Library Progress (International)
  • Year: 2019
  • Volume: 39
  • Issue: 1

Experience, Innovations and Challenges in Setting up a University Library: A Narrative from Ambedkar University Delhi (AUD)

1Deputy Librarian, Ambedkar University Delhi, Kashmere Gate Campus, Lothian Road, Kashmere Gate, Delhi-110006, India

*Corresponding Author: Alka Rai, Deputy Librarian, Ambedkar University Delhi, Kashmere Gate Campus, Lothian Road, Kashmere Gate, Delhi-110006 E-mail: alka@aud.ac.in

Abstract

This paper is a biographic sketch of the journey of Library development at Ambedkar University Delhi (AUD), which came in existence in 2009. This paper is presenting the chronological development of the library and how the AUD library has evolved with the digital revolution and make the library fully automated, inclusive and user-friendly.This paper also explains the effective budget utilization, statistics as well as usage statistics of library resources.

Keywords

University Library, Library Development, Library establishment, E-Resources, Library services, Reference services