Sri Manakula Vinayagar Medical College and Hospital Central Library

The Central Library was started in the year of 2005

Infrastructure

The Library located in College Block and spread over three floors with carpet area of 1508.22 sq.mtr.
The Library Building is Fully Air Conditioned.
The reading halls that can be easily accessed by student and Faculties.
Equipped with reading halls in all the floors and reference collections.
Library can accommodate more than 500 students and Faculties.
It has 17906 Books and 117 National and International Journals and 2077 Back volumes.

Facilities

Library have “LIBRARY MANAGEMENT SUITE 1.0” Software.
More than 63 Ultra modern Computers of 2-Gbps internet bandwidth speed is available for students and Faculties.
Wi-Fi Campus.
Internet- Cafe.
Photocopy (Reprography)facilities for students & faculty.
University Question Bank.

VISION

The vision is designed in accordance with the vision statement of the institute.

MISSION

The mission of the library is as under

The Library’s mission is to provide comprehensive resources and services in support of the research, teaching, and learning needs of the SMVMCH.
To fulfill the research, teaching, and learning needs of its users
To build collections and create tools to support research, teaching, and learning activities, To maintain and to provide a source for past journal collection.

Working Hours

The Central Library at SMVMCH is open to all students, scholars, and faculty members from morning until late evening. It serves as a well-equipped and easily accessible space that supports learning, research, and academic exploration in a comfortable and resourceful environment.

Monday to Saturday

Working Hours

08:30 AM – 08:00 PM

Transaction Hours(Issue, Return)

08:30 AM – 08:00 PM

Holidays

Working Hours

08:30 AM – 4:30 PM

Transaction Hours(Issue, Return)

08:30 AM – 04:30 PM

Own Book Reading Hall

Working Hours

04:00 AM –10:00 PM

Transaction Hours(Issue, Return)

No issue

About us – Location

Ground Floor

First Floor

Second Floor

Circulation counter
Reprographic section
Staff reading room
Journal section
Library Reading Hall
Book section
Thesis/Dissertation Section
Journal Back Volume Section

The Library has previous university questions paper in all Subjects both UGs & PGs

Library Resources

To provide effective access to learning resources of all formats required for general and research purposes.

Books: The Library has a collection of 17906 Text and Reference Books. The books include subjects in medicine and allied subjects

Subject Wise Books Details

S.No	Subjects	Titles	No. of Copies
1	Anaesthesia	173	414
2	Anatomy	499	1541
3	Biochemistry	352	1032
4	Community Medicine	255	749
5	Dental	162	352
6	Dermatology,Vene & Leprosy	190	434
7	Emergency Medicine	138	298
8	Ent	145	352
9	Forensic Medicine & Toxicology	245	666
10	General Medicine	1031	2250
11	General	33	70
12	Microbiology	373	1099
13	Nursing	128	212
14	Obstet & Gynaecology	492	1189
15	Ophthalmology	298	602
16	Orthopaedics	271	590
17	Paediatrics	373	940
18	Pathology	436	1073
19	Pharmacology	321	849
20	Physiology	254	836
21	Psychiatry	253	480
22	Radio Diagnosis	263	552
23	Surgery	470	991
24	Pulmonary Medicine	132	334
	TOTAL	7288	17906

Books Purchased Year Wise details

S.NO	ACADEMIC YEAR(1 Apr to MAR 31)	QTY
S.NO	ACADEMIC YEAR(1 Apr to MAR 31)	QTY	1	2004 – 05	2583
2	2005 – 06	717
3	2006 – 07	2604
4	2007 – 08	1701
5	2008 – 09	2253
6	2009 – 10	3040
7	2010 – 11	1816
8	2011 – 12	78
9	2012 – 13	302
10	2013 – 14	366
11	2014 – 15	499
12	2015 – 16	100
13	2016 – 17	269
14	2017 – 18	206
15	2018 – 19	170
16	2019 – 20	313
17	2020 – 22	353
18	2022 – 23	368
19	2023-2024	168
	TOTAL	17906

Journals

The library subscribes Indexed National and International journals. About 117 journals are available regularly. Library also has back volumes of 2077.

E-Books

Library provides access to more than 4990 E-Books.

E-Journals

Library provides online access to more than 11086 E-Journals.
The Library have subscribed J-Gate Biomedical Sciences online database year of 2018-25.To access 11086 online medical E-Journals.

Thesis/ Dissertation

The library also collection of Postgraduate thesis. These are the research work of the students and very good learning resources for the students.

Alumni Books

The Library has 164 contribution Alumni Books.

Department Library

Individual departments also have a collection of books in their own department library. A total of 3848 no’s of books are available in all Departments.

