Centre of Excellence in Gender Studies
Quaid-i-Azam University Islamabad

CEGS Library

About CEGS Library

The Library of Gender studies established in 2008 with a mandate for research support of the faculty and students of gender studies. We have a reading hall, with sitting capacity of 30 readers at a time, a Computer Lab and an office.

The library staff doing its best to ensure proper management of the acquisition, preservation, and dissemination of the information. The library is an automated one and is managed according to international library standards. We are doing our best to provide a conducive environment to the readers.

The following is the details of works that the library staff performs to run the current library of Gender Studies.

5000+

Books

1000+

Journals & Reports

200+

M.Phil & M.Sc. Thesis

Assadullah 

Deputy Librarian

Library Facilities

Library Rules

  • Library opening rules are determined from time to time on the library’s notice board and main entrance.
  • Students are required to get a library access card and display them on in the library.
  • Pets are not allowed to enter the library.
  • Only reading and writing materials can be brought into library. Other materials such a bags, umbrellas and other personal belonging are strictly prohibited inside the reading room.
  • Such articles may be kept pigeonholes provided at the entrance of the library. Library management accepts no responsibility for loss of any of these items.
  • Hand-phone, MP3 player, Walkman, disc man and similar electronic gadgets are not allowed to be brought into the library.
  • Smoking, eating, and drinking is strictly prohibited inside the library.
  • Students are required to maintain silence to create a pleasant conducive and friendly atmosphere in the library for study and research.
  • Mutilating or stealing library materials/properties are liable to strict disciplinary action
  • Reservation of seat is not permitted.
  • Students are not allowed to remove or change position of chair, tables, or any other furniture in the library.
  • The library accepts no responsibility for loss of personal belonging(s) left unattended.
  • Official time of the library, including the basis for determining fines for overdue borrowing will be read according to the circulation system clock at the borrowing counter. If these clocks are out of order, then the library staff will determine the correct time.
  • The library staff on duty has the authority to ask any student, who causes disturbance in the library, to leave.
  • Readers may be required to show all books and items they carry for inspection at the exit gate before leaving the library. This is especially so when the exit gate’s alarm rings.
  • Library officers have the authority to ban any person from using library facilities for infringement of the library rules and regulations.
  • Library authority may amend library rules and regulations as and when needed.

Books:

We have a good number of books on Gender, women, gender and religion, gender and international relations, women development, human development, masculinity, feminism, feminist research, research methodology, education, violence against women, woman psychology, health etc.

Journals

We have been subscribing to a number of journals like feminist review, gender and development, the economist and the Sign. Apart from this we get download from the journals of the HEC Digital Library.

Newspapers

The library subscribes to three National dailies, two in English and one in Urdu.

Research Reports

A number of Organizations send us their publications when we write them about our needs but due to limited space, we are unable to reach all of the National and International Organization.

Theses

We have a special collection of theses from our students who graduate. A ready reference list of the theses is available at the counter for the readers.

  • Readers
  • Teaching Material
  • We also have a collection of Readers/ Course material prepared by the faculty members. When need arises the stuff is provided to the faculty.

Library Timings

 

   Monday to Friday


   08:00 am - 03:45 pm

Centre of Excellence in Gender Studies
Quaid-i-Azam University Islamabad
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