Central Library also started functioning from the year 1959 from the Department of Civil Engineering, in 1965 the Central Library shifted to Independent Building infront of Institute Main Guest House. In view of latest development and future needs,

librarians
Sri. P.S. Srinivasan 1959 - 1965
Sri V.S. Nazir Ahmed 1965 - 1989
Sri M. N. Seetharaman 1989 - 1992
Dr. V. Sivaramankrishan 1992 - 1995
Dr. Harish Chandra 1995 - 2014
Dr. Mahendra N. Jadhav (i/c) 2014 -

IIT Madras Library




Books and E journals available

BASEMENT

READING HALL-I
This reading hall has the back volumes of Engineering and Technology before 1980, The photocopying facility is available on LEVEL-II, III and IV

LEVEL-I

Reading Hall (Books)
In this hall the main subjects have been displayed on the end panel of each book stack. The stacks of this hall has the books on computer science and engineering, architecture, management, chemical engineering, metallurgy, civil engineering, electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, naval architecture, industries, building, material science, agriculture and medicine.

Millennium Reading Hall
The stacks in this hall have the books on philosophy, religion, economics, commerce, sociology, political science, Mathematics

LEVEL-II

READING HALL-II
This hall is located opposite to Digital Knowledge Center and has all back volumes on Humanities, Social Sciences, Management and Generalia.

REFERENCE HALL
This hall has chemical Abstracts and Abstracting and Indexing Journals and photocopying facility.

CURRENT JOURNALS READING HALL
The entire current journals received in the Central Library are displayed in specially designed Wooden Display Racks arrange under broad subjects. The journals received daily are first displayed in the JOURNALS RECEIVED TODAY a transparent display kept near to Journals Information Desk as wll as on Level-III.

Contact details :

IITM Library
Address: Sharav Rd, Indian Institute Of Technology, Chennai, Tamil Nadu 600036
Phone:044 2257 4951