Visit to Alama Iqbal Library, University of Kashmir
Students of class 6th visiting Iqbal Library, University of Kashmir. Allama Iqbal Library, established in 1948, is a seven storey building situated in the campus of University of Kashmir. Total no. of books present in the library is approximately 6,17,000. Ground floor of the building contains 24×7 Library Facilites Centre for anytime access to online information. It also contains the accounts section, an auditirium, a meeting hall, and a cafeteria.
There is a museum also, called Central Asian Museum which contains ancient coins, manuscripts, dresses and historical items of Kashmir. One of the main attractions of the museum is the needles made of stone. The museum also contains skeletons of cavemen found in Burzuhama.
The library is linked to 52 departmental libraries present in university campus through Campus Area Network.