Circulation Service
All registered users of the library are entitled to borrow books and items from the lending section. Lending privileges differ for various categories of membership. Renewal and reservation services are also available for the same. For further details please see Library Circulation Policy.
Reference Service
AUKL also provides Reference Services. Users may ask queries via telephone (ext: 263 & 273) or through e-mail: [email protected]
For items not located on the shelf or easily accessible in the catalog, inquiries can be made at the circulation desk where assistance will be provided.
Current Awareness Service (CAS)
Through Fresh Arrivals information about new additions to the collection is regularly sent to all members via e-mail. New additions remain on New Arrival’s Shelf for a week before sending to their relevant sections. Press Clippings containing news about higher education are also circulated through e-mail.
Inter Library Loan (ILL)
Material (including books, magazine/journal articles or newspaper articles) not owned by AUKL can be borrowed from any other Pakistani library. Initially, this service is limited to some local university libraries only. This service is available to all AUKL library members at no charge.
Please first verify the unavailability of the required material in the AUKL collection by checking the library catalogue. Any such material request can be made through the ILL Request Form available at the circulation desk. The request is sent to other libraries through e-mail or via telephone. When the request is met the external library sends the original item or a photocopy of it. It can take 3 weeks or more to get the required item.
Online Searching
Eleven terminals are dedicated to online database searching.
Think Anew
The Library hosts an occasional series of discussions, “Think Anew”, on various interesting topics. The idea is to encourage people to express new ideas based on the presentation made by the speaker. A film may be shown as part of the presentation. This 45-minute open-ended discussion is open to everyone including external visitors.