The Library of King Edward Medical College, came into existence in 1860 under the Lahore Medical School started functioning in Artillery Barracks at the present site of the Government College now known as Government College University, Lahore.

When the College shifted the library was also shifted to the present building of King Edward Medical College, Lahore. The first college day was held on the 5th of November, 1888 in the College Library Hall. The library has continuously been improved not only as a collection of books, but also as an instrument for the assistance of study and research.

The library has acquired and LIBRARY OF KEMUdeveloped verity of resources to support the teaching and research programs offered at King Edward Medical University. They are well organized and easily accessible arranged into various sections according to the specific nature of material and the requirements of the users. Periodical section is functioning in the staff Library. The library has been subscribing following more than 65 national and International Journals and Magazines in print. The current issues are displayed on special shelves in the section. Back volumes of the same are bound and shelved separately.

No. of Journal available in the Library = 65

BUILDING OF THE LIBRARY

The Library is situated at Main Patialia Block of King Edward Medical University. The Main Library Hall is a historic Hall of the city. There is one staff reading room. There is one student session and one book bank.

These all are situated at Patiala Block We have a students Reading Room above the college canteen which have two separate section for Boys Girls.

We also have the departmental library at all medical & Surgical floors. We have very good Departmental Libraries at institute of Ophthalmology, Department of Dermatology, Department of Neurology, Department of Orthopedics, Department of Pediatrics and at the Department of Urology.

Students Library

LIBRARY COLLECTIONS

At present the collection of books is more than 50279. The number of Reference books on different medical subjects are 10281. We have text books on all medical subjects The library have the following number of Text Books on each subject:

Anatomy 1400
Physiology 1370
Biochemistry 0260
Pharmacology 1050
Forensic Medicine 0450
Pathology 2340
Community Medicine 3300
Medicine 5200
Pediatrics 0735
Cardiology 0915
Surgery 4920
ENT 0715
Eye 0920
Neurosurgery & Plastic Surgery 0215
Neurology 0410
Obstetrics & Gynecology 0900
Anaesthesia 0415
Orthopedics 1370
Cancer 0935
Radiology 0765
Urology 0930
ATLASES 1000
M. C. Q’s 5000

It is worth mentioning that the library have about 2000 Books & journals published before 1900 A.D.

Students using the Library

The library provides the access to CD-Rom’s microfilms, audio and video cassettes of different surgical procedures. All WHO publications are available in the Library. The photocopy facility is also available to the library.

Reference service function is to answer the readers questions. It also answers about latest developments in the different fields of medical Research to save the precious time of the users. The reference tools like encyclopedias, dictionaries, atlases etc, are placed in the reference section these books can be consulted within the library.

The Library covers all disciplines taught in the King Edward Medical University. It is also worth mentioning that we have applied for institutional membership in digital library program of Higher Education Commission.

A Total number of six (Three English & