The Library and Documentation Centre of CSMRS was established in 1981 to support research and extension programs of the research station. It has a collection of 8152 books, 2489 standards, 1276 technical reports, 1057 bound volumes of journals, 97 video cassettes/slides, 480 maps and 110 CD-ROM's as on date.

The CSMRS L&D Centre is creating database with the help of NIC by using library software e-Granthalaya.The library has all the Bureau of Indian Standards of Civil Engineering, Water Resources and Chemical Engineering segments on Local Area Network (LAN) for use of CSMRS officials. It has also on-line access to important journals in the field of rock mechanics, soil mechanics and construction technology. Besides, the library is connected
to Developing Library Network (DELNET) for utilizing all its services such as Inter-Library loan, on-line information services from DELNET databases etc.

The L&D Centre at present is having membership of 9 National and 2 International organizations for exchange of information on different topics of interest beneficial to CSMRS.