Bangalore University - Library

Library

The Bangalore University Library has two wings, one in the Central College Campus which came into existence in 1858, and one at Jnana Bharathi Campus in 1966 with about 35,000 books.

Bangalore University has evolved a project called BALNET (Bangalore University Library Network program). The project has connected all the libraries in the university within the campus and in the affiliated colleges libraries within the digitalised system.

The library digitization is the first of its kind in India. The project is the brain child of Dr P V Konnur who is the librarian at the university.

The Bangalore University Library has self-check stations, workstations, wireless access connections and audio-visual equipment. Apart from the provision of individual reading areas, group study areas (discussion rooms and reading rooms) are also available to facilitate group-based assignments among students

Bangalore University Library is housed in a Star Moduled functional building which includes wings for reference section stack rooms and reading halls, periodical sections, computer centre and administrative divisions. The collection of books has reached 3,500,000 and grows at a rate of around 5,000 titles annually. The library subscribes to 450 periodicals covering 45 disciplines. About 50,000 bound volumes of back issues of journals are organised in subjectwise arrangement.