INTRODUCTION

ITM University (formerly Institute of Technology and Management) was founded in 1996, to promote excellence in Technical and Management education by Educate India Society, registered under the Registration of Societies Act of 1860.

The University was conceived in response to the acute deficiency of centres of higher learning in the country as also, the need to develop relevant human capital to meet the technology and management challenges of the 21st century.

Vision:

“To be known globally for learning innovations, academic excellence and socially relevant research outcomes; strive to become the preferred destination for students, faculty, employers and collaborators & pride of alumni and the community.”

Mission:

1) Focus on quality of learning and innovation in all programmes with rigour and relevance.

2) Develop competent professionals - innovative, analytical and independent; committed to excel in all their endeavours.

3) Develop linkages globally with government, industry, academia and alumni for knowledge generation, dissemination and application.

4) Encourage multi-disciplinarily in programmes and projects to explore new frontiers of knowledge.

5) Continuously improve physical, academic and information infrastructure in pursuit of academic excellence.

6) Create a nurturing environment for lifelong learning.

7) Focus on entrepreneurship and socially relevant projects.

LIBRARY & RESOURCE CENTRE

The ITM University Library and Resource Centre holds documents predominantly related to engineering, and its allied subjects and aims to develop a comprehensive collection of information resources that are useful for academic and research purposes. The Library and Resource Centre plays a proactive role to ensure that the information resources are acquired and organized to meet the present and future needs of its users.

The library holds books of all the branches it has: The School of Engineering, The School of Management and The school of Law. The library has thousands of books in it shelves. Not only books but also latest journals, magazines and newspapers. It also has a latest technology (OPEC) to find out the shelf number in which a particular book is placed as per the requirement of an individual and one can also easily find out whether a book is available or not. There is no need to search out on each and every shelf and also there is no need to ask from authorities present at library.

Current Awareness Services (CAS)

The main objective of the library is to provide necessary information to its clientele. CAS of ITM LRC is used to disseminate current information regarding the development in the library and to inform all the faculty and students about new arrival for each month.

Book Bank

It provides books related to particular subjects permanently after depositing certain fees for it. There is no need to re-issuing books again and again.

Reprography Facility

The LRC provides on the spot Xerox copies of articles or pages of books from its own collection, at a nominal rate of Rs. 1.00 per page. To encourage the research among the faculty members, they can get photocopies of costly reference books (i.e. Handbooks, Journals, and Encyclopaedias etc.).

RECOMMENDATIONS

Although there are thousands of books available but it dominates large number of engineering books, it must include more number of books of management as well as law section.

The books available are more of foreign authors so, it should include the books of Indian authors so that it could be more easier to understand the respective subject.

Seating capacity is less in library so it should be increased more.