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BITM's Library is also known as Knowledge Centre, is an integral part of the Institution and also the lifeline of academic activities. The library stretches over an area of 1100.96 Sqmts with a seating capacity of about 500 members. The library has a collection of 99,571 volumes of Books with 10,955 Titles are on Engineering, Management, and Humanities. Library subscribes to 66 print copies of National & International Journals as per the AICTE requirement. E-resource subscribed through VTU-Consortium

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The VTU Consortium, established in 2014-15 to provide a unified platform for accessing high-quality academic and research resources across Karnataka’s engineering colleges. Initially formed to negotiate and subscribe to costly e-journals and databases on behalf of all affiliated institutions, the consortium enabled equitable access to knowledge regardless of an individual college’s size or funding. Over time, it evolved into a centralized digital resource hub, offering collections from noted e-resources publishers and supporting undergraduate education, postgraduate studies, and advanced research across all disciplines of engineering and technology.

As the demands of technical education and research intensified, the VTU Consortium expanded its services from resource sharing to capacity-building initiatives. It began organizing workshops, user-awareness programs, and training sessions for students, faculty, and librarians to enhance effective use of e-resources and to improve research quality. By integrating digital libraries, plagiarism-detection tools, and collaborative platforms, the consortium has positioned itself as an engine of research and innovation within the VTU ecosystem. Today, it continues to strengthen scholarly output, foster innovation, and ensure that every institution under VTU benefits from world-class academic content and knowledge services.