GUIDE has well stocked library with books (around 1300) covering mainly on dryland ecology and biodiversity. It has good collection of technical reports (around 600). It subscribes several journals of repute and newsletters. The library is major source of literature for scholars working on Kachchh region. The library was upgraded and number of books was also increased recently with financial support from Ford Foundation. The library also enters subscription of electronic journals through JSTOR.

Latest audiovisual equipments enable documenting and cataloging different research activities and caring out conservation awareness and capacity building programs.

HERBARIUM

GUIDE has developed its own herbarium with more than 600 plant specimens of different arid and semi-arid regions (Kachchh, Saurashtra and North Gujarat) of the state. The herbarium preserves plant specimens of different major life forms like tree, shrub, herb, grass, climbers, twiners, sedges and parasitic plants. It also has a good collection of pictorial record of more than 500 species of plants. A digital herbarium is also being planned for the benefit of research institutions with similar interests, through electronic media.

ACCOMMODATION FACILITIES

A modern earth quake resistant building provides accommodation and catering facilities for visiting scientists, dignitaries and research scholars. The hostel can accommodate 20 research scholars and 4 guests. Besides, the campus also has spacious housing quarters which can accommodate 12 scientists. The head of the institution is accommodated in a well furnished, bungalow. These facilities enable round the clock working culture in the campus.