On this day with great devotion all the library staff pays their tributes to the Father of Library Science in India and remembers his contributions to the profession. K.Ramamohan Rao, as Chief Guest to garland the statue of Dr. The celebrations were carried out this year also by inviting Prof. S.R.Ranganathan, his Birthday on 12th August is celebrated as Librarians’ Day every year. E-journals (5,418 Nos.) and databases (4 Nos.) have been made accessible online through E-Shodh Sindhu Consortium of INFLIBNET, in addition to Institution subscribed E-journals of 41 Nos.
More than one lakh e-text books have been made available by World E-Book Library, South Asia Archive and National Digital Library. For periodicals, Rs.75,00,000/- have been allocated for the subscription of 200 National and International print Journals, general magazines (35 Nos.) and news papers (15 Nos.). new and standard text books making the total collection 520502. The annual budget allocation for book acquisition has been increased to Rs.45,50,000/. for the benefit of students, research scholars and staff. Internet Browsing Centre:Īn Internet Browsing Centre with seventy one (71) Computers, works from 8.00 a.m. The library possesses a collection of 2,663 rare and valuable manuscripts mode of palm as well as leaf paper and original copy of the Constitution of India, signed by Members of the then Parliament. A separate unit of books in Braille has been developed for visually challenged students. Special facilities are provided for differently abled persons. The library is effectively using SOUL software. The Law College Library has 16,500 volumes. Ambedkar Law College situated in South Campus has a plinth area of 3400 sq. The Engineering College Library has 64,407 volumes and 96 Computer Systems. The Engineering College Library situated in the North Campus has a plinth area of 8,000 sq. The library is kept open on all days in the year including Sundays, except on national holidays and on days declared as holiday by the University. At a time 500 users can be seated in the library. To provide sufficient scope for optimum interaction among the users a seminar/group discussion room is provided. The seating arrangement is user friendly. According to the need and convenience, one finds different seating arrangements. All the rooms are spacious with good ventilation. Besides the work and stock areas, each section has seating and reading facility to enable the user to choose and refer to the books comfortably. Krishna Library is the central library of Andhra University with two branch libraries i.e., (i) Engineering College Library, (ii) Law College Library working under its control.ĭr.