About Library
BMS School of Architecture as an independent college started its Library with 600 Volumes in 2010. Within a span of 5 years, BMSSA Library has grown with more than 5405 Volumes and also National and International Periodicals. Various services and facilities have been initiated for the benefit of students and faculty members.
The primary objective of the library is to support the educational and research programs of the institute and to provide all the information available in the academic to meet the needs of the students, teachers and research scholars by using advanced technology and to create a welcoming and comfortable physical environment.
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.