Mr. Wels P.J.
Senior Grade Librarian
Library Hours
| Mon to Fri | 9.00am to 9.00pm |
| Saturday | 9.00am to 9.00pm |
| Sun & Holidays | Closed |
Circulation Timings
| Mon to Fri | 9.00am to 8.00pm |
| Saturday | Closed. Only Reference. |
Thrissur Medical College Central Library, attached to the Govt. Medical College, Thrissur is designed to provide health and scientific information to medical professionals, faculties, graduate and post graduate students and medical researchers of the institution. The vast amount of newly published medical literature available in the Central Library help the medical community to improve, update, assess or evaluate health care.
Resources & Collections
The library is a two storied building containing more than 26800 books and 115 periodicals. The books are arranged according to the DDC Classification numbering system. It is completely computerised with Intranet and OPAC powered by full-featured open-source ILS Koha. The Central Library has access to ProQuest and Ovid databases, with hundreds of online journals and e-books, provided by DME, Kerala. The library is also a member of ERMED consortium of National Medical Library (NML). The Library is linked to National Knowledge Network and provides access to its patrons a wide range of electronic resources, print and digital journal collections and print reference books.| 22877 Total Books |
4583 Reference Books |
16145 Total Floor Area |
16596 Text Books |
59 Indian Journals |
1698 General Books |
1800 Last Year Journals |
Membership
Membership is open to all the students and faculty of the Govt. Medical College, Thrissur. Library materials are issued to only Teaching Staff, Post Graduate students UG Students and SC/ST students. For that, they have to fill up the prescribed application form and get counter signed by HODs of the concerned departments and submitted to the Librarian for borrowing books. Provisional and guest lecturers are not permitted to borrow books from the library. However they are permitted to refer the library books.Lending of Books
Koha Library management software is used for lending out books.| Teaching Staff | 5 Books (30 Days) |
| PG students | 3 Books (14 days) |
| UG students | 2 Books (14 days) |
| SC/ST Students | 5 Books (6 Months) |
| Paramedical Students | 2 Books (14 days) |
| Non Teaching Staff | 1 Book (14 days) |
