Central Library, Rahman Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Research

The institution has exclusive library facility for students and faculty with total built-up area of 1651.36 Sq. ft. (Reading area 440 sq. ft.) Our College Library is called as “Central Library” act as heart of our institution. It is located at the first floor of the College building in a clean and quiet atmosphere in the campus of Rahman Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Research. Library is furnished with wooden reading tables having good lighting system, comfortable chairs and fans. Absolute silence is ensured by library staff, displaying adequate sign boards such as “no mobile usage” and “maintain silence. It has reading area for staff and PG students with nearly 60 seating capacity. Computers with Internet facility are available.
The library staff gives us the complete information about the library. Library maintains hard copies of different categories of Books, Journals, Newspapers and Magazines. Books are classified according to DDC21 editions and subject wise. The resources include Books, Journals, magazines and News Papers. There are 07 computers, 1 photocopy machine & 1CCTV cameras in the library.
Each book is bar-coded with unique accession number. Library users will be issued unique library member ID for the purpose of utilizing books and other resources. The library is partially automated with Librarika software in the year 2021. Searching books can be done with OPAC (online public access catalogue) with available details like; books name, author name, title of the book or accession number.
Digital library section of the library has 07 computers with individual configurations (OS Windows-11) along with internet facilities with broad band connectivity with band width speed of 2mbps. The library provides the facilities such as e-books, and e-journal access for students and faculty.
The library has a rich stock of books and other resources to meet the intellectual and academic needs of both students and staff. The library subscribes to an adequate number of journals and magazines which brings to them the most up-to-date developments. The institute has well equipped and furnished library with 3256 books. New books purchased to the library are displayed on new arrival section for the information to the users. Question bank of previous examinations pertaining to all semesters is available in the library. Reference section is available. Library subscribes 10 National and 5 International journals of Pharmacy. Library also maintains GPAT, GATE and e-journals.