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Housed in an independent block, the college library is one of the oldest libraries in northern India. It has a rich and rare collection of books, some even dating back to the year 1868. A rare photo collection of the visit of the royal highness, the Prince and Princess of Wales, dating back to December 1905 is a pride possession of the college library. The college library has a collection of over 73,000 books pertaining the varied range of subjects being offered in the college.The library facilities are upgraded every year in terms of making available latest titles on all subjects taught in the college. The library subscribes to as many as 46 magazines, newspapers and journals relating to topics of general nature and specialized fields of science. There is seperate reference section, heritage section etc. It also maintains a text book section (book bank) from which students can borrow text books over a longer period. Day to day functioning of the library is taken care by qualified library staff. The reading room of the library is being presently utilized as girl's common room; A separate girls common room is under construction and shall become operational in near future. However, a separate reading room is also functional in the Electronics block, adjacent to the library. Inflibnet e-resources available through national subscription facility available in the college provides access to over 6150 electronic journals as well as 31,64,309 electronic books .

The Library of Government Gandhi Memorial Science College, Jammu under the guidance of worthy Principal Prof (Dr Ravender Tickoo) has achieved complete automation of current circulation collection of all the books available in the library and all the routine activities of library are done through computers. The process of creating bar code enabled ID Cards is in progress. Library offers free WIFI facility to all the students. Also there is an E-resources access zone in the library. Registration of almost all the staff members and students have been with National digital library of India & INFLIBNET N-LIST for accessing the E-resources.