Library
Sri Venkateswara University Library, started in 1955 to serve the needs of the students, researchers and teachers of the university colleges, has a membership of 6397. Housed in a spacious building with seating capacity for about 400 readers, the library has 25 professionals and 50 administrative and supporting staff. It has a total collection of 2,95,000 volumes which includes 35,000 bound volumes of journals and nearly 3500 theses and dissertations. It subscribes to 350 periodicals at an annual cost of 12 lakh of rupees, and its annual budget is nearly 56 lakh.
The library provides services such as lending of books, reference and bibliographic service, reprographic service. It has microfilm readers, audio-video systems, slide projector and public address system.
Special features are a fully equipped binding section and a small children's wing which was opened in the Gandhi centenary year 1969.
The library is gearing up for computerization and is participating in the INFLIBNET program.
The library has the honour of hosting the following national conference and seminars:
- ILA 18th Annual Conference in December 1969.
- INDAAL 2nd Annual conference in January 1980.
- UGC Seminar on use of Microforms and Space Management in Libraries in August 1984.
- IASLIC 16th Annual Conference in December 1987.
- Seminar on Staffing in University Libraries in March 1991.
- Seminar on Library Automation and Networking problems and Prospects in March 1996.
- UGC national seminar on "Digital Libraries and establishment of Institutional Repositories", 23–24 March 2007
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