GOVERNMENT POLYTECHNIC AHMEDABAD

GOVERNMENT POLYTECHNIC
AHMEDABAD

Library Details

Library of Government Polytechnic, Ahmedabad strives to provide quality services, promote reading and encourage lifelong learning using accessible resources. Library is the hub for the information services in the institute. It serves as creative and innovative ideas in supporting the teaching and learning activities of the institute. With the fast growing collection in print forms the library is contributing to the Institute’s vision of becoming a premier Institute.

Library Membership

All students and faculty members of Government Polytechnic Engineering College are to be registered as Member of library. Book borrowing rights are given to all Students (UG) and faculty members.

Location of Library

Library is located in Main Building with total 826 square meters with reading capacity of 120 students and includes Librarian cabin, news paper reading area, book issue and return area, reference section, magazine section

Library Opening hours (Issue & Return of books)

Monday to Friday and working saturday timings : 10:30 AM to 6.10 PM Sunday and public holiday remain clossed.

Services
  • Library is providing the facility of borrowing of reading materials like books, IS code to the students and faculties.
  • Library is issuing library tickets to faculty and students for borrowing of the books. Library has newspaper and magazine reading area.
  • Library has two separate reading rooms for boys and girls. Library has also facility of Namo wifi, so students can easily access it in the library area for the study purpose.
  • Students and faculties can use library facilities during office hours and planning to extend it.
Library Automation
  • Library department recently gone through Library Automation project and now can provide better services to students.
  • Library department of Government Polytechnic recently prepared the books database in soft copy and installed E-Granthalaya Library software.
  • Issue-return of books through E-Granthalaya software.
  • Library also started Bar-coding of the books.
Library automation photos as below.

Collections
  • Library has very good collection. This collection includes, books, magazines and IS codes. Currently, Library has 35,736 books and subscribes 13 magazine/Journals.
  • Collection encompasses subjects of Civil, Electrical, Mechanical, Electronics and communication, Instrumentation and communication, Computer, Information Technology, Plastic and Automobile Engineering and related areas.
Magazine Subscribe
No. Of Magazine 2016 - 2017 2018 - 2019 2019 - 2020 2022
Title of magazine 10 10 10 13
Total amount of magazine 13000 15370 16600 28655
Library Magazine list.
SR. NO. List of National Journals - 2019 Publisher Frequency
1 AutoCar India AutoCar 12
2 Civil Engineering & Construction Review CECR 12
3 Construction World ASAPP 04
4 Indian Journal of Technical Education ISTE 04
5 Electrical India Chary Publication 12
6 Trends in Electrical Engineering STM Pub. 03
7 Electronics for You Electronics for You 12
8 AMC-Indian Journal of Civil Engineering IJCE 02
9 Inside-Outside Business India Publication 12
10 International Journal of Manufacturing and Industrial Engineering Global Research Pub. 02
11 PC Quest Cyber Media 12
12 Auto Today Living Media 12
13 Fast Bike India Project GTO 12
Library Budget
Year Grant Books Cost/Purchased
2016-17 3,00,000 1,20,890
2017-18 1,50,000 1,45,593
2018-19 1,00,000 99,223
2019-20 1,20,000 1,17,369
2020-21 Nil Nil
2021-22 Nil Nil
2022-23 83,000 79,995
Books Purchase
Details 2016 - 2017 2017 - 2018 2018 - 2019 2019 - 2020 2020 - 2021 2021 - 2022
No. Of Books 263 427 334 293 0 0
Titles 31 104 80 148 0 0
Amount Rs. 1,20,890 Rs. 1,45,593 Rs. 99,223 Rs. 1,17,369 0 0
Grant Rs. 1,50,000 Rs.1,50,000 Rs. 1,00,000 Rs. 1,20,000 0 0
Book Issue Summary
Sr No. Year Staff Issue Return Student Issue Return Total
1 2019-20 258 237 837 742 2047
2 2019-20 50 94 37 107 288
3 2019-20 188 307 136 121 446
4 2019-20 47 86 101 87 312