About Library

Shrimati Hansa Mehta Library, the University Library of M S University of Baroda was established on May1, 1950. At the time of establishment of the M. S. University of Baroda, a collection of 25,000 books belonging to the two State Libraries (Huzur Political Office and Secretariat Library) was handed over to the University Library. There were several colleges in Baroda - Baroda College (for Arts), Science Institute, Commerce College, and Secondary Teacher�s Training College etc. These colleges had libraries of their own. These libraries continued to remain as Faculty Libraries and were administered independently. Thus the University Library System was established on 1-5-1950, which was housed in the central block of Old Residency Office Building.

Library Services

The library provides following services to its users:

1. University Library System
2. Campus Network
3. Smt. Hansa Mehta Library (University Library)
4. Library Building
5. Reading Room
6. Stacks
7. Library Services
8. Behind the curtain services
9. Acquisition Section
10. Technical Processing Unit
11. Readers Services
12. Circulation Section
13. Inter Library Loan Services
14. Document Delivery Service
15. Curricular Section
16. Reference Section
17. User Education
18. Special Collections
19. Journal Section
20. Binding Section
21. IT infrastructure at Smt. Hansa Mehta Library (University Library)
22. Servers
23. Desktops & Nodes
24. Peripherals
25. Global Information and Communication Centre (GICC)
26. Seminar Room