Maulana Azad Library

Maulana Azad Library
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LocationAligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh, India, 202001
TypeUniversity Library
Established1960 (formally in 1877 as Lytton Library)
Branches110
Collection
Size1.8 million volumes
Access and use
Circulation60565
Population served28,000 students; 1,342 Faculty, 5,610 non-teaching staff
Other information
Budget23.37 Million Rupees
DirectorNishat Fatima
WebsiteOfficial website

The Maulana Azad Library is the central library of Aligarh Muslim University in Aligarh, India. It is the largest university library in Asia.[1][2] The seven-storey building is surrounded by 4.75 acres (1.92 ha) of lawns and gardens. It has about 1,500,000 print collection out of which 138,178,2 are books.[3] It celebrated its 73rd anniversary on 7 December 2023.[4]

Maulana Azad Library, AMU

The library received a donation of around 5000 books which were the personal collection of the poet Kaifi Azmi.[5]

Prof Nishat Fatima serves as the current university librarian of the library.[6]

  1. ^ "AMU at 5th spot on India Today Universities Rankings 2012".
  2. ^ "AMU's Maulana Azad Library second biggest in Asia".
  3. ^ "Library Collections - Maulana Azad Library | AMU". Aligarh Muslim University. Retrieved 15 March 2024.
  4. ^ "Maulana Azad Library of AMU celebrates Golden Jubilee | TwoCircles.net". twocircles.net. 8 December 2010. Retrieved 29 March 2016.
  5. ^ "5000 books from Kaifi Azmi's personal collection donated to Aligarh Muslim University | Latest News & Updates at Daily News & Analysis". dna. September 2015. Retrieved 29 March 2016.
  6. ^ "Notices and Updates". Aligarh Muslim University. Archived from the original on 25 May 2014. Retrieved 4 September 2022.

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