Non-Printed Materials

Non print materials such as CD-ROMs, Floppy Discs and online Databases etc. are also available at the Central Library

Online Resources

Name of the Package / Publisher	URL	Description
SCOPUS	http://www.scopus.com	Abstract and Citation database in the field of, Medicine, with 41,317 titles from various publishers.
J-Gate (Complete)	https://jgateplus.com/search/	Electronic gateway to global e-journals
National Digital Library	https://ndl.iitkgp.ac.in/	Repository integrates contents from different Institutional repositories. 20 lac + educational materials available for free of cost to all academic community

E–Resources (Books & Journals)

Web Link

Name of the Package / Publisher	URL
Springer Nature	https://link.springer.com/
Nature	http://www.nature.com
Clinical key	www.clinicalkey.com
Wiley black well	http://www3.interscience .wiley.com
McGraw Hill Express Library	http://mcgrawhilleducation.pdn.ipublishcentral.com
Elsevier	http://www.sciencedirect.com
Pearson	https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/srmuniv
JSTOR	https://www.jstor.org/

Library Staff List

S.No.	NAME	DESIGNATION
1	N. Elangovan	Librarian
2	R. Anandhan	Dy. Librarian
3	S. Lakshmigandhan	Cataloger
4	D. Vijayarangan	Documentalist
5	R. Krishnamoorthy	Library Assistant
6	A. Kumar	Library Assistant
7	V. Ayyanar	Library Assistant
8	S.Manimaran	Library Assistant
9	R. Karthikeyan	Attender

Library Events

World Book Day Celebration 2025

On behalf of the Sri Manakula Vinayagar Medical College and Hospital Library Department, Madagadipet, World Book Day Celebration was celebrated on Tuesday, April 22, 2025.

The function was presided over by Takshashila University Chancellor and Sri Manakula Vinayagar Educational Trust Chairman Mr. M. Dhanasekaran, Secretary Mr. Dr. K. Narayanasamy, and Treasurer Mr. D. Rajarajan.

At the ceremony, prizes were given to the undergraduate and postgraduate medical students who had used the library the most during the last academic year. At the ceremony, Director Dr. R.N. Kagne presented the prizes and spoke in appreciation of the students. Dr. K. Karthikeyan (Dean – Academic), Dr. P. Sanjay (Dean – Research), Medical Superintendent Dr. M. Prakash, and K. Soundarya (Deputy Dean – Academic UG) participated and delivered keynote speeches.

As part of the event, a webinar was held on the topic “Impact of Books and Journals in Society.” Mr. Pritesh Sheth (CEO, Scientific Scholar, Publisher, USA) participated in the event and interacted with the students.

The function was attended by library committee members, professors and students. The event was organized by the librarian Mr. N.Elangovan and the library staff on behalf of the college library department.

உலக புத்தக தின விழா - Worlds Book Day Celebration

Organized By: Department Of Library
Venue: II- floor Library
Date: 23-04-2024
Time: 10.00 AM – 01.00 PM

மதகடிப்பட்டு ஸ்ரீமணக்குள விநாயகர் மருத்துவக் கல்லூரி மற்றும் மருத்துவமனை நூலகத்துறை சார்பில், உலக புத்தக தின விழா செவ்வாய் கிழமை, ஏப்ரல் 23, 2024,அன்று கொண்டாடப்பட்டது.

விழாவுக்கு ஸ்ரீமணக்குள விநாயகர் கல்வி அறக்கட்டளைத் தலைவர் திரு M.தனசேகரன், செயலாளர் திரு டாக்டர்.K.நாராயணசாமி, பொருளாளர் திரு.D.ராஜராஜன் ஆகியோர் தலைமை வகித்தனர். விழாவில் கடந்த கல்வி ஆண்டில் நூலகத்தை அதிக நேரம் பயன்படுத்திய இளநிலை மற்றும் முதுநிலை மருத்துவ மாணவர்களுக்கு பரிசுகள் வழங்கப்பட்டது.

விழாவில் டீன் டாக்டர்.R.N.காக்னே பரிசுகளை வழங்கி மாணவர்களைப் பாராட்டிப் பேசினார். டாக்டர். K.கார்த்திகேயன் (டீன் -கல்வி), டாக்டர்.P.சஞ்சய் (டீன் -ஆராய்ச்சி), மருத்துவக் கண்காணிப்பாளர் டாக்டர் .M.பிரகாஷ், துணை மருத்துவக் கண்காணிப்பாளர்டாக்டர் S.கிரிஜா ஆகியோர் கலந்து கொண்டு சிறப்புரையாற்றினர். விழாவில், நூலக குழு உறுப்பினர்கள், பேராசிரியர்கள் மற்றும் மாணவர்கள் கலந்து கொண்டனர்.நிகழ்ச்சி ஏற்பாட்டை கல்லூரி நூலகத் துறை சார்பில் நூலகர் திரு. இளங்கோவன் மற்றும் நூலக ஊழியர்கள் செய்திருந்தனர்.

The World Book Day was celebrated on Tuesday, April 23, 2024 by the Department of Library, Sri Manakula Vinayagar Medical College and Hospital, at Mathagadipet.

The function was presided over by Sri Manakula Vinayaka Education Trust Chairman Mr.M.Dhanasekaran, Secretary Dr. K.Narayanasamy and Treasurer Mr. D.Rajarajan. In the ceremony, prizes were awarded to undergraduate and postgraduate medical students who used the library the most during the previous academic year.

The Deputy Director Dr. R.N.Kagne gave prizes and congratulated the students. Dr. K.Karthikeyan (Dean – Academic), Dr. P.Sanjay (Dean – Research), Medical Superintendent Dr. M.Pragash, Deputy MedicalSuperintendent Dr. S.Girija were present and delivered keynote speeches. Library committee members, professors and students participated in the function.

The event was organized by librarian Mr.N.Elangovan and library staff on behalf of the college library department.

World Book Day – 2023 (Quiz Competition)

World Book Day was celebrated in Sri Manakula Vinayagar Medical College & Hospital on behalf of Department of Library on April 20, 2023. As a part of celebration a quiz competition for medical college students was conducted.
Quiz Topic: “Medical Textbooks”. Quiz Masters Dr.Vimal. Professor Dept. of Pathology. Dr. P.Vijayashankar Asst. Prof. Dept. of DVL. & Dr.M.Aravind Baskar, Senior Resident Dept. of DVL.
Quiz competition winners First Prize Miss A Sowmia,V.Anusha & Lakshiya M.R Second Prize Miss T.Harshavarthini, Janane N.M & Menagadevi. B.
The program was conducted under the guidance of our respected Mr.M.Dhanasekaran, Chairman and Managing Director, Mr.S.Sugumaran,Vice Chairman, Dr.K.Narayanaswamy, Secretary and Mr. Rajarajan, Treasurer.
Dr.D.Rajagovindhan. Director Dr.R.N.Kagne, Deputy Director, Dr.K.Karthikeyan Dean (Academic),Dr.G.Kalai Selvan Dean(Research),
Dr.M.Pragash, Medical Superintendent was participated. The program was organized by Mr.N.Elangovan Librarian and library staffs and assisted by Mr. Hani Abdul Rasheed UG Student Rep.

Library Week Celebration (14.11.2019 to 20.11.2019)

Library Week was celebrated in Sri Manakula Vinayagar Medical College & Hospital (SMVMCH) on behalf of Department of Library on 14.11.2019 to 20.11.2019 November 2019. The function was celebrated in the library and prizes were distributed to the maximum library uses among Postgraduates and Undergraduates. Mr.K.Nandakumar(Undergraduate) and Dr.P.Poomathy (Postgraduate in Community Medicine) were given prizes.

The program was conducted under the guidance of our respected Mr.M.Dhanasekaran, Chairman and Managing Director, SMVMCH, Mr.S.Sugumaran, Vice Chairman, SMVMCH and Dr.K.Narayanaswamy, Secretary, SMVMCH.

Dr.D.Rajagovindan, Director, Dr.R.N.Kagne, Deputy Director, Dr.K.Karthikeyan, Dean (Academic), Dr.Amol Rambhau Dongre, Dean (Research), and Dr.M.Pragash, Medical Superintendent, participated and distributed prizes. The program was organized by Mr.N.Elangovan, Librarian and the Library Staffs.

World Book Day

World Book Day was celebrated in Sri Manakula Vinayagar Medical College & Hospital (SMVMCH) on behalf of Department of Library on 23rd April 2018. As a part of celebration the Book Fair, Essay and QUIZ competition were conducted.

ESSAY TOPIC: MY FAVOURITE TEXTBOOK

QUIZ ON ROBBINS PATHOLOGY:Conducted by Dr.M. Vimal, Associate Prof.Pathology,SMVMCH.

1. The Quiz competition winners

1^st prize: Mr. JASWANTHKUMAR . J (MBBS 2015 BATCH )
2^nd prize :Mrs.VALETI MEGHANA (M.D.2016 Batch, Dept. of Dermatology)

2. The Quiz competition winners

1^st prize: Mr. JASWANTHKUMAR . J(MBBS 2015 BATCH )
1^st prize :Mr. AKSHAY AJITH KUMAR. K (MBBS 2015 BATCH )
1^st prize :Mr. ADITHYA. M (MBBS 2015 BATCH )
2^nd prize : MANONMANI. B (MBBS 2014 BATCH)
2^nd prize: SHANMUGAPPRIYA. A (MBBS 2014 BATCH)
2^nd prize : SHAHEENA PARVEEN. H (MBBS 2014 BATCH)

The program was conducted under the guidance of our respected Mr. M. Dhanasekaran, Chairman and Managing Director, Mr. S. Sugumaran, Vice Chairman,Dr.K. Narayanaswamy,Secretary.

Dr.D. Rajagovindhan, Director, Dr.R. N. Kagne, Dupty Director,Dr.K. Karthikeyan, Dean (Academic),Dr.AmolRambhauDongre, Dean (Research), Dr.M. Pragash, Medical Superintendent, participated and distributed prizes.The programwasorganized by Mr. N. Elangovan, Librarian,Library Staffsand Mr.M.Mohamed ShiekAbudullah, Secretary for quiz.

The winners were awarded with Momento, Certificates and Cash Prizes.