Adichunchanagiri Institute of Medical Sciences - [AIMS]

The mission of the library is to provide high quality, convenient, timely and affordable access to relevant biomedical information resources including research preferences to health science professionals of the Institution.

To be one of the state-of-art medical libraries in India by inspiring and enhancing world class teaching, learning, research, and clinical care through the use of our collections, facilities, services & expertise

The “AIMS Learning Resource Centre” being one among the core department in the Adichunchanagiri Institute of Medical Sciences has been established in the year 1986 with a sole purpose to quench the thirst of knowledge and to fulfill the concerned needs of both the faculty and the students.

It aims to provide documents, information and environment that can suits in imparting education, promoting research and development thereby leading to improved patient care pertaining to medical education. The existing state–of-the-art new modern library is centrally air conditioned and well-furnished for the readers. The library has a Wi-Fi facility to browse and access the resources in any part of the premises.

This library has formulated and adopted its Mission, Vision, Goals and Objectives in tune with the institutional objectives of the parent organization to serve the stakeholders.

Currently “AIMS Learning Resource Centre” is one among the major Constituent College Library of Adichunchanagiri University being established during January 2018, earlier, the institution was affiliated to Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences, Karnataka, Bangalore, from the period of inception.

The Learning Resource Center is located in the eastern part of the college premises, the physical space of the library building spreads over 5057.00 Sq. meters in the library landscape. The library building is well planned and designed according to the functional needs of the library in the modern era, adequate provisions have been made for all the sections and services area of the Library for serving the users. The AIMS LRC is a most lively place on the campus providing a safe and comfortable and friendly/conducive environment that enables learning and advancement of knowledge, and promoting discovery and scholarship.

The Institution Subscribes online journals from ProQuest: Health Research Premium Collection Database/aggregator.