The Central Library is the heart of the Institution. The St. Joseph Engineering College Library was established in 2002. It has an area of 1587 Sq. Mtrs and seating capacity of 385 students at a time.The Library for management Studies is separate and is close to the Department.The Library is being used to accommodate sections such as Circulation,Reference,Book Bank (general and Scheduled Tribe),Periodicals,Bound Volumes,Newspapers and Digital Library Section.The building also houses Reading Room,Photocopy Section,Technical Section,Librarian Room,Staff Room and a Store Room.

At present, the Library has in its stock about 26,288 books, 392 back volumes, apart from reports of seminars, workshops and conference proceedings and 2189 CD-ROMs. It also subscribes to 135 technical journals on different subjects to facilitate current reading. The Library is computerized and provides web enabled EPAC access to its collection. Digital Library gives access to digital collection i.e 436 E-Journals, 5 online databases and CD browsing.