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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 | Official 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]
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]
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- ^ "AMU's Maulana Azad Library second biggest in Asia".
- ^ "Library Collections - Maulana Azad Library | AMU". Aligarh Muslim University. Retrieved 15 March 2024.
- ^ "Maulana Azad Library of AMU celebrates Golden Jubilee | TwoCircles.net". twocircles.net. 8 December 2010. Retrieved 29 March 2016.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Notices and Updates". Aligarh Muslim University. Archived from the original on 25 May 2014. Retrieved 4 September 2022.