It has today a resource collection of nearly 7.5 lakh documents in its system and a membership of 5600 users, including 600 Faculty members, 600 Researchers, 3,500 PG Students, 500 Office Staff, and 400 Graduates of Mysore City.
The annual publication of Mysore Orientalist provides information about the continuing growth of the collection and about research activities involving this source material.
[3] The digitization of the rare books in the Mysore library is to be accomplished in partnership with Google.
These manuscripts are written on relatively fragile paper and palm leaves, some dating back to the eighth century.
These include subjects as diverse as ayurveda, mathematics, medicine, science, astrology and economy.