Central Library
A library encompasses a collection of information, sources, resources, books, services, and the physical structure that houses them.
Al-Falah University Library started in 1997 with a collection of about 4,000 books. The collection of books grows from time to time, year by year. Now, its collection has reached 62703 books. To maintain a standard, the books are mainly acquired from India, the world’s leading publisher. Now that the library has been considered one of the most popular libraries in the region, its popularity is not only due to its huge collection but also to its world-class services.
Indirectly, our library services are spread over the NCR region. Particularly, students of neighbouring colleges as well as faculty members are also getting benefits from its collections.




Library Staff
S.No | Name of Library Personnel | Designation |
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1 | Khalid K. Faruqi | Librarian |
2 | Ferhan Ahmed | Documentalist |
3 | Amjad Ahmad Khan | Cataloguer |
4 | Irfan Khan | Library Assistant |
5 | Dharmveer Singh | Library Assistant |
6 | Akhtar Husain | Daftaries |
7 | Abdul Rahman | Peon |
Library Timing
Days | Opening Time | Closing Time |
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All Days (Including Saturday & Sunday) Excluding Gazetted Holidays |
08.00 am | 08.00 pm |
Lib | Opening Time | Closing Time |
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Monday – Saturday | 09.00 am | 09.00 pm |
Circulation Hours | 09.10 am | 06.00 pm |
Library Users Per Day approx | 245 |
Library rules for Circulation of Books
Users can register themselves for membership in the library. All students, faculty, and staff members are issued bar-coded patron cards. Their entitlements, in terms of the number of books that can be borrowed by them, are as below:
Category of Member | No. of Books that can be issued | Duration of Issue |
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Faculty | 06 | 30 day |
Admin. Staff | 04 | 14 day |
Research Scholars | 08 | 30 days |
Postgraduate | 06 | 14 days |
Undergraduate | 04 | 14 days |
Undergraduate | 04 Book Bank | For one Semester |
Online Networking for Knowledge Sharing
DELNET (Developing Library Network) is a registered society, being promoted by the NIC National Information Centre, the Ministry of Information & Technology, the Government of India, and the India International Centre, New Delhi. The main objectives of DELNET are to promote resource sharing of millions of bibliographical records among the member libraries through various union catalogues and databases, develop a network of libraries, and collect, store, and disseminate information.
With the facility of DELNET, the students and faculty members of the college can obtain books from other libraries on a loan basis through DELNET.
Information resources are bibliographic and full-text in nature. DELNET facilitates the delivery of physical books by inter-library loans as and when required by member libraries and photocopies of Indian journal articles and foreign journals through its Document Delivery Services.
Library Computerization: The library is fully automated with the library software Nettlib. Acquisitions, periodicals, circulations, OPAC, and the generation of reports are controlled by this software.
Book Bank Facility: This is an optional program for every student. Rupees 25/- per book, per semester, are charged to the student who is willing to avail of the book bank facility at the time of their registration in the new semester. The maximum number of books issued to students is limited to up to eight books for one semester.
Parent Collection | ||
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S.No | Summary | Quantity |
1 | Total Number of Volumes in Library | 62703 |
2 | Total Number of Books in Engineering & Technology | 40009 |
3 | Total Number of Books in Education & Training | 8523 |
4 | Total Number of Books in Physical & Molecular Science | 2206 |
5 | Total Number of Books in Commerce & Management | 3621 |
6 | Total Number of Books in Humanities & Languages | 2208 |
7 | Total Number of Books in Computer Science | 1632 |
8 | Total Number of Books in Social Science | 2372 |
9 | Total Number of Books in Polytechnic | 2132 |
10 | Total Number of e-Journals (Cengage Learning) | 1408 |
11 | Total Number of e-books in Library (DELNET) | 1206 |
12 | Total Number of News Papers in Library | 12 |
13 | Total Number of Magazines in Library | 25 |
Special Collection Gifted by Late Prof. Abdul Mubeen
Thesis/ Dissertation/ Reports: 58
Newspaper Collection
1. Times of India
2. The Hindustan Times
3. The Tribune
4. Economic Times
5. The Hindu
6. Dainik Bhaskar (Hindi.)
7. Amar Ujala (Hindi)
8. Nav Bharat Times (Hindi)
9. Employment News
10. Inqalab (Urdu)
11. Rashtriya Sahara (Urdu)
12. Azizul Hind (Urdu)
E-Journal
Gale, part of Cengage Learning, has always been at the forefront of innovation in online references. Our line of periodical resources provides the following:
♦ The largest and most comprehensive aggregations of digital periodical content available, with nearly 18,000 titles and 62 collections
♦ Fewest embargos on average Whatever the needs of our library, Gale provides the solution, from general interest periodicals specifically suited to the needs of public libraries to full-text titles found in our academic databases.
Whatever the needs of our library, Gale provides the solution. From general interest periodicals specifically suited to the needs of public libraries to full-text titles found in our academic databases.
Access link is :
http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itweb/afu.
DELNET – Developing Library Network
DELNET: Developing Library Network DELNET was established with the prime objective of promoting resource sharing among libraries through the development of a network of libraries. It aims to collect, store, and disseminate information besides offering computerised services to users, coordinate efforts for suitable collection development, and reduce unnecessary duplication wherever possible.
Access link is :