Gajanan Jagirdar Library

Collection of the library

FTII library houses total collection of 32000(appx) resources which includes books covering various subject areas like cinema and related subjects like Indian cinema, direction, cinematography, sound recording, acting, screenplay writing, theatre, visual art, paintings etc.

Resources are procured on the basis of recommendations received from the users of the library.

The book collection of the library consists of books, bound-volumes of periodicals and audio visual materail. Library follows open access system for most of the while some are preserved in closed stacks and made available only on request.

Types of Resources

1. Books

FTII library houses total collection of 32000(appx) resources which includes books covering various subject areas like cinema and related subjects like Indian cinema, direction, cinematography, sound recording, acting, screenplay writing, theatre, visual art, paintings etc.

Resources are procured on the basis of recommendations received from the users of the library.

The book collection of the library consists of books, bound-volumes of periodicals and audio visual materail. Library follows open access system for most of the while some are preserved in closed stacks and made available only on request.

Display of New Books

At different intervals, new books that were added to our stock, are displayed in the New arrival section. A list of such new additions is displayed on all the notice of the institute as well as on the library OPAC available on intranet.

2. Journals, Newspapers, and Magazines

The library subscribes to 9 Indian and 10 International periodicals. All current issues are displayed on front display racks. Back volumes of journals are get bounded for future reference. Total 10 newspapers are subscribed by the library, out of which 5 are in English, 4 in Marathi and 1 in Hindi.

3. Audio Visual Collection:

AV collection of the library includes DVDs of films, CDs or DVDs accompanied with books and tapes of FTII student diploma films and projects, Short films, Documentaries in various formats like UMatic, Beta, Digi Beta, VHS, DV Cam, Mini DVs etc.

Total collection of Audio Visual resources is around 6500.

4. Digital Collection:

Digital repository of the library consists of around 500 digital resources which includes 37 e books with perpetual access, e periodical and digitized dissertations. Collection is accessed through the separate workstations provided in the digital library.

Membership of the library

Library membership is given to the members of the library which includes FTII Students, Faculty members (Contractual or Permanent), Administrative Staff (Permanent). Membership of to the students enrolled for the short courses is given against the approval of the Director with same circulation rules.