A student library is inside the campus with more than 500 seats having sections for undergraduate and postgraduate students. The Central Library is one of the best referral medical libraries in the state of Odisha. The library has installed air conditioning for the whole library. It has been declared as a resource library in the Eastern Region by the Govt. of India in the year 1993.
The Central Library, SCB Medical College, Cuttack is located in the Academic Block of SCB Medical College, Cuttack and is functioning in this block since 24.12.2017.
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| Total Floor Area: | 4000 sq. meters | ||
| Location: | Student & staff reading Area:3rd floor (3200 sq.m) Exterior reading area for Students: 2nd floor (800 sq.m) | ||
| Seating Capacity: | 3rd floor (Main reading Hall) Seating arrangement for students: 414 Seating arrangement for staff:54 2nd floor (Exterior Reading Hall) Seating arrangement for student:330 | ||
| Air Conditioning of inside & outside Halls: | All rooms are air conditioned. | ||
| Total No. of Text & Reference Books: | 21,878 Text Books - 11,499 Reference Books - 10379 | ||
| No. of Journals (2019-20): | Foreign- 43 Indian- 18 | ||
| Last three year Books & Journals details: | 2017-18 379 books 67 Foreign Journals + 55 Indian Journals 11,000 e-journals + 2,000 e-books + 1800 e-theses 2018-19 210 Books 46 Foreign Journals + 28 Indian Journals 11,000 e-journals + 2,000 e-books + 1800 e-theses 2019-20 Books - NIL 43 Foreign Journals + 18 Indian Journals 11,000 e-journals + 2,000 e-books + 1800 e-theses | ||
| No. of staff Reading Rooms: | One hall with 54 sitting Capacity | ||
| Working hours: | Week days:9.00 AM - 11 PM Holidays:10.00 AM – 5.30 PM | ||
| e-library facility is available: | 50 internet stations e-library facilities available for (a) 11,000 e-journals (b) 2,000 e-books (c) 1800 e-theses | ||
| Reprography section: | Functioning | ||
| Annual expenditure of library on reading material (2019-20): | Eighty lakh rupees |