Library

About

The central Library of Pragjyotishpur University was established in 2022 along with the establishment of the University. Alongside the Central Library, the school of pharmacy Library is also operational. Both the libraries are actively serving and supporting the academic and research needs of users.

Library Location

University Central Library is situated in the second floor of Amrit Bhawan and the Pharmacy Library is situated in the first floor of School of Pharmacy Building.

Library Timing

8.50 AM to 4.30 PM (From October to February)
8.50 AM to 5.00 PM (From March to September)
Sundays and other university holidays are closed

Vision

To develop the young community into competent individuals capable of contributing to socio economic Growth.

Mission

The Pragjyotishpur university library serves as a knowledge center for academics. The preservation of document for future generation and dissemination of right resources to the right user in the right time is the mission of the Library.

Library Facilities

• Open Access: Every user has the advantage of having open access to search and retrieve the documents they need.
• Free Wi-Fi Facility:Library provide free internet to user via wi-fi facility to navigate various e- resources.
• Question Papers:Students can obtain photocopies of previous exam questions from the library's collection.
• Reading area:The library provides a sufficient reading space for users.

Library Collection

Presently, Pragjyotishpur University Library is a store house of about 2165(Till 19/5/2025) reading materials including Textbooks, reference books and special collections including Biographies, Indian knowledge System, Yoga, Encyclopaedias, Dictionary, Competitive Examinations and entrepreneurship development. The Central Library also has a collection of ethnic and indigenous languages of North East India.

• Total Collection of Books (Till 19/05/2025)
• In Central library: 1595
• In Pharmacy Library: 570

No of Periodicals (19/05/2025)

• Magazine: 8
• Journal: 7
• Newspaper: 3

Services offered by the library

• Circulation service
• Internet facility to users
• Reference service
• Current awareness service
• Reader’s advisory service
• User Orientation
• News paper clipping service

Digital Infrastructure available in the library

• There are two computers in pharmacy library with internet connection.
• 24/7 free wi-fi facility to users
• 24/7 CCTV surveillance

Library Rules

• Library will remain open from 8.50 AM to 5.00 PM on all days except Sunday and University Holidays
• Personal belongings of users other than notebooks should kept on property counter
• All users should register their name and details on attendance register after entry in the library
• Students can borrow maximum 3 books at a time, faculty members can borrow 5 books at a time and non teaching staff can borrow 3 books at a time
• Books are issued for 15 days
• In no case student can keep book for 15 days from the date of issue. A fine of 2 Rs. Per day will be charged for every delayed date
• No reference books and rare books are issued
• Silence should be maintained strictly

Resource Links

• E - partners: National digital Library
  https://ndl.iitkgp.ac.in/
• e-PG Pathshala: An initiative by the Government of India to provide high-quality, curriculum-based, interactive e-content for post-graduate students.
  https://epgp.inflibnet.ac.in
• Google Scholar: A freely accessible search engine that indexes scholarly articles across various disciplines.
  https://scholar.google.com
• DOAJ (Directory of Open Access Journals): A directory providing access to thousands of peer-reviewed open access journals.
  https://www.doaj.org
• ArXiv: A repository for preprints in physics, mathematics, computer science, and related fields.
  https://arxiv.org
• OpenDOAR: A global directory of academic open access repositories
  https://v2.sherpa.ac.uk/opendoar/
• ScienceOpen: A research and publishing network offering open access to scholarly articles in all areas of science
  https://www.scienceopen.com
• Google Books: A service from Google that searches the full text of books and provides free access to millions of books
  https://books.google.com
• Wiley Open Access: A collection of peer-reviewed open access journals in various academic disciplines.
  https://www.wileyopenaccess.com