Introduction

QAL WAS ESTABLISHED ON 25TH DECEMBER, 1984 UNDER PUNJAB

GOVERNMENT EDUCATIONAL AND TRAINING INSTITUTIONS

ORDINANCE 1960.

RESEARCH AND REFERENCE LIBRARY. CATERING THE NEED OF

RESEARCH SCHOLARS AND GRADUATE STUDENTS.

NON LENDING LIBRARY.

IT IS AN AUTONOMOUS BODY RUN BY BOARD OF GOVERNORS

UNDER ARCHIVES AND LIBRARIES DEPARTMENT GOVT. OF THE

PUNJAB.

TOTAL AREA OF THIS MONUMENTAL BUILDING IS 70,000 SQ FT.

Brief History Of Building

CLASSICAL ARCHITECTURE BUILDING CONSTRUCTED IN THE MID 19TH CENTURY DURING THE BRITISH RULE

LAWRENCE HALL WAS BUILT IN 1863 CHIEFLY FROM THE CONTRIBUTION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY OF THE PUNJAB, AS A MEMORIAL OF SIR JOHN LAWRENCE, FIRST LET. GOVERNOR OF THE PUNJAB.

MONTGOMERY HALL WAS BUILT IN 1866 FROM SUBSCRIPTION OF NATIVE CHIEFS OF THE PUNJAB IN THE HONOR OF SIR ROBERT MONTGOMERY.

THE BUILDING WAS KNOWN AS GYMKHANA.

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LAWRENCE AND MONTGOMERY HALL(1866)

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MONTGOMERY HALL INTERIOR

Functions / Objectives

TO BUILD UP AN EXHAUSTIVE COLLECTION, PUBLISHED IN THE PROVINCE AND ELSEWHERE

TO MAINTAIN A STRONG REFERENCE COLLECTION FOR THE GROWING RESEARCH

TO SERVE AS A GENERAL CENTRE OF RELIABLE INFORMATION

TO PROVIDE TEXT BOOK FACILITIES TO STUDENTS

TO DEVELOP READING HABITS IN THE COMMUNITY

TO HOLD CONFERENCES, SEMINARS AND WORKSHOPS

Sections of The Library

Reference & Periodicals Section

Acquisition Section

Technical Section

Audio Visual Aids Section

Protocol section

Central Superior Services Section

Molvi Abdul Haq Hall (Oriental Collection)

Sir Syed Ahmed Khan Hall (English Collection)

Computer Section/E-Lab

Accounts Section

Personal Books Section

Dissertations/Thesis Section

APPROXIMATELY 800 DISSERTATIONS/THESESOF POST GRADUATE TO PHD LEVEL AREAVAILABLE IN THIS SECTION.

Present Pictorial View

Exterior view of Quaid-e-Azam Library Lahore

Present Pictorial View

Cont…Exterior view of Quaid-e-Azam Library Lahore

Pictorial View

Jinnah Hall Quaid-e-Azam Library Lahore Cont…

Iqbal Hall Quaid-e-Azam Library Lahore Cont…

Pictorial View

Interior view of eastern basement “Sir Syed Hall” Cont…

Pictorial View

Interior view of western basement “Molvi Abdul Haq Hall”Cont…

Pictorial View

MEMBERSHIP

Type of Membership

Fee Security

(Refundable)

Current

strength

General 300/year Rs.500/-

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24066

Student 100/year Rs.500/- 22422

Casual (Renewable for further 2 months)

100/month Rs.200/- 3041

Life 10,000/- NIL 256

Senior citizen Free NIL 235

Honorary life Free NIL 9

COLLECTION

LIBRARY HAS 1,50,000 BOOKS AND NON-BOOK MATERIAL

SPECIAL COLLECTIONS:

Mian Bashir Ahmad Collection 1063

Khawaja Manzoor Hussain Collection 227

Ata Ullah Kaleem Collection 2110

Zia Collection 260

Safdar Mir Collection 7500

Dr. Naseer Ahmad Nasir 630

Chinese Donation 515

Asian Development Bank Reports 5000

British Council 195

G.M. Shabbir 107

Saad Abdul Qadeer 287

Qamar Jaferi 1400

Newspaper and Periodical

PERIODICALS / MAGAZINES

ENGLISH:

FOREIGN 87

PAKISTANI 24

URDU 24

COMPLIMENTARY 140

TOTAL 275

NEWSPAPERS

LOCAL:

URDU 31 ENGLISH 14

FOREIGN 05

TOTAL 50

ARCHIVES

ARCHIVAL RECORD OF LARGE NUMBER OF PERIODICALS HAVE BEEN PRESERVED. LIKE CIVIL & MILITARY GAZETTES. INQILAB , PAISA AKHBAAR.

LIBRARY HAS PRESERVED FILES OF DAILY NATION FROM 1992 AND DAILY DAWN FROM 2003 ONWARD.

ARCHIVAL RECORD ON PAKISTAN MOVEMENT IS AVAILABLE IN IQBAL HALL

RARE BOOKS

HOLY QURAN

MANUSCRIPT OF ILM -E- JAFAR

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Holy Quran

Manuscript Of Ilm -E- Jafar

Inside look of ILm -e- jafar

FACILITIES

LIBRARY ACTS AS FACILITATOR TO MEMBERS AND RESEARCHERS.

SEPARATE ROOM FOR PERSONAL BOOKS READING

TWO DISCUSSION ROOMS

CSS SECTION FOR PREPARATION OF COMPETITION EXAMS

PHOTO COPY

INTERNET/ WIFI (FREE)

SECURITY CAMERAS

CANTEEN

SCANNING AND PRINT OUTS

SUGGESTION REGISTER & BOXES

E-BOOK READER (KINDLE)

DIGITAL LIBRARY CONTAINING AROUND 20,000 BOOKS (CAN BE CONSULTED WITHIN THE PREMISES OF THE LIBRARY)

LADIES READING ROOM

Library Automation

ALL THE COLLECTION IS COMPUTERIZED

DATA OF ALL LIBRARY BOOKS (ENGLISH AND URDU BOOKS CATALOGUE), PERIODICALS, INDEXING OF PERIODICAL’S ARTICLES, MEMBERSHIP, ADB REPORTS ETC. HAVE BEEN COMPUTERIZED. A NUMBER OF SEARCH AND REFERENCE FACILITIES HAVE BEEN PROVIDED TO THE READERS THROUGH AUTOMATED/COMPUTERIZED CATALOGUE AND OTHER DATABASES.

SEARCHING IS AVAILABLE FROM ALL FIELDS: AUTHOR, TITLE, SUBJECT, PUBLISHER, YEAR OF PUBLICATION, CALL NO., ETC.

TERMINALS HAVE BEEN PLACED IN ALL SECTIONS. WITH LAN & WIRELESS WIFI SETUP Cont…

Computer-section, E-lab And Internet Services

DEVELOPMENT OF E-SECTION:

E-section with 50 computers has been established which isfunctioning satisfactory. Internet facilities, access to digital libraryresources is available to the readers.

PRINTING

SCANNING

EDUCATIONAL DOWNLOADS

TRAINING ETC.

QAL Provided E-Resources/Digital Library Access

ACCESS TO TWELVE THOUSAND LEARNING ELECTRONIC JOURNALS OF THE FOLLOWING PUBLISHERS IS AVAILABLE:

1. SPRINGER EBOOKS

2. UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO PRESS

3. SPRINGER-LINK

4. TAYLOR AND FRANCIS JOURNALS

5. EBRARY

6. WILEY BLACKWELL JOURNALS

7. INSTITUTE OF OPERATIONS RESEARCH AND MANAGEMENT SCIENCES INFORMS

Promotion Activities

QAL POSSESSES AN EXCELLENT AUDITORIUM (IQBAL HALL) WHICH IS FREQUENTLY USED FOR ORGANIZING BOOK EXHIBITIONS, LECTURES AND SEMINARS ON SCHOLARLY TOPICS.

BOOK FAIR IS AN INTEGRAL PART OF LIBRARY PROMOTION ACTIVITIES. LIBRARY ORGANIZES BOOK FAIR EVERY YEAR TO FACILITATE ITS MEMBERS AND COMMUNITY FOR PROVIDING THEM THE CURRENT INFORMATION REGARDING NEW BOOKS.

LIBRARY CELEBRATE ALL IMPORTANT NATIONAL & INTERNATIONAL EVENTS ON REGULAR BASIS. LAST YEAR LIBRARY ORGANIZE APPROXIMATELY 100 SEMINAR, CONFERENCES, INAUGURAL OF BOOK CEREMONIES, WORKSHOPS ON DIFFERENT TOPICS.

Library’s Think Tank

THIS IS A NOVEL IDEA IN PAKISTANI LIBRARIES SCENARIO.

IT COMPRISES LIBRARY EXPERTS.

THEY GIVE OPINIONS AND SUGGESTIONS FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF QAL SERVICES AND COLLECTION.

Library Publications

LIBRARY IS PUBLISHING A BI-ANNUAL URDU MAGAZINE “MAKHZAN” WHICH INCLUDES RESEARCH ARTICLES, BOOK REVIEWS, LIBRARY PROMOTION ACTIVITIES, NEW ARRIVALS, LITERARY ESSAYS ETC. THIRTY ONE ISSUES HAVE SO FAR BEEN PUBLISHED. ALL ISSUES ARE AVAILABLE IN SOFT FORM ON QAL WEBSITE.

QUAID-E-AZAM LIBRARY ALSO PUBLISHES QUARTERLY BULLETIN, IT INCLUDES NEW ARRIVALS, LIBRARY PROMOTION ACTIVITIES AND VISITS ETC. QAL ALSO PUBLISHES INFORMIT: ABSTRACTS OF ARTICLES FROM CURRENT PERIODICALS.

MORE THAN 80 BOOKS/ BIBLIOGRAPHIES HAVE SO FAR BEEN PUBLISHED BY LIBRARY.

QAL HAS STARTED THE COMPILATION OF ARTICLES IN BOOK SHAPE. MORE THAN 160 TOPICS HAVE BEEN SELECTED FOR THIS PUBLICATION.

Library Timings

TIMINGS:

MONDAY TO SATURDAY 8:00 A.M. TO 8:00 P.M.

FRIDAY 8:00 A.M. TO 12:30 P.M. FROM 2:30 P.M.

TO 7:00 P.M.

CLOSED ON HOLIDAYS:

(SUNDAY AND GAZETTED HOLIDAYS)

LIBRARY STAFF WORKS IN TWO SHIFTS I.E. FROM

8:00 A.M. TO 2:00 P.M. AND FROM 2:00 PM

TO 8:00 PM

SOLAR ENERGY SYSTEM

HAS BEEN INSTALLED

MEMBERSHIP CARD SYSTEM

HAS BEEN COMPUTERIZED

FUTURE PLANS

LIBRARY IS SEEKING COLLABORATION WITH WORLD TOP LIBRARIES

IRC PROJECT IS IN PIPELINE

ENHANCING OF E-DATABASES/ SOFTWARE

AIR CONDITIONING OF BASEMENTS

ELEVATORS FOR SENIOR CITIZENS

INTER LINK PASSAGES BETWEEN BOTH BASEMENTS

FIRE ALARMING SYSTEMS

OUTREACH SERVICES

QUAID-E-AZAM LIBRARY RESEARCH JOURNAL