About the University Library

Explore the Heart of Bharathidasan University

The University Library is the heart of any University. The Bharathidasan University Library was established in February 1982. The present magnificent library building started functioning on 29th May 1997 with a carpet area of 6215.56 sq. meters. The library accommodates sections such as Stack, Reference, Circulation, Periodicals, Technical, Digital Library, Audio Visual Centre and Reprography.

At present, the Library has about 95,000 volumes of books and back volumes in its stack, and subscribes to about 227 current journals at national and international level as print copies to cover a wide range of subjects to facilitate users to access current academic and research literature. It also has online access to more than 10000 journals in full text, and a few databases of abstracting and indexing journals, in addition to 8500 Springer E-books on various subjects with perpetual access to enhance the quality of teaching and research activities. The library provides many convenient and modern services using ICT to its users both on demand and in anticipation onsite and remote. The Library is automated using RFID system and Library Automation System such as Koha. The friendly environment in the library and its staff ensure learning to its maximum potential. The library has nine professional staff and six ministerial and support staff to execute the entire library operations. The library caters to the information requirements of all the departments, schools, centres and other units of the university campus.