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NAME OF LIBRARY:                                LIBRARY, UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE,

                                                                         FAISALABAD - PAKISTAN.

E-MAIL ADDRESS:                                  luaf@fsd.paknet.com.pk

                                                          luaf98@yahoo.com

Phone:                                                 9200161-70 Ext. 3804

                                                          041-9201082

YEAR OF ESTABLISHMENT:                    1961

SHIFTED IN NEW BUILDING:                   1973

LIBRARIAN:                                          MR. NISAR AHMAD JAMIL

COVERED AREA:                                   45000 SQ. FT.  (DOUBLE STOREY,

                                                          CENTRALLY AIR-CONDITIONED)

SEATING CAPACITY:                             1,500

TIMINMG:                                            8.00 AM TO 8.30 P.M (WITHOUT BREAK)

CLASSIFICATION SCHEME:                    DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION

CATALOGUING CODE:                           A.A.C.R .

SECTIONS:

 1. ACQUISITION

 2. CIRCULATION

 3. COMPUTER (INTERNET/E-MIAL)

 4. CLASSIFICATION & CATALOGUING

 5. AUDIO-VISUAL

 6. PHOTOCOPYING

 7. BINDING

 8. BOOK BANK

 9. PERIODICALS

10. URDU SECTION

11. FRESH ARRIVAL

TOTAL COLLECTION: 2,10,785

(BOOKS, JOURNALS, THESIS,

REPORTS ETC)

UNBOND MATERIAL (JOURNALS,                                               36,500

REPORTS, MAGAZINES, PAMPHLETS

AND BULLETINS):

NO. OF THESES:                                                                  15,500

WORD BANK PUBLICATIONS:                                                   6,500

FAO PUBLICATIONS:                                                             11,300

CD- ROM DATABASES:                           

CAB                                                                               1984 -2002

AGRICOLA                                                                       1970 -2002

ERIC,                                                                             1962 -2002

WORLD TEXTILE ABSTRACTS                                              1970 -2002

ANALYTICAL ABSTRACTS                                                   1980 -2002

VET-CD                                                                          1973 -2002

BEAST-CD                                                                      1973 -2002

BIBLIOGRAPHY OF SCIENCE &                                             1999

TECHNOLOGY, JAPAN

WORLD DEVELOPMENT SOURCES                                         1996

SERLINE (US NATIONAL LIBRARYOF MEDICINE)                       1996

POLTOX I (CSA)                                                               1990 -94

AGRIS                                                                            1986 -92, 1996

JOURNALS SUBSCRIBED: 26

DIGITAL LIBRARY:     Free access to more than 11,000 full text journals and 25,000

abstracting journals through a Digital Library developed by Higher

Education Commission of Pakistan is being provided.

NATIONAL NEWSPAPERS:                         13

MEMBERSHIP:

STAFF:                                                450    

STUDENTS:                                           3500

MEMBERSHIP BOOK BANK:                        5000