The Library and Information Services of IIST is housed in a six-storied building at the hub of the campus. The mission of the library is ‘to support teaching, learning and research by (i) providing information resources (ii) providing an enjoyable and meaningful learning experience in the right ambience. This is achieved by developing a well-chosen, balanced collection of books, journals and e-resources from all major subject areas. The book collection includes prominent textbooks, supplementary reading materials, and reference books.

The library's operations are fully computerized, and the Online Public Access Catalogue (OPAC) is accessible from anywhere in the campus on a 24x7 basis. Off-campus access to the subscribed e-resources is provided to the user community through IIST Virtual Library (IVL). This helps the users to access e-resources irrespective of time and place.

Major services provided by the library are:

• Front Desk Service
• IIST Virtual Library
• Multimedia Library
• Text Book Bank Facility
• Similarity Checking Service
• Current Awareness Service
• Web OPAC
• Book Grant Management System
• Documentation Service
• Graphic Design Facility
• Reprographic Facility
• Binding Facility
• Document Scanning Facility
• Author Profiling System
• Shodhganga Co-ordination
• Inter Library Loan (ISRO/DoS)
• Institutional Membership
• Writing Assistance System
• Reference Service

E-resources deployed in the campus-wide network provide access to more than 5000 e-journals, hundreds of conference papers, standards etc. Library subscribes to databases such as ACM, AIAA, AIP, AMS, American Meteorological Society, APS, Annual Reviews, ASME, CUP, IEEE, JSTOR, IOP, Wiely Nature, OSA, OUP, RSC, SPIE, Springer and Taylor & Francis. Library has e-books published by CUP, Springer, SPIE, Taylor & Francis, IET, IOP and IEEE. Access has been provided to these resources through the library portal.

The library is open on all days except on a few holidays with its attractive ambience and learning environment, resources and dedicated library professionals. The reading hall will be open till midnight for the students to read their books.