE LIST OF JOURNALS - The UGC-CARE Reference List of Quality Journals includes journals from all disciplines indexed in globally accepted databases, such as indexed in Scopus (Source list) or Web of Science (Arts and Humanities Citation Index Source Publication, Science Citation Index Expanded Source Publication, Social Science Citation Index Source Publication). These journals are to be considered for all academic purposes. | https://ugccare.unipune.ac.in/ | |||||||||||||||||
| NDL e-RESOURCES | |||||||||||||||||||
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| 1 | World e-Book Library | https://ndl.iitkgp.ac.in | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | South Asia Archive |
(Now accessible through NDL Digital Library of India) |
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| JNTUH UNIVERSITY LIBRARY WEB-OPAC | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Web OPAC: Books Database of the University Library |
http://172.16.0.13:8080/search/query?theme=jntu Access at Library LAN only |
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| JNTUH UNIVERSITY LIBRARY REMOTE / OFF-CAMPUS ACCESS TO E-RESOURCES | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | JNTUH Library RemoteXS Cloud Platform | https://jntuhlibrary.remotexs.in | |||||||||||||||||
| Access to e-Resources is available on Campus wide Registered IP Ranges only. For remote / off-campus access to e-Resources users can request for login credentials. Email us at jntulibrary@gmail.com / lalitha@jntuh.ac.in | |||||||||||||||||||
(Please read the Fair Use Terms & Conditions for E-Resources before downloading full text articles)
Building: 45,000 sft plinth areas extended in 3 floors.
Ground floor: Circulation and Lending section, General issue books Stack Area, Reading room, Personal books & Newspaper reading room, Reprography facility, OPAC, Property counter, ramp for differently- abled users, Lift, Conference Hall with a seating capacity of 50, staff rooms, user terminals, Staff terminals, and UPS room.
First floor: University Librarian chamber, Administrative section, Journal/Serial section, Reference section, Back volumes of Journals, Thesis, ETD Lab, Xerox room, Audio Visual room, OPAC, Staff rooms, user terminals, Staff terminals, and UPS room.
Second floor: Digital Library with 48 terminals (one cabin exclusive for research scholars with 16 terminals), Server room with 5 terminals, Competitive Examinations Reference Library (CERL) with 8 terminals, Staff terminals, SC & ST Book Bank, Acquisition/ Technical Section and UPS room
| Hardware | Total |
| a) IBM x3650 M4 | 2 No.s |
| b) External Storage ( 4 TB) | 1 No. |
| c) Dell Desktops | 70 No.s |
| d) Dell Server | 1 No. |
| e) Digital Camera | 1 No. |
| Software |
| i) Operating System: LINUX, Open Source CentOS , Windows 10, Windows XP |
| ii) Database : oracle9i |
| iii) Digital Library software: VTLS - VIRTUA Software (Virtual Library System), Integrated Library Management Software Solution (ILMSS) with unlimited user access for - 10 users Oracle 9i license. |
| Networking |
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LAN is developed throughout University Library (Three floors) with CAT 6 Cable, with 4 CISCO Switches, with 24 ports each of 96 nodes and 1 Router. 20 MBPS bandwidth dedicated under the 1 GB connection for the Univeristy under NKN/NME-ICT Programme of UGC-INFONET. A Firewall (CISCO Make) and L3-GIGA Switch (CISCO Make) are installed to protect Computer Servers to prevent the users in viewing unwanted sites, monitor and regulate all incoming and outgoing internet traffic |
| Other : |
| Digital Library facility is available on the 2nd floor of the University Library. |
| The circulation counter is equipped with 2 Nos. of Motorola LS 2208 hand held scanners for issue and return of the books. |
| Surveillance system on all the three floors with 45 Nos. of IP cameras, 2 Night vision dome cameras with 2 Nos. of LED TV’s, DV Recorders with 4 TB storage capacity. 3M EM (Electro-magnetic) Library Security System, ensuring that no material leaves the Library without being properly issued /checked out. |
| Photo Colour ID-Card printer was installed in the University Library to issue Photo Identity Library cards (PVC) for students, staff, and researchers. Setting-up of ETD lab and Digitization of the Ph.D theses and uploading it into INFLIBNET Shodhganga is under process. |
Circulation of Books
- No. of cards issued for each UG student :2 cards
- No. of cards issued for each PG student :4 cards
- No. of cards issued for each Research Scholar :5 cards
- No. of cards issued for each Teaching staff :10 cards
- No. of cards issued for each Non-Teaching staff :2 / 6 cards
- SC/ST Integrated Book Bank Scheme
- 500 readers seats.
- Reprography (photocopying) facility.
- Reference and referral service.
- Abstracting and Indexing services.
- Digital Library Services available on the 2nd floor of the University Library.
- Photo Identity Library cards issued to students, staff, and researchers.
- One conference room with 50 seating capacity, equipped with LCD Projector, 60" X 60" motorized screen.
- Current awareness services (CAS)
- Selective dissemination of Information (SDI),
- Indexing and abstracting services
- Reference services
- Current bibliographic data bases
- On-line searching
- Document copying and CD writing
Functioning of Digital Library
- Internet facility to the students, staff, and researchers for their literature search and document retrieval
- Access the online journals & databases On-campus and Off-campus
- Access e-books, e-lectures, & Multimedia content
- Access other Library Databases
- OPAC Services
- Plagiarism / Similarity Checking on Ouriginal Anti-Plagiarism Software
- Uploading Ph.D. theses on Shodhganga Theses Repository
Functioning of Competitive Examinations Reference Library (CERL)
- Providing exclusive Books & periodicals to students preparing for competitive examinations like UPSC/Civil Services/ Group I/ IES/ GATE/ CAT/GRE/ TOEFL/GMAT etc.
- JNTUH Campus Students must show their Identity Card at the Main Entrance of the University Library. Students without Identity Card are not allowed inside the Library.
- Outside students including Course completed students (UG/PG) of SIT, IST, SMS, and JNTUH CEH are NOT ALLOWED inside the University Library.
- All the students should take Library membership by payment of (UG & PG Rs.500/- and Research Scholars Rs.5,000/-) as Library Security deposit (refundable). Payments should be made by Challan, drawn in favour of “The University Librarian, University Library, JNTUH", Payable at Hyderabad. This library Security deposit is refundable upon completion of the student’s course at the University Library.
- Outside books/ reading material/Mobile/Cell phones/ valuable items, etc. are NOT ALLOWED inside the University Library.
- All the students are advised to keep their personal belongings, such as attaché cases, brief cases, satchels, bags, umbrellas, etc, books not belonging to the University Library and books though borrowed from the library but not meant to be returned to the library, shall be deposited at the Property Counter at the entrance to the library and obtain a numbered token. If the token is not returned their belongings will not be returned. It is advisable not to bring valuable things to the library and deposit them at the Property Counter.
- The University Library does not accept any responsibility for any damage or loss of items/ valuable items ie., (Cash, Gold ornaments, Laptops, Calculator, Digital diary, Mobile phone, credit card, etc.) inside their bags kept at Property Counter or inside the University Library.
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Dr. N. Rupsing Naik M.A, P.G.D.C.A, M.L.I.Sc., Ph.D. Prof. of Library & Inf. Sc. & University Librarian Email: nunsavath2007@gmail.com / nunsavath2007@rediffmail.com |
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Smt. V. Lalitha B.Sc., M.L.I.Sc.(Gold Medalist),(Ph.D.) Specialisation on "IT Applications for Libraries" from NCSI, IISc Bangalore Asst. Prof. in L.I.Sc. Email: lalitha@jntuh.ac.in / vlalithajntuh@gmail.com |
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Name of Outsourcing Staff |
Designation |
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Smt.D.Bala Tripura Sundari | Library Asst. |
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Smt.P.Vijayasree | Library Asst. |
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Smt.T.Kalpana | Library Asst. |
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4 |
Sri.Md.Khadeer Pasha |
Library Asst. |
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5 |
Sri. B.Suresh Chandra Prakash |
Library Asst. |
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6 |
Sri N.Chinna Obulesh |
Library Asst. |
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7 |
Sri J.Thara Singh |
Library Asst. |
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8 |
Sri. V.Ramesh |
Computer Programmer |
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9 |
Sri.B.Venkata Ramana |
DPO |
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10 |
Sri N.Harish |
Record Assistant |
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11 |
Sri. J.Gnana Raju |
Book Keeper |
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12 |
Sri. B.Sravan Kumar |
Book Keeper |
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13 |
Sri. B.Venkatesh |
Book Keeper |
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14 |
Sri. Y.Parikshith |
Book Keeper |
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15 |
Sri P.Venkateshwar Rao |
Library Attender |
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16 |
Sri.G.Jussain Naik |
Library Attender |
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17 |
Sri.E.Srinivas Reddy |
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18 |
Sri.B.Srinivas |
Library Attender |
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19 |
Sri.G.Nageshwar Rao |
Library Attender |
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20 |
Sri.S.Dinesh |
Library Attender |
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21 |
Sri.E.Hanama Naik |
Library Attender |
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22 |
Sri.G.Kiran |
Library Attender |
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23 |
Sri.V.Rakesh |
Library Attender |
(University Library Subscriptions & INFLIBNET / e-ShodhSindhu: Consortium for Higher Education Electronic Resources)
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Dr. N. Rupsing Naik,
Prof. of Library & Inf. Sc. &
University Librarian,
University Library, JNTU Hyderabad, Kukatpally,
Hyderabad– 500 085. Telangana State.
Phone: 040 – 23150445, 040 – 23158661 to 4
E-Mail: nunsavath2007@gmail.com
nunsavath2007@rediffmail.com, jntulibrary@gmail.com