Dear Mallesh Ji, 1. There shall be an air-conditioned Central Library (1600 Sq.m) with 2. Seating arrangement for at least 200 (100 Internal and 100 External –personal book reading room) 3. There shall be one room for 100 students inside and one room for 100 students outside. 4. It should have not less than 7000 text and reference books. ( In a new medical college the total number of books should be proportionately divided on yearly basis in five years) 5. The number of journals shall be 100 out of which one-third shall be foreign journals and subscribed on continuous basis. 6. The number of copies of textbooks in each subject of undergraduate teaching shall be ten. 7. There shall be provision for – a. Staff reading room for 20 persons; b. Rooms for librarian and other staff; c. Journal room; d. Room for copying facilities; e. Video and Cassette room; f. Air-conditioned Computer room with Medlar and Internet facility with minimum of 25 nodes. g. Medical colleges should have skill labs and adopt information technology in teaching medicine. h. There shall be provision for *e-library also*. i. *As per the terms of Notification published on 02.12.2008 in the Gazette of India. Dr. Shivendra Singh Assistant Librarian Guru Gobind Singh Medical College and Hospital Baba Farid University of Health Sciences Sadiq Road, Faridot -151203, Punhab Ph: +9815526163 https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Shivendra_Singh3 On 10 August 2017 at 18:32, Mallesh wrote:

Can any one inform me whether the MCI (Medical Council of India) has any guidelines about number of books (Indian & Foreign) & Journal titles which are mandatory for a Medical College Library conducting UG Courses? and any other facilities in medical college central library how to arrange books and journals (according to DDC) .please suggest me..

Thanks ®ards

Mallesh.G.K

Librarian SIMSAR KGF

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