Maulana Azad Library
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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 73th anniversary on 7 December 2023.[4]
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Maulana Azad Library | |
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Location | Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh, India, 202001 |
Type | University Library |
Established | 1960 (formally in 1877 as Lytton Library) |
Branches | 110 |
Collection | |
Size | 1.8 million volumes |
Access and use | |
Circulation | 60565 |
Population served | 28,000 students; 1,342 Faculty, 5,610 non-teaching staff |
Other information | |
Budget | 23.37 Million Rupees |
Director | Nishat Fatima |
Website | https://www.amu.ac.in/malibrary/ |
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It got a donation of about 5000 books which were the personal collection of Kaifi Azmi.[5]
Prof Nishat Fatima serves as the current university librarian of the library.[6]