The documentation centre is the recent addition to the CITD. This has started functioning from 1984 onwards. Subscription is made to about 29 National and International periodicals in the field of tooling (tool design & manufacture). The documentation provides abstract service to the industry/faculty/trainees with the selective dissemination of knowledge in the field of tool design and tool manufacture. The facilities of library/documentation is open for reference to all interested engineers including trainees/faculty and personnel from industry.
CITD has a full-fledged special library with a collection of 9424 technical books on various disciplines of Tool engineering and allied subjects. CITD has published 250 books on related subjects prepared by ILO Experts and CITD Faculty. CITD is the member of many professional bodies such as American Society for Metals, Die Casting Society of India, Indian Society of Tool Engineers, Indian Standards Institution, Indian Society of Manufacturing Engineers, Indian Society for Technical Education, Fluid Power Society of India. The Library has got standards, reports, films, photostat documents for reference and also Digital Library subscribes to National and International periodicals for the benifit of trainees & clientele.
For effective functioning of the Tool Room, better performance of the Faculty in their respective classes and the relevant machines, the library is the living agency which feeds them with selective dissemination of knowledge in right time with right technical literature. This library is open for reference to all interested engineers.