mctvm96 : Central Library : '96 Batch, Medical College, Thiruvananthapuram.

The Central Library :

This is probably the most up-to-standards part of our whole campus. The collection at the library is simply amazing. There are journals dating from the '70s in here. The collection is text books is very vast. The only problem is in finding them. The categorization has improved since the administrative changes last year.

The library is in two floors with a central hall for reading. The top floor is devoted to the journals and is out of bounds for undergraduates. It's accessible for the Post Graduate Students and staff. The books in the lower floor are catergorized subject wise. There are a lot of tables and chairs which are not all that comortable. Each table is provided with a table fan and the best part is that all the table fans are in working condition. Two years back, this was not the condition. The lighting has also been improved since then.

The working hours are from 0900 to 2200 hrs. The library is meant for reference. But some of the students in reservation categories can borrow the book for reading elsewhere. A Medical College ID card is essential these days to get in the Library.

The AKMG LRC - New Addition

The latest addition to the library is the AKMG - LRC. That is the All Kerala Medical Graduates Association funded Learning Resource Center. This was inaugrated a few months back. The gist of the matter is something like this. AKMG is an association of doctors from Kerala who are practicing in the U. S. and Canada. They have sponsored the LRC. The LRC consists of an airconditioned enclosure with a conference hall with projection facilities. The reading / refrerence section is connected to the internet by a leased ISDN line of 128 KBPS using a central server. There are 12 computers connected to this server through an intrantet. Along with this, there is a data CD Jukebox connected to main server which can hold upto 150 CDs as of now. There is an easy search interface on each of the peripheral computers connected with which we can search the CD database. Of course, you can also search and access the internet.

This is just avaialable on Medical College, Thiruvananthapuram right now. There are plans to connect all the medical Colleges like this in the future.

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