General

Medical College & Hospital, Sangli

Bharati Vidyapeeth Deemed University Medical College, Sangli was established in 2005 with facility for 100 M.B.B.S. admissions per year. Presently 150 M.B.B.S. students are admitted per year. The college also runs Postgraduate Courses, admitting 27 candidates in 13 different departments every year.

The college is housed in multi-stored, well ventilated, spacious building with an area of 2.5 lakh sq. ft. The institute is well-equipped with laboratories and state of the art museums and has become a center for academic excellence.

The college has well organized theoretical and practical teaching schedule for the students, so that they can become excellent professionals to serve the society. With highly qualified & dedicated staff and advanced equipment the institution imparts quality training for the students and complete patient care.

Our faculty members are undertaking quality research projects through Institutional Ethical Committee and many of them have represented it National and International level. The institute has as provided comfortable accommodation facility for the students and also has residential quarters for the teaching staff.

About Library

Established in 2005 There is a separate central library building. Central library is a heart of college library has a unique serene reading ambience with high quality lighting and ventilation, enjoying the proactive advisory committee. Library till date is well equipped with books necessary for U.G. & P.G. courses teaching and Learning majority of reference books have been purchase

- A Learning Resource Centre
The BVDUMC & H, learning resource Centre (LRC) is rapidly developing up to the one of the most sought professional education & research referral library. It started its services in the year 2005. The library has vast number of printed documents & it subscribes to National & International journals. It has established contacts with other organizations for exchange of the publication & inter - library Loan arrangements.

- Mission
Users satisfaction through quality service is our concern

- Goals

To provide effective & efficient services to the users.
To save the time of user in meeting their needs.

- Objective

To Display photographs, Pamphlets & other relevant materials on notice board, Book fair.
To provide information communication Transmission services to all the users. There is availability of the books, Title wise, Author wise, and Class No. Wise, Publisher wise, ISBN No. wise.

LIBRARY MEASUREMENT (Sq.Mts.):-

Sr. No.	Department	Total Area in Sq.Mts.
1.	Lower Ground Floor ( Audio-Visual Room, Photo- Graphic unit, Book Binding and Other, Reprography)	853.26Sq.Mts.
2.	Ground Floor ( Book Circulation, Relaxed Reading, rowing ,Lounge and IT Zone for accessing e-resources )	900 Sq.Mts.
3.	First Floor (Reading Room Staff with Carrels, U.G. Reading Room, Journal Section)	770.93 Sq.Mts.
4.	Second Floor (U.G. Reading Room, P.G. Reading Room)	591.53 Sq.Mts.
	Total Area	3115.72 Sq.Mts.

Dr. S R Ranganathan

Five Laws of Library and Information Science Enunciated by Dr. S. R. Ranganathan

Books are for use
Every reader his or her book
Every book its reader
Save the time of the reader
Library is a growing organism

Library Services

The library provides following services to its users:
Open access for Students & Staff.
Online public Access catalogue.
Information Retrieval lab (Internet) Facility to all readers.
Circulation – Books, Ref. Books, Journals, CDs.
Reference Service, Current Awareness Service ( CAS )
e- Journals facility to all Readers.
Reprography Service / Printing, scanning Facility.
Inter-Library Loan Services.
Bibliographic Services.
Newspaper clipping services
Our library arranges books exhibition of various publication.
A/C provision for computer section.

Library Rules

GENERAL:

Students will not be admitted in the Library without Identity Cards.
Pin drop silence should be observed in the Library. No discussion murmuring etc. Will be allowed
In the Library Book issue.
BOOKS WILL NOT BE ISSUED ON OTHERS NAME
While getting the book issued from the Library, it is the duty of the student to see if there is any discrepancy in the book. The holder will be held responsible if any pages etc. Are found missing while returning the book?
Only One book will be issued at a time for home leading on Library Card.
On Identity Card Book will be issued for reference only.
Normally book will not be issued more than 7 days. However it can be reissued if there is no claim on it.
Reference books will not be issued under any circumstances.
Journals will not be loaned outside the Library.
LOSS OF BOOK
Price of the book plus fine decided by the Dean will be imposed if book is lost, while in student's possession.

BOOK ISSUE FOR STAFF MEMBERS
Normally two (2) Books will be issued to staff member for a period of 15 days. Back-unbound issues of the journal will be issued for a week. However bound volume will not be issued outside the Library.
Working Hours : -
Book issue time 9.00 am to 6.00 pm
Inter-Net Section time: 9.00 am to 8.00 pm
(Sunday 9.00 am is to 5.00 pm working)
Reading 24 hours

Library Holdings

Details of:-

Total No.of Books: - 14,119

Back Volumes:-3256

Theses: - 81

Print Journals: - 170, (National-103, International-67)

CDs, DVDs 1407

* Electronics (e-books, e-journals)

e-books: - 910

e-journals:-1097

1. J-Gate, Banglore

2. Delnet, N. Delhi

SR.NO.	NAME OF THE DEPARTMENT	BOOKS
1	ANATOMY	1287
2	PHYSIOLOGY	658
3	BIOCHEMISTRY	509
4	PATHOLOGY	863
5	MICROBIOLOGY	598
6	F.M.T.	367
7	P.S.M.	597
8	PHARMACOLOGY	712
9	MEDICINE	1963
10	PSYCHIATRY	304
11	DERMATOLOGY	294
12	CARDIOLOGY	411
13	NEPHROLOGY	202
14	T.B. / CHEST	70
15	RADIOLOGY	387
16	ANAESTHESIA	374
17	E.N.T.	384
18	OPHTHALMOLOGY	672
19	SURGERY	732
20	ORTHOPAEDICS	641
21	OBST. & GYNAEC.	833
22	PAEDIATRICS	752
23	MEDICAL EDUCATION	27
24	GENERAL BOOKS	482