"The library connects us with the insight and knowledge, painfully extracted from Nature, of the greatest minds that ever were, with the best teachers, drawn from the entire planet and from all our history, to instruct us without tiring, and to inspire us to make our own contribution to the collective knowledge of the human species. I think the health of our civilization, the depth of our awareness about the underpinnings of our culture and our concern for the future can all be tested by how well we support our libraries."
— Carl SaganLibrary plays a very crucial role in supporting the academic programmes of the institution. It procures, identifies, processes, evaluates and makes available learning resources to the faculty and students for their teaching, learning and research. As Dr. S. R. Ranganathan, father of Library Science in India, remarked: "The Library is the trinity of Learning Resources, Faculty/Students and the Library Staff."
The total collection of the Central Library exceeds 55,303 volumes, segregated into various sections as per the Dewey Decimal Classification. The OPAC searching facility helps users identify and locate titles as per their interest.
Housed on the ground floor. Provides theoretical exposure to various disciplines. Both Academic and General books are available here (Issue Section). Books can be taken out for reading.
Encyclopaedias, dictionaries, handbooks, yearbooks, textbooks, and reference books across knowledge domains — updated periodically. These books cannot be taken outside.
Books spanning literature, history, art, theology, technology, and natural sciences. Mission: to make these collections accessible to all learners and preserve them for future users.
In addition to printed documents, approximately 2,509 CD-ROMs are available. A comprehensive non-print media collection supporting engineering disciplines.
181 National Periodicals across engineering streams, including magazines and newspapers in English and regional language. For reference only — cannot be taken out. Publishers: IAS, IISc, Springer India, IETE, CSIR-NISCAIR, CPRI etc.
The AJCE Central Library provides strong IT infrastructure support. The Online Public Access Catalogue (OPAC) is activated with bibliographical records of all library materials. Access via: www.aesajce.in
- Inventi – Impact & Rapid: Algorithm — inventi.in
- Inventi – Impact & Rapid: Machine Vision — inventi.in
- Inventi – Impact & Rapid: Cloud Computing — inventi.in
- Inventi – Impact & Rapid: Artificial Intelligence — inventi.in
The Central Library has developed an Institutional Digital Repository using Google Drive — collecting, preserving, and disseminating Video Lectures and Question Papers. At present, access to the Institutional Repository is restricted to the Campus LAN.
In 2008, the Central Library purchased more than 3,000 video lectures covering 40 subjects from IIT Madras under the NPTEL programme — one of the earliest such acquisitions by a self-financing engineering college. NPTEL videos cover Civil, Computer Science, Electrical, ECE, and Mechanical Engineering, along with Core Science, Management, and Language courses. Access links below.