Library

The library is the 'heart' of any academic institution and plays an important role in all academic activities and more so in law institutions. Keeping in view the aims and objectives of the Law School , the library has been planned and is being developed by a team of qualified professional library staff and guided by the Library Council. It has a collection of over 40,000 volumes covering a wide range of general and special subjects consisting of text books, reference books, back volumes of journals and reports etc., apart from current legal periodicals. The Library functions from 8.30 A.M. to midnight . The library has adopted an open access system so as to facilitate readers to have easy access to the library resources.

The NLSIU Library has also established links with other important libraries in and around Bangalore in order to provide inter-library access for the benefit of students and teachers of the NLSIU. To assist the Students and Research Scholars in locating literature as well as information in their area of research, general reference, current awareness and computerized catalogues have been introduced. Further, essential reading materials will be supplied to the students in each subject at the beginning of the trimester by the University. An orientation program for new students is also organized to help them acquaint themselves with the library system and services for the maximum utilization of the available resources.

The NLSIU has introduced computerized facilities for both housekeeping as well as information retrieval. Since we have now a leased line connection to the internet, it is possible to have easy access to information directly from all available computerized data bases all over the world, not only in the field of law but also in other disciplines. Keeping in mind the vision to create an E-Law School , the University subscribes to many international online databases like Westlaw International, JSTOR, Kluwer Online, Springer Link etc. which contains enormous resources like international case reporters, statutes, and articles from law reviews, an invaluable source for a law school student. Similarly, Indian online data bases like manupatra.com, indlaw.com are also available for students and faculty. NLSIU is among the first legal educational institutions in India to subscribe to these online databases. The Library has CD-ROMs search facilities and the library has acquired important CD-ROM databases such as SCC-Online and Grand Jurix. With a computerized library system it is the aim of the library to establish a network of law libraries in India and also to establish a National Legal Information Centre, which will act as a clearing house of information in the field of law.

At present the library is housed in one portion of the Academic Complex. The building has all the modern state-of-the-art gadgets with wi-fi internet connection as well as highly modernized Audio-Visual equipments with teleconferencing facility etc. Special arrangements also have been made for the physically handicapped persons to make use of the library. This is a multi (three) storeyed building with ample space of 30,000 sq. ft. built area for storage of books and reading purposes. The building has been planned by well known Architects and with the financial assistance of the UGC and Mrs. Sudha Murthy.