Central Library

Women University Mardan has established state of the art Central library at Main Campus and Campus Library at Bakhshali Campus under the leadership of the founding Vice-Chancellor Prof. Dr. Ghazala Yasmeen. The Librarian under her supervision providing updated resources, innovative services, and exceptional facilities to the students, faculty members, researchers and staff of Women University Mardan.

The library is equipped with good number of books and non-books resources on all the subjects being taught in the university. To satisfy and fulfill the needs and demands of the students and faculty members, the library professionally involved the faculty members and other library users in the selection of relevant books and other resources. The Library plays an important role in collecting, organizing and disseminating information to the faculty members, research scholars and students. Apart from this it also helps in the creation of new knowledge. As a matter of fact, the updated course contents, the continuous academic growth, competence of faculty members and the quality of learning environment depend on, how effective a library is in identifying and connecting information on current developments in various subject fields.

Both the Libraries comprise of an extensive collection over 25,000 printed books including text books/technical books and reference books etc. In addition, the library is also providing convenient access to more than 142,000 online              e-books, thousands of peers reviewed articles, research papers, case studies, thesis and dissertations etc. through HEC digital library program to the students, faculty members, researchers and staff of Women University Mardan.

General Rules:

1. Students before joining the library are required to read the library rules carefully.
2. Students entering the library shall not take their personal belongings inside the library. These may be put at the main entrance and they will be responsible for their belongings.
3. All the publications including personal books must be checked when these are being taken out from library
4. The library staff will not be held responsible for any act of theft or losses.
5. The library staff reserves the right to withdraw or to refuse library facilities to any who doesn’t follow the library rules.
6. Students are allowed to select books from the stack. However, they are requested not to disturb arrangement of books in shelves.
7. Books once removed from the shelves must be placed at the nearest table or counter.
8. The library shall not receive any telephone call or mail message on behalf of any students, nor students is allowed to use library telephone.
9. Eating, Sleeping, Drinking, Laughing, Clapping, Smoking and Playing games etc. are not allowed in the library.
10. The use of mobile phones, walk man and other musical instrument are not allowed in the library.
11. Silence must be observed in the library.
12. Books, Periodicals and Newspapers are not to be marked with ink or pencil.
13. Tearing out of pages or damaging the reading material in any way is strictly prohibited.
14. Students are not allowed to visit the library without Library Borrower Card.
15. To ensure a quiet and peaceful study and reading environment in the library, students are to hold discussions and group studies in class rooms & study rooms, not in the library.
16. Librarian has the final authority to cancel/suspend library privileges of those students who misbehave with library staff and those who fail to respect the right of other students to use the library in a quiet and peaceful manner. The suspended students will have to surrender their library card and will not be allowed to enter library premises for two weeks.
17. To instill a sense of accountability, the name of the suspended students will be displayed on the notice board.
Over Due Fine:
18. Rupees ten (Rs. 10/-) per day per volume/book will be charged as overdue fine, if book is not returned within prescribed period.
19. If fine is not deposited within seven days in the library, the membership will be cancelled and fine will be deducted from security of the students.
Damage & Loss of Books:
20. Borrowers are responsible for the safe return of all the borrowed material to the library at the specified time.
21. If a book is damaged or lost, a replacement of the same book current edition or three times price of the book will be charged.
22. In case a book which is a part of a set lost or damaged the borrower will have to replace the full set or pay fine/price thereof as determined by the librarian.
23. Borrowers are advised to check the books at the time of issue and in case of any defect/damage inform to the library staff.