Library
General information
The need for a complete informative support of educational processes is one of the most important tasks of the library. Improving its activity according to the current requirements, library of ChITE KNUTE constantly seeks and implements new forms and methods of library operation and informational support, tries to improve the quality, timeliness and completeness of the satisfaction of users' requests using documentary funds and electronic databases.
Library stock accounts 122109 items of printed output (97546 items of book stock; 23538 – items of periodicals, 1025 documents – electronic editions).
Every year library stock updates to 2.5 – 3 thousand copies and periodicals.
The library extends its informational capabilities by consistent forming of multimedia database. Now there are 1025 electronic editions, including 989 documents on removable devices and 36 network local documents.
Readers have free access to all sources of information in two reading halls. They have at their disposal the Internet, electronic catalogues of libraries, containing more than 65,783 thousand records of book stock and notations of journal articles according to the studies profile, full-text databases, namely: "League-Law", electronic full-text database of publishing centre "Centre of Educational Literature", e-textbooks and e-manuals published by the teaching staff of ChITE KNUTE, electronic database of full-text materials of scientific and methodological journals of ChITE KNUTE, electronic full-text magazines in natural sciences and humanities of publishing centre "Springer", an international association of publishers in the sphere of science, medicine and technologies "Blackwell Publishing".
One of the most important tasks of the library is to increase students' informational culture that promotes qualified access to the knowledge, opening new opportunities to develop their profession. With this purpose library provides classes for 1st year students "Basics of Information Culture" and also conducts lectures for postgraduate students.
Every year library of the Institute provides informational support of scientific conferences and other events (thematic exhibitions, students' exhibitions, thematic collections of informational materials, etc.).