Library Services

• Circulation / Lending Service: All books are barcoded , issue and retun of books are electronically maintained with the help of EERPMS software. Each student is eligible to borrow 5 books and each staff 15 books at a time. additional 10 books are issued to top ten scorers in each semester as an encouragement for advanced learners.
• Reference: Library has huge reference collections like Encyclopedia, Dictionaries, Year Books, Biographies, Handbooks, General Studies, Competitive Study books etc. in reference section.
• Online catalogue: OPAC is an online public accessing catalogue. Through OPAC one can access availability of library books, journals and magazine by author, title, subject , publisher, accession number and Call no.
• D Space – Repository Software : facilitates remote access facility which enables students to access Mangalore University examination old question papers and old and current year syllabus. This facility is open for general public.
URL : https://sdm.ac.in/elibrary/handle/123456789/842

Updated OPAC URL : http://125.20.85.90:8080/EERPV3.0/OPAC/index1.jsp?ID1=SDMBBM

• Reprographic Services: Photocopy facility is provided for students and faculties with nominal charges.
• New Arrivals: The new arrival books are displayed in the new arrival rack.
• Open Access Facility: Library is practicing an open access facility with Dewey decimal classification with bar code system. Users can opt for any books of their choice.
• Learning Resource Center: The users of the library can make use of learning resource
centre which has 17 computers for access to e-resources, recorded lectures, language lab.etc

• SC/ST Book Bank Facility : SC/ST students will be offered additional library card through which additional books could be borrowed.