The Central Library of VKSU, Ara, Bihar was established in xxxx. In the beginning it was housed in a hall of University Administrative Building. In xxxx it was shifted to the present library building. Now it has a centrally located magnificent building equipped with all modern facilities. It has a seating capacity for about 1500 users. It has a collection of over 140,000 books, which consists of books, thesis, reference collections, and bound volumes of journals.
The Courses offered by the University are approved from University Grants Commission (UGC). The university is a premier institution of teaching and learning in the city and offers various full-time and part-time courses ranging from undergraduate to postgraduate and research level. The university also acts as an affiliated link between several colleges and institutes located across the state in providing higher education. The University is a member of The Association of Indian Universities (AIU).
The Central Library has the following facilities:
- Computerized Library system
- Books in the library: 140,000
- Online Resources: – Journals, Books, Theses and other resources
- Total Thesis: – 11172
- Total Books in Reference Section: – 15000
- News Papers: – 16
- Average number of walk-ins: 700 per day
- Average number of issued/returns: 600 per day
- Students Book Ratio: 1:21
- Wi-Fi enabled Library with high speed internet
- Computer Labs
- Reprographic facilities
- Air Condition Reading Halls
- Well stacked Reference Section
- Lab for the Persons with Disability (PWD)
