Background | Objectives

Background

The Library is truly the heart of the Independent University, Bangladesh (IUB). It has been growing with the young university constantly serving the vibrant community of students and faculty since its inception. In 1993 the library launched in a room having around area of 850 sqft at House 8, Road 10, Baridhara, Dhaka and traveled to to-days address as IUB Central Library where the library occupies three floors for stacking reading materials, accommodating readers in reading rooms and the library personnel at work places. The branch libraries are Environment Management Library, Population Library and Chittagong Campus Library. The library emphasizes services to clients, at the same time trying to increase their self help-and self-service capacities. The Library is the major contributor to the university’s aim of developing independent learners.

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Objectives

• To select, organize and exploit learning resources for all members of the library.

• To provide an environment which stimulates the use of library materials and services and supports a variety of learning modes.

• To understand the objectives and information needs of members of the library and to provide user-centered services to meet these needs.

• To provide the techniques for all members on how to use libraries and information services and to promote their use as a learning and research tool.

• To pursue quality and good professional practice in all activities.

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