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Mission
Books are the best friends.
Providing information for all the time. Satisfying
the reader's requirements.
V.P.M.'s Polytechnic library
was set up in the year 1983 with a collection
of only 190 books but today we are very proud
owner of over 13,000 books costing Rs. 20,43,732.
Library has 350 sq.mts. area. International and
National educational magazines subscribed are
21, general magazines 13 , and bound volumes available
for the reference total bound volumes are 1057.
The library has to progress or the development
strictly reflects the taste of its reader and
automatically the vision of V.P.M.'s Polytechnic
"Ensuring Quality Technical Education".
Library having Online Public
Access Catalogue (OPAC) system with a reading
room having a capacity for 128 student and internet
area for 14 number of students. Book Bank system
introduced for needy students and has collection
of 1063 books. SC students get free book bank
sets. Total books of Accession are 11581 while
1401 are titles.
At a glance
 Timings
from 8.00am to 9.00pm.
Collection
- Books over 13000, General Magazines 13, Periodicals
39, Bound Volumes 1057.
Collection
of 507 educational CDs.
Smart Card Entry and Fully Automated Computerised
with Barcoding.
Library
is having WiFi facility.
External
Membership
Web
OPAC is available on www.vpmthane.org
Book
Exhibition is arranged by college once in a year.
Donations
of books from Companies , Staff and Ex-Students.
Advance Features
Open Access Database available
- Open
j gat
- Directory
of open Access journal
- Social
science research network Cochrane
- Public
Library of science
- Vidyanidhi
- Jstore
- Project
views
- Proquest
- CMIE
Powess
- SPSS
- Manupatra
- Athens
Apart from
Text and Reference books our Library has rich
collection of
- Encyclopedias
of Technical education (Total volumes 25).
- Popular
mechanics do-it-yourself Encyclopedia(Total
volumes 20).
- Encyclopedia
of chemical technology Kirk-Othmer(Total volumes
24).
- MERCK
Index.
- Collier's
Encyclopedia (Total volumes 23).
- Modern
Power Station Practice(Total volumes 08).
-
Standard Dictionaries of various subjects
- Chemical
Engineering Coulson and Richardson(Total volumes
06).
- IS
Standards for EPS and Chemical.
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Handbooks, databooks, manuals related branches.
- Marathi
Vishwakosh (13 Volumes).
Donations
From
Institute - Dnyanasagar Vidyapeeth
From Companies -
- Gharda
Chemical Pvt. Ltd.
- Aptech
- Crompton
Greaves From Staff members and Ex-students
Future
Plan
- To
subscribe more periodicals.
- To
organize orientation course for library staff.
- Add
new reference books.
- To
have IT enabled services
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