SMME Library

A dedicated library has been established at the school to support academic as well as research activities. The SMME library functions with support from NUST Central library, maintaining dedicated sections to support industrial and scientific research carried out by SMME departments. The library is managed by a faculty in charge working with a dedicated library team. SMME library currently holds a collection of over 5000 books, journals and manuscripts. Additionally, the library also has access to hundreds of online databases and ebooks. The collection includes text books, reference books, encyclopedias, dictionaries, industrial standards, handbooks, atlases and classic literature.The library also offers audio/visual facilities, scanning/photocopying and thesis binding services.

Library Hours & Holidays

Library remains open on all working days of the week (Monday-Friday) from 09:00 A.M. to 09:00 P.M & remains closed on public holidays.

Location

The library is located on the second floor in the SMME building, Room No. 311.​​​

Library Services

​​Borrowing

Circulation activity of information sources is among the core services of SMME library. Users can apply and get their membership for borrowing the information sources (books and other material). All registered users of SMME are entitled to borrow books. Lending privileges differ for various categories. Information about the categories and services can be enquired at the Circulation Desk of SMME library.​

Photocopy Services

Photocopy facility is available for readers, to make copies from Reference books & Journals etc. ​​

Reader Advisory

The reader advisory guide the library users on how to use library software and databases to get the required material. The library staff gives a wide range of presentations to library users, to enable users to use the library sources to its maximum. These presentations educate users on the use of different online databases for literature searching. Presentations for small groups can also be arranged on request.​

Reference

Trained and highly qualified professional staff is available to provide reference services to all the library users. User may make queries through telephone (+925190856029) or through e-mail ([email protected]). ​

Collection Organisation

This is the main service of library, comprising of highly quality books related to SMME academic programmes. The major areas on which books and other information material is available are: ​Mechanical & Manufacturing Engineering, Thermo Dynamics, Differential Equation, Design and Manufacturing, Robotics, Biomedical etc. A significant number of print and electronic reference sources are available on reference shelves.​​​​​

Useful Links

S #	Website	URL
1	NUST Union Catalogue	https://opac.nust.edu.pk
2	NUST Institutional Repository	http://repositories.nust.edu.pk:8080/xmlui/
3	HEC Digital Library	http://www.digitallibrary.edu.pk/
4	National Library of Pakistan	http://www.nlp.gov.pk/
5	Pakistan Research Repository	http://prr.hec.gov.pk/jspui/
6	HEC Summon	http://hecpk.summon.serialssolutions.com/#!/