Library

The Institute library is a repository of Scientific and Technical information on lac. Besides catering to the needs of the scientists and technologists of the Institute, the library renders services to other researchers, academicians and students as well as lac industrialists from all parts of the country. The library maintains adequate linkage with leading reference libraries like, National Library, Kolkata; INSDOC, New Delhi; INSAA for strengthening the resources for information.

The institute library has a collection of about 10,000 books and 18,742 bound volumes of journals, 4,295 annual reports, 522 reprints, bulletins and research notes etc., 76 CD-ROMs, 130 ISI specifications, 327 Indian patents and 15 foreign patents. Currently it subscribes 61 Indian and 23 foreign journals and receives 29 Indian and 11 foreign journals in exchange.