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One of the assets of Islamia College Peshawar is its
central library.
It is one of the oldest libraries in the province of NWFP,
Pakistan and was established in 1913.
The library is
located on the main road of the campus which is accessible on
equal distance from all the departments as well as hostels of
the University.
It is one of the richest academic libraries in NWFP, containing
90,000 books and 1261 manuscripts. It has a separate building
covering an area of about 13000 Sq. ft. The building consists of
two big halls and nine adjacent rooms. One hall and four rooms
were added to the library in 1972. Recently two separate
computer labs for boys and girls have also been allocated.
The library has the following sections.
General
It contains all
the library collection written in English Language.
Oriental
Publications
written in Urdu Language are kept in this section.
Reference
Dictionaries,
encyclopedias, maps, atlases, world books, thesaurus and other
reference material are kept here.
Periodical
Newspapers,
magazines, journals, newsletters etc. are available for library
users in this section.
Treasure of
Literary Gems
The most
precious and historical material such as manuscripts, old maps,
pictures, script of Quid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinah, and other
old important material, written in various languages i.e. in
Arabic, Persian, Pashto, Hindko, and Urdu are placed in this
section.
Archives
This section
contains the old record of the college such as student
registration forms, gazette, staff personal files and cash books
etc.
Membership
Regular staff and students
of the University are eligible for membership. All postgraduate
students, researchers can avail reading facility during office hours
within the library premises. Following rules govern the lending of
books.
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20 books to the
faculty members are allowed to be issued from the library, which can
be retained for three months. every faculty member has to clear his
page before the summer vacation every year.
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A degree students of
the University can borrow 5 books including 2 textbooks at the most.
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An intermediate
student can borrow 3 books at the most.
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The students can
retain the books for 2 weeks, which can be renewed for a further
period of 2 weeks, if so presented on the due date.
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Rs.1/- per day per
book is charged as fine in case of late return of books from the
students.
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Incase of loss of or
damage to the book, market rates are charged from the borrowers. If
the book is not available in the market, three times greater price
of the book is charged form the borrower.
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General and textbooks
are issued on first come first serve basis.
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