Dhaka University Library
The Dhaka University Library is the central library of the University of Dhaka which started in 1921 with a collection of eighteen thousand books received from Dhaka College and Law College. The Library now has over six lakh eighty thousand (680,000) books and journals. Moreover, it has around thirty thousand rare manuscripts. Dhaka University Library is the largest in the country.[1]
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| Country | Bangladesh |
|---|---|
| Type | Academic library |
| Established | 1921 |
| Location | Dhaka University, Dhaka |
| Coordinates | 23°44′01″N 90°23′42″E / 23.733689°N 90.395057°ECoordinates: 23°44′01″N 90°23′42″E / 23.733689°N 90.395057°E |
| Collection | |
| Items collected | Books, journals & rare manuscripts |
| Size | 680,000 & 30,000 |
| Other information | |
| Website | http://www.library.du.ac.bd/ |
| Map | |
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The university building is situated beside the TSC main centre on the way towards the Charukala art faculty building of Dhaka University. All the activities of the library are performed from three separate buildings viz. administrative building, main library building and extension building and science library building. The present total measurement of the buildings is 150,830 square feet. But earlier, the total measurement of the Dhaka University library was 140,750 square feet. It is constructed out of bricks and cement with wide windows and space.
- ↑ "Dhaka University Library". Archived from the original on 8 March 2013. Retrieved 7 April 2013.