CHIEF LIBRARIAN MESSAGE DESK

Welcome to the RVS College of Engineering and Technology Central Library. Libraries are the backbone of any civilized society and the heart of any academic institution. Thus, the library at RVS College of Engineering and Technology also acquires a prominent place among the students and faculty. Our library has a very rich collection of relevant books and journals.

RVS College of Engineering and Technology library provides students, staff, and faculty members with opportunities to update their knowledge and support research and teaching/learning activities. The library is truly the intellectual hub of the campus.

Our services, resources, and physical spaces provide a strong foundation to support the college in achieving the highest standards in teaching, learning, and research. The Central Library aims to offer effective services to its users to fulfill their learning needs in the fields of Engineering, Science, and Humanities through user-friendly facilities.

Keeping in view the needs of current and upcoming users, we maintain an International Standard Documentation (ISD) system along with the Dewey Decimal Classification and AACR II cataloguing system. The main objective of the Central Library is to help RVS College of Engineering and Technology emerge as the best Engineering College under Anna University by maintaining a strong collection of learning resources and providing high-quality services to faculty and students.

We, at RVS College of Engineering and Technology Central Library, always strive to provide better services and facilities to support the college's teaching, learning, and research activities. Our ultimate goal is to create library services that are convenient and efficient for our students and staff.

LIBRARY RULES AND REGULATIONS

The Library Rules and Regulations are introduced to regularize the use of our Central Library resources and are reviewed periodically to meet changing needs.

• Users should possess their ID card while they are inside the library.
• Users must scan their ID card at the e-gate barcode scanner when entering and exiting the library.
• Silence should be strictly maintained in the library.
• Personal belongings such as handbags, umbrellas, parcels, files, and notebooks are not allowed inside. Only loose sheets are permitted.
• Users are expected to maintain decent attire and proper behavior at all times.
• The arrangement of chairs and other furniture in the reading area should not be disturbed.
• Do not leave your valuable things inside the library.
• The management will not hold responsibility for any loss or misplacement of personal belongings.
• Newspapers must be read only at the tables allotted for newspaper reading and should not be taken to any other reading areas.
• After reading, books should not be re-shelved by users. Place them on the designated tables to avoid misplacement.
• Library books and journals must be handled with care. Marking, underlining, writing on, tearing, or damaging them in any way is strictly prohibited.
• No library material can be taken out of the library without proper entry and permission.

BOOK ISSUES AND RETURNS POLICY

• The books taken from the library are to be returned within 15 days for students and 30 days for staff on or before the due date specified on the due date slip pasted in the front page of the books.
• While borrowing the book, the member must ensure that the book is in good condition and the page numbers are intact.
• Staff/students are entitled to return the books whenever they are called by the Chief Librarian or Library professionals.
• Books cannot be issued to a user if he/she has any overdue book.
• Reference books will be issued only on an overnight issue.
• Non-book materials like CD and DVD are also issued only on overnight issue.
• The borrower shall be responsible for any loss caused to the library documents borrowed.
• If a book is lost by the borrower, the Chief Librarian should be immediately informed in writing, and the same should be traced or replaced within 15 days from the due date.
• If the borrower is not able to replace the lost book within two weeks, they have to pay the cost of the book in three times. If a book is replaced, the current edition of the book with a bill will only be accepted.
• If the book/resource forms a part of a series/volume, the borrower will be charged for the replacement of the entire set.
• Library resources are the nation's assets and belong to all. All users have the responsibility to protect the library resources against damage, mutilation, theft, and other malpractices.
• Current journals, back volumes, and locker books are not issued for home reading. They are to be referred to inside the library only.
• Users are allowed to take photocopies of the required articles.
• While accessing the e-resources of the library, proper entries must be made in the records of the library. Downloading of information is also permitted.
• Photocopying of a full book is not permitted.

MEMBERSHIP

The staff and students of RVS College of Engineering and Technology can get Central Library membership. Membership offers a wide range of lending, reference, information, current awareness, and other services offered by the Central Library. Membership of the Central Library or use of its facilities implies an undertaking to observe the rules and regulations.

Teaching Staff and Non-Teaching staff can get library membership by showing official identity card issued to them by the administration of RVS CET. Students on the roll of the College can get library membership by showing student identity card, issued by the college.

The identity card issued by the college is used for using Central Library services and resources. It is mandatory for all library users to show valid identification cards to staff on request, and entry in the library can be refused in the absence of valid ID card.

BOOK ELIGIBILITY