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College Library

The library is fully automated. Software is used to manage the repository of books in library. All books are barcoded.

  1. College library was established in 1955 providing academic support for teaching, learning and research activities.
  2. The college has a fully computerized and fully Air Conditioned Amar Saheed Bhai Amrik Singh library with bar code system, which provides excellent facilities to the scholars. The total number of books in the library exceeds 2,05,315 covering all subjects. The library has seating capacity of 265 at a time.
  3. It has the distinction of housing one of the finest collections of books like rare book section, encyclopedia, dissertation, dictionaries etc. in its reference section
  4. College Library has associate membership of 'INFLIBNET', which facilitates staff and students to have an access to Periodicals & Books on internet. Subscribed e-Journals and e-Books: The INFLIBNET Consortium subscribes to thousands of electronic journals including full-text electronic resources and bibliographic databases for its member institutions. The Consortium subscribes to the following resources for the colleges. All electronic resources subscribed under N-LIST Programme are available from the publisher's website. Khalsa College pays an annual membership fee of Rs 5,900.00/- (Rs. 5000/- Membership Fee + Rs. 900/- (18%) GST).
  5. The Library is WiFi-enabled and provided with computer access.
  6. Separate reading room is available for physically challenged persons. Even wheel chair is provided for disabled.
  7. The library remains open on all working days from 8.00 am to 7.00 pm .There is a separate Research and Reference Section, Periodicals and Magazine Section and General Reading Section.
  8. It subscribes to 65 Journals, 32 Magazines and 10 daily newspapers. Besides this, it has procured 5856 back volumes of the subject journals for Post Graduate and Research Sections.
  9. Book Bank facility for students is available in library. Books, that are no longer needed are donated to library and are later used by needy students.
  10. Suggestion Box outside library is kept for anonymous suggestions that are used for betterment of library working process.
  11. The Library collection is well classified, catalogued and kept on OPEN SHELVES in a systematic way. There is also a Vocational Guidance Center as an allied branch of the Central Library and Sectional libraries for the departments of Agriculture, Biotechnology, Botany, Chemistry, Commerce, Computer Science, English, Physics, Physiotherapy, Political Science and Zoology under the charge of Professors concerned.
  12. Library Conducts an Information, Literacy, user Education/Orientation Program for the new students in the beginning of the academic Session. Through this programme, efforts are made to familiarize every new member with resources, services, facilities, policies etc. offered by the library. Besides this, these awareness programs are also conducted when requested by users from time to time.
  13. Library is using software Ez-Lib designed by Orbit Technologies.
  14. Book Fair is organized by the college in collaboration with National Book Trust (NBT), Ministry of Education, Government of India.

Departmental Libraries

For the convenience of the students and teachers, 13 departmental libraries have been established in different departments’ buildings, which are as follows:

The Library Department of Khalsa College Amritsar has created Inflibnet Corner and Research Corner in the library department.


Inflibnet Corner:- Inflibnet Service display posters highlight and display the comprehensive scholarly communication services offered by the centre. This will ensure that learners are well-informed about all available resources.

Research Corner:- A Research Corner has been established for providing access to various services provided by centre, such as ShodhChakra, ShodhGanga, Shodh Sudhi, IRINS etc. using QR codes.