Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, Apr 24: Director National Institute of Technology (NIT) Srinagar, Prof. (Dr.) Rakesh Sehgal has said that their efforts are underway to make the campus library among the best libraries of the country.
To mark the World Book Day at NIT campus, Prof. Sehgal along with Registrar NIT, Prof. Kaiser Bukhari visited Library and Information Resource Centre on the campus and reviewed the progress and arrangements.
The Director said books are considered as best companions and have transformed thousands of civilizations around the world.
He said, main objective of the library is to support academic and research programmes and campus library has richest collection of more than 70,000 text and reference books.
The Director said that campus library is well equipped with modern technologies and it is being currently remodeled into a smart library.
“We have state of art Radio Frequency Identification by which users can easily check-in and check-out library books,” Dr Sehgal said adding that the library is equipped with wireless security gates that can alert the staff of any unauthorized checkouts.
Dr. Sehgal said to cater to the needs of SC, OBC and ST students the campus library has a separate section that comprises more than 10,000 books.
He informed that the library has also procured different types of e-books, e-journals, e-data bases for students and faculty.
Registrar NIT Prof. Kaiser Bukhari said that the campus library is being upgraded with all new facilities.
Deputy Librarian NIT Srinagar, Asmat Ali said from the three years, the library has been equipped with many additional digital technologies.
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