Bhilai Institute of Technology - [BIT]

The Institute has a modern Central Library which is established in 1986 and divided into two floors. 1st floor is complete Issue Section, working hour is 10.00 am to 5.00 pm (07 hours) and 2nd floor is complete Reference Section, working hour is morning 8.00 am to night 9.00 pm (13 hours). Issue section contains approx. 80,000 books in various disciplines of engineering, science, computer science, computer application, management, novel, general leisure books, technical & non technical competition books and BIS Codes approximate number 1200, etc. Reference section contains approx. 22,000 books for student’s ready reference, 150 journals and magazines. The section has 250 students seating capacity at a time. One separate room is also available for faculty and staff members and one separate room for PG & Research scholars. All these sections contain a free internet surfing zone for e-books, e-journals & e-magazines access with 20 computers. Along with this BIT have a separate Merit Book Bank section for the top seven BIT meritorious students of every branch & semester, which contains approx. 5500 books. The students are provided with additional 06 books at a time for the whole semester to encourage the topper students and separate SC/ST Book Bank section for the relevant students, which contains approx. 2500 books. CCTV Web cameras have been fixed in the Central Library and the entire building is under camera surveillance. Well qualified and experienced staff is always available assist to students.

Separate Issue Section: Central Library have separate Issue Section in first floor with 2495 sq. meter space, which contain approx. 58,000 books in various discipline of engineering, sciences, computer application, management and IS Codes approximate number 1230 etc.

Separate Reference Section: Central Library have separate Reference Section in second floor with 2495 sq. meter space, which contain approx. 22,000 books for user’s ready reference and the section opens from 8.00 am to 9.00 pm (13 hours, Monday-Friday) and 8.00 am to 4.00 pm on Saturday. The sections have 250 students seating capacity at a time. One separate room is available for faculty and staff members and one separate room for PG & research scholars also. All these section contains free hi-speed internet surfing zone for e-books, e-journals & e-magazines access with 20 computers.

Separate Departmental Library: BIT have separate Departmental Library in every branch for quick reference of the faculty and students, which contains approx. 10000 books. The Project works of the students (UG & PG) are also collected in the Departmental Library.

Separate Merit Book Bank: BIT have separate Merit Book Bank section for top seven BIT meritorious students of every branch & semester, which contains approx. 5500 books; the students are provided with additional 06 books at a time for whole semester to encourage the topper students. This facility is completely free for all branch and semester topper students, Institute never charges directly or indirectly.

Separate SC/ST Book Bank: BIT have separate SC/ST Book Bank section for the relevant students, which contains approx. 2500 books; the students are provided additional 06 books at a time for whole semester.

Separate Competition Cell: Central Library has separate Competition Cell in both section (Issue & Reference) to provide technical & non technical competitive study materials and environment for various competitive exams faced by the students, which contains approx. 7500 books. The collection contains engineering & other competitive books like GATE, PSC, PSU, UPSC, RBI, RRB, LIC, DRDO, ONGC, SAIL, BHEL, BSNL, IBPS, NDA & NA, PO, CDS, SSC, CAT, MAT, GRE, GMAT, TOFFEL etc published by renowned publisher like Made Easy, GK Pub., Cengage Learning, MGH, ACE Pub., Lexis Nexis, Prabhat Prakashan, Arihant Pub., Unique Pub., S. Chand etc. This section is regularly updated by procuring famous publications with latest collection.

Separate e-books Section: The library has separate e-book section for text books & reference books, which contains approx. 1,600 titles and 10,000 volumes. The section have separate 20 computers for e-books access, which can be accessed both online & offline system. Offline e-book access is faster than online & it can be accessed anywhere in the BIT campus through BIT IP address. Online e-books can be accessed out of campus through user ID & password by every BIT students, staff & faculty members. Apart from the e-books, this platform also provide online test preparation programme for self assessment as well as group assessment with real time function. The e-library platforms also have the feature to upload audio/videos by faculty members, which can be seen by every user.