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| ANNAMALAI
UNIVERSITY LIBRARY |
| An
Introduction |
The
seed of the main library germinated
in 1920 with a token deposit
of 200 books, when Sri Meenakshi
College was founded.
Then main was initially housed
in the eastern wing of the
Administrative building. It
moved into its present abode
in 1959, opening a new chapter
in its history. |
| The
Building |
| The
building was designed by internationally
reputed architects namely
Messers. Prynne, Abbot, and
Davis and the building was
named after the former Vice
Chancellor of Annamalai University,
Dr.C.P.Ramaswamy Aiyar, in
recognition of his valuable
services to the country and
to this University. The present
building was opened by His
Excellency Shri.Bishnuram
Medhi, the then Governor of
Madras, on 22nd October, 1959.
Within a built-in area of
about 36,000 sq.ft. The building
is a ‘H’ shaped
structure, with a well controlled
entrance lobby, a spacious
Central Reading Hall, Reference
Hall, Periodicals Hall, and
Bindery on the Eastern wing
and Administrative Sections,
closed access stack-rooms,
Reprographic Section in the
western wing and open access
stack rooms on both the wings.
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| World
Bank Collections |
| The
Annamalai University Library
has the unique privilege of
being selected as a full-fledged
Depository for the World Bank
Publications ever since 1986,
and through this offer, our
library gets the entire publications
of the Bank at free of cost,
and it is getting renewed
every two years, based on
the utility of the collections.
The World Bank Cell is kept
opened in all working days
for reference. The photocopy
service available inside the
library is useful for the
researchers to get xerox copy
of the collections. The compact
discs (CD), contain information
collected by the International
Bank for reconstruction and
development and the index
of publications & guide
to Information Products, and
services of the World Bank
are available in discs. |
| UGC
Study Centre |
The
UGC Study Centre was established
in 1975. The main aim of the
study centre is to cater to
the text book needs of the
students for reference by
extending the reading hours
from 8 a.m. to 11 a.m. and
4 p.m. to 8 p.m.
Separate Reading Room to meet
the demand of the users who
are preparing for the civil
service examinations and other
entrance examinations such
as TOEFL, GRE, GMAT, GATE,
CAT has been created, and
this section is kept open
from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. |
| Computer
Division |
The
Library is one of the few
University Libraries in the
country to have modernised
its entire operations.
The automation project was
started in the year 1995 with
special grant of fifty lakhs
rupees received from the UGC-INFLIBNET.
Through the following facilities,
the user community will have
unique advantage of availing
of the library services round
the clock. |
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(1)
Online Public Access Catalogue
(OPAC)
(2) Circulation Service (Issue,
Return & Nil arears)
(3) INTERNET (Browsing &
Mailing) service
(4) CD-ROM Service –
(MEDLINE Subscription)
(5) Orientation Programmes |
| Services |
The
Library is kept open from
8 a.m. to 8 p.m. daily, and
the Central Reading Hall is
kept open upto 10 p.m. during
the days prior to the examinations.
The Library works throughout
the year, on all Sundays,
and on all holidays (except
National Holidays). |
| A
Few Statistics |
| Book
Collection : |
4,63,000 |
| Periodicals
currently received
: |
340 |
| CDs
: |
126 |
| Palmleaf
Manuscripts: |
| (a)
Tamil : |
150 |
| (b)
Sanskrit : |
595
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| Gramophone
Records: |
| (a)
Old Series : |
1,635
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| (b)
New Series : |
195 |
| Linguaphone
sets : |
13 |
| Educational
films : |
30 |
| Microfische
: |
7,200
|
| Film
strips : |
232 |
| Slides
: |
600
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| Video
Cassettes : |
100 |
| Audio
Cassettes : |
500
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