National Institute of Technology Warangal

Central Library The Central Library supports the teaching and research programmes of the Institute and provides facilities for general reading and disseminates information according to the requirement of the users. It is housed in a separate building with a plinth area of 4000 sq. mtrs. It has around 1,43,254 books, back volumes, technical pamphlets, standards, CD-ROMS, Video Cassettes etc. The total cost of the books is Rs. 5.65 crores and it receives 210 Journals, 121 Indian and 89 Foreign at a cost of Rs. 5.64 lakhs. It also receives 2000 on-line Journals through INDEST set-up by MHRD, Govt. of India. The services and operations in the Central Library are fully computerized. The database of entire Library acquisitions was created using LIBSYS software and it works under NT environment. The main server is Xeon Server-Dual CPU (DELL PE 2900). DIGITAL LIBRARY DIGITAL LIBRARY The Library has campus LAN connectivity through the Computer Center and is connected to Web Server (P ? III, I GHz Compaq Proliant). 50 Systems providing network facility are installed for browsing. The MHRD, GOI New Delhi setup a consortia ? based subscription to electronic resources for technical education system named as INDEST (Indian Digital Library in Engineering, Science and Technology) and received about 2000 on-line journals. It?s head-quarters is at IIT Delhi. The on line journals that are available through INDEST are: * IEEE/IEE Electronic Library * ASME Transactions * ASCE Transactions * Applied Science and Technology Plus (ASTP) * ACM Digital Library * Springer Verlag Link * Elseviers Science Direct * Nature * J-Gate * Indian Standards 18,000 in e-form * ASTM International Standards A network CD-ROM Tower with (14) drives is also installed to retrive the information through CD-ROMS, Disks etc. of various subjects received along with printed materials.The Library has also procured a Hard Disk caching solution (500 GB) and installed in the Digital Library. The archive data of on-line journals received through INDEST ? an e-consortia and the data of 800 CD-ROMs available in the Library loaded in the system and made it accessible in the Library and also in the departments through the LAN. COMPUTER CENTRE Computer Centre is a central facility supporting the computing needs of students and staff of various disciplines in the institute. It maintain the campus LAN services with one file server at the centre and another at the library. All the departments faculty and administrative officers are connected to the LAN. The centre has a dedicated connectivity to INTERNET through V-SAT. Internet services such as Web Browsing. Electronic Mail etc., are connected to the campus LAN. The centre responsible for office - automation in the Institute. In this direction services at the central library and Examination Branch have been computerized and other works are in progress. Work relating to MIS (Management Information System) is being done. Centre offers several consultancy services. It has organized Mainframe Training programmes (Solution to Y2K problem). It is involved in the development of system and application software. It offers consultancy services for commercial data processing. Several job works relating to the conduct of entrance examinations to professional course in Andhra Pradesh have been done at the Centre. It also organise computer awareness programmes for organizations such as Bank and also for the benefit of employee and staff children. Facilities A PC-LAN of sixty system with a variety of latest software applications from Microsoft. A LAN of 16 Engineering workstations with a SUN ULTRASPARK file server and software. PC Hallmark Mini Computers with 32 terminals A Campus LAN with two file servers - one in the Computer Centre, another in the Institute Library. All departments and individuals faculty rooms are connected to the LAN.