Holdings

1. TOTAL COLLECTIONS
   1. BOOKS : 259490
   2. BOUND PERIODICALS : 102212
   3. THESIS AND DISSERTATIONS : 2250
   4. REPORTS & DISSERTATIONS : 6908
   5. MAPS : 306
2. MANUSCRIPTS : 4500
3. K.K.HANDIQUE COLLECTIONS : 7593
4. RELATED INFORMATIONS
1. BOOKS ISSUED : 32,00
2. BOOKS ISSUED PER DAY : 90
3. DOCUMENTS CONSULTED : 22780
4. CURRENT PERIODICAL Through UGC Info net (E-journals) : 4000
5. ACQUISITION OF READING MATERIALS
   1. BOOKS : 32,400
   2. BACK VOLUMES OF JOURNELS : NILL
   3. THESSIS & DISSERTATION : 87
   4. NEWS PAPERS : 17
   5. POPULAR MAGAZINES : 11
   6. GIFT BOOKS RECEIVED : 722
   7. DAMAGED BOOKS REPAIRED : 650
   8. INTER LIBRARY LOAN : AVAILABLE
   9. DOCUMENTS SERVICES : AVAILABLE
6. FINANCE
   1. LATE FINES (During 08/09) : Rs 2952
   2. LOST BOF BOOKS : Rs 950/-
   3. LOST OF CARDS : Rs 2160/-
   4. SPECIAL MEMBERSHIP FEES : Rs 4800/-
   5. RENEWAL FEES : Rs 41,100/-
7. MANUSCRIPT RESOURCE CENTER
   1. MoU : 2
   2. AWARENESS CAMPAIGN : 179
   3. CONSERVATION PROGRAM : 68
   4. MANUSCRIPT (CONSERVED) : 4239
8. BIJNANNIDHI
   1. INVALUABLE MANUSCRIPT : 45
   2. (CHITRA BHAGAWAT+ RATNAMALA)
9. DIGITATION OF MANUSCRIPT
   1. VOLUMES : 2000
   2. IMAGES : 1, 50,000
   3. PROGRAM : 4 (Indira Gandhi National Center for The Arts, New Delhi)
10. MANUSCRIPTS DONATED
    1. SACHIPAT, TULAPAT : 13+2+1+1+1
    2. PAPER MANUSCRIPT : 5
11. TEXT BOOK CORNER : FACILITIES AVAILABLE
12. INTERNET SERVICE :
    1. E-JOURLENLS (FULL) : 4049
    2. ABSTRUCT : 10,000
    3. DATABASE : 8
    4. E-BOOK : 1
13. COMPUTERISATION OF LIBRARY (PHASE MANNER)
    1. PREPARATION OF DATA SHEET : COMPLETED
    2. DATA ENTRY FOR DATA BASE : CONTINUED
    3. DATABASE OF Ph. D THESIS : COMPLETED

Archival Cell

The K. K. Handiqui Library, GU has about 4500 valuavle manuscripts written on Sachipat, ula pat and paper and these manuscripts have been preserved in the manuscript section of the Archival cell of the Library.

The Post-Graduate students of the Assamese Department, GU, Post Graduate Correspondance School, GHU, and other institutions and research scholars of various disciplines outside Gauhati University use these manuscripts.

The following persons/Institutions have donated their manuscripts to the K. K. Handique Library for preservation:

1. Silpota Satra, Majirgaon Palasbari (No. of Manuscripts: 11 )
2. Mrs. Devipriya Goswami, C/O Late Debendra N. Goswami, Vill. Gamarimuri, P. O. Kaithalkuchi, Dist. Nalbari (No. of Manuscripts: 8 )
3. Kumudeswar Sarma, Kochpara, Mirza (No. of Manuscripts: 6 )
4. Mrs. Reba Goswami, C/O Late Brajamohan Goswami, Haldhibari, Tihu (No. of Manuscripts: 1 )
5. Sobhen Chamua, Bihlangani, Uttar Guwahati (No. of Manuscripts: 25 )
6. Sri Harendra Nath Mahanta, Jorhat (No. of Manuscripts: 2 )
7. Late Mahadev Bhattacharyya, Nalbari, through Dr. B. K. Dev. Goswami (No. of Manuscripts: 28 )

National Mission for Manuscripts, Govt. of India

The National Mission for Manuscripts (NMN) constituted by the Ministry of Tourism and Culture, Government of India has designated the K. K. Handiqui Library as a "Manuscript Resource Centre" (MRC) to act as a nodal agency for fulfilling the noble aims and objectives of the Mission in the state of Assam. Moreover, the Library has also been designated as a "Manuscript Conservation Centre" (MCC) to carry out the preservation and conservation works of manuscripts, to impart training and other conservation related works. Two MOUs have been signed between the NMM & the GU for this purpose. Accordingly under the coordinatorship of Shri B. Goswami, Librarian I/C, the works of KKHL MRC & KKHL MCC are running smoothly throughout the State. So far 32 awareness campaigns and 10 conservation programmes in different institutional as well as private repositories have been conducted. Altogether 1901 manuscripts have been conserved through preventive conservation methods in 10 conservation programmes. The following memners of the KKH Library have been trained in preventive conservation and Trainers training in Indian conservation Institute Bhubaneswar and National Museum New Delhi:

1. Wooma Sankar Dev Nath, LIBRARIAN & Co-ordinator
2. Shri T. C. Saikia, Archivist
3. Mrs. Prakriti Baruah Devi, Conservationalist

The above persons have trained other subordinate staff to form the conservation team.

Text Books Corner

Considering the cnecessity of the P. G. students of the University a separate Text Book Corner has been opened in the Library. These text books are not lent out but provided for consultation within the premises of the Library on production of Library Identity Card.