Overview

The IIMB library is housed in a building of 55,000 square feet carpet area spread over four floors with more than 300 seating capacity. It serves users on all days of the year except on three National Holidays. It has a comprehensive collection of literature predominantly related to management and its allied subjects to meet the information needs of its users. Most of the library's activities are computerized using "LlBSYS", an integrated library software package.

IIMB encourages the use of its library for professional purposes. Individuals and organizations can use the library regularly either on a deposit or non-deposit basis of payment. The library brings out several publications for reference purposes. Some of the major services rendered by the library are reference, reprographic, bibliographic, document delivery, Data Search Facilities, resource sharing with other libraries etc. It also networks with libraries of leading institutions to offer data supply, reference, and indexing and bibliographic services.

The library has a total collection of 2.20 lakh documents (books, back volumes of journals, government publications, technical reports, conference proceedings, non-book materials etc.). The library has access to 72 e-resources and 254 e-books from Elsevier Science & Cambridge University press and subscribes to 720 print journals, 1200 e-journals, and 27 newspapers. Apart to from this more than 35,000 full text journal titles are available in the databases subscribed to by the library. It also receives around 200 Newsletters and has 2200 Annual Reports from public and private organizations. The non-book materials collection includes 4180 CDs, 700 CDs received with books, 420 Video Cassettes, 415 VCDs & DVDs and 235 Audio Cassettes