Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences

MGIMS
The library is located on the ground floor of the hospital, between the Accident and Emergency (A & E) and the outpatient department [ OPD ] complex. Each year, the library subscribes to 182 medical journals; 117 of them, International. Journals with very high impact factor such as Lancet, New England Journal of Medicine, JAMA, Annals of Internal Medicine, B M J and Archives of Internal Medicine, W.H.O.Global periodicals & Publications arrive in the library within 2 weeks of their publication. In addition, the library has subscribed Up-to-date online and 2074 e-resources of the digital library of Maharashtra University of Health Sciences, Nashik. In 2012-13, the library bought books worth Rs.1.3 million and paid Rs.5.5 million for the annual subscription of journals. The existing stock is 26942 books. Internet access is provided to all the members. The library has also carefully archived old journals- a total of 16645 hard-bound journals, neatly stacked, occupy the shelves of the library. The journals are alphabetically arranged. Although several journals date as far back as 1960, they can be easily accessed. The books are classified according to the DDC system and catalogued according to AACR II system. Since 1992 , the library has been identified as a resource library in Western India within HELLIS Network. The membership of the library is open to MGIMS students and faculty and also to the supporting staff of the Kasturba Health Society. Members can borrow books and journals and retain them for a fortnight. Spread over an area of 7000 meters , the library offers an alluring ambience to bibliophiles- they can comfortably browse through the rich reading material available in the clean and uncluttered library and can even charge their laptop batteries on the reading desks of the library. Because the library was getting crowded and students started competing for the chairs, in 5th Oct. 1997, the institute built Lokmanya Tilak reading hall on the third floor of the hospital building. About 200 graduate & postgraduates students use this hall to study for their examinations. The library offers an access to Internet and houses digital photocopy machines. It liaises with National Medical Library, Delhi and delivers hard copies of articles, not available in the library for a small fee. Socially disadvantaged students can get free text books from the library under various Schemes .