He that loveth Books
Will never want a faithful friend
A wholesome counselor
A Cheerful companion
An effectual comforter
- Issac Barrow
The present library had
it’s humble beginning in the rear wing of the present Physiology
Department. Then it was temporarily shifted into the Regional Laboratory
before attaining it’s present state. The Present stone built library cum
auditorium building was opened on February 7th 1962, by late Major K.N.Rao.
The library is adorned with portraits of notable scientists and medical men ,
thanks to the efforts of B. Venkateshwara Rao(then artist). It has two statues
of Buddha and Dhanvantri carved out of Nagarjuna Sagar marble at the entrance.
Appropriate proverbs adore the library walls and give it a real facelift. The
library in earlier days used to get books from USIS, Ciba, British Council,
Lange, WHO, UNICEF, Wheat Loan, Colombo and many generous doctors and
organizations apart from it’s funding. Dr. D.Jagannatha Reddy plays a key
role in getting many books to the library. He himself has donated many books.
At present it has a collection of 24,446 books and many rare old books are a
prized possession. The library used to subscribe 250 periodicals in the
1960’s, but now it can afford 50 periodicals due to the meager Government
funding and devalued Rupee status against the Dollar. The library is thankful
to the GMCANA for their generous help in paying the subscription of 12
Journals in 1994. The library is thankful to Doctors , B.V.S.Murthy, D.Govinda
Das, T. Krishna Kumar, V. Suresh, G.Pratap Kumar, Ramaiah, G.Sekhar,
K.M.Lakshmana Rao, Dr. A. Raghava Rao, M.V. Sailaja, M.V. Neeraja, P.Srinivas,
B.Bamesh and many others who had donated books and periodicals to benefit
library users. We hope that old students and well wishers of library continue
to extend their magnanimous support by sending old or new books and
periodicals. Such a kind of gesture will go a long way in upgrading the
library under the present financial constraints. The library continues to work
from 9 A.M to 9 P.M since it’s inception on all working days. There are
separate sections for UG and PG students and the staff. The Library has
a photocopying facility, thanks to the generous donation of GMCANA. A video
library was opened on August 15th 1995 by Dr. K.M. Lakshmana Rao, with the
Television and Video donated by the GMCANA. It has the collection of 26
cassettes on medical topics. A generator installed in 1992 always comes handy
as load shedding in prevalent almost throughout the year and especially during
the summer. A new water cooler was installed in April 1996 by Dr. K.M.
Lakshmana Rao and helps to beat off the blazing Guntur Sun. Constraints of
finance, personnel and space have limited the use of the library. An
open-access system with a lending section can be started for all the members
to encourage reading habit. A separate section for general magazines, a
computer section with multimedia facility and MEDLARS link up and a career
guidance cell can be setup with the healthy cooperation of the college staff,
Students, Old Students and well wishers.
Even with it’s constraints and
deficiencies the library continues to render exemplary service to it’s
users.
The Online Catalogue of all
books in the library will be kept in the website soon.
Reading Room is built by GMCANA
recently and it is kept open upto 10.00 P.M for the convience of the students.
