“Books permit us to voyage through time, to tap the wisdom of our ancestors. 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 Sagan, Cosmos
History
SMVD University Library is a specialized technical and fast growing library in this region with higher level of technology implementations. Library is the knowledge centre of any University which has rich resources mainly in Social Sciences, Humanities, Sciences and Engineering. The Central Library started with 2000 Books on 19th August 2004. Within a short span of time the library has acquired more than 40000+ books and more than 2700 CD collections.
On 26th July’2010, Library shifted to its new Building. The Central Library building is built over an area of 36000 square yards.
Various sections of the Central Library are Acquisition Section, Technical Section, Circulation Section, Reference Section, Periodical Section, Text Book Section, Computer Section, Reading Section, Photocopy Section and Education@UK Centre.
In 2009, British Council established its Education@UK Centre, the second of its kind in India at the University level in the Central Library of the University. This centre will facilitate providing information about courses offered, scholarships, and exchange programs in the U.K.
The Central Library collection encompases Management, Economics, Engineering, Architecture, Sciences, Philosophy, Culture, Religion, English, Dogri & Hindi Literature.