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About The Library

The Krishna Kanta Handiqui Library was established to cater to the needs of the students, teachers and research scholars of the University. It not only helps in supporting the classroom instructional programmes of the University, but also unfolds the horizon of knowledge in regard to the different research programmes carried out by the University. 

Mission

Our mission is to set high standards of excellence in the preservation of knowledge and serve as an effective instrument of development and change for the state of Assam and the rest of the country by passing on faithfully and comprehensively the cultural, scientific and technological experiences of mankind accumulated over the millennia, thereby ensuring the continuity and advancement of human civilization.

The University Library started its functioning in 1948 at Chandmari (now known as old University Colony) and then shifted to Room No.1 of the Arts building and accommodated in the present building in 1962. In 1982. The University Library was renamed as K KHandiqui Library after the death of its first Vice Chancellor Professor K KHandiqui an Orientalist of world fame. The personal collection of Prof Handiqui consisting of 7593 volumes of books generously donated by him to Gauhati University is a precious and priceless possession of the library. The collection includes books on 11 (eleven) different languages like English, French, German, Greek, Italian, Latin, Pali, Prakrit, Russian, Sanskrit and Spanish.

K.K.Handiqui Library at a glance

Holdings

• Books – 278107 volumes
• Bound periodicals – 34495 volumes
• Theses – 6497 nos.
• Report literature – 4276 nos.
• Dissertations – 5601 nos.
• Manuscripts – 4500 nos.
• K.K.Handiqui Collection – 7593 volumes in 11 (eleven) languages.
• Digitized Manuscripts – 150000 pages
• Digitized Theses – 852524 pages

Library Sections

Acqusition Section	Processesing Secion	Current Periodical Section
Cerculation Section	Reading Room	Stack Area
Manuscript Section	Bound Periodical Section (Arts and Humanities)	Bound Periodical Section (Science)
Internet Section	Multi Collection	Archieval Section
Reference Section 1	Reference Section 2	K K Handiqui Collection Section

Special Collections

Dr BhupenHazarika Corner	Vivekananda Corner	Gandhi Collection
Dr Maheswar Neog Collection	Aurobindo Corner	UN Corner
Women’s Corner	Collection of Manuscripts on   Sanchipat, Tulapat etc.	Back Volumes of Journals
	Multi Collection	Nehru Corner
Textbook Corner	NE Corner and Selected Newspapers	Thailand Corner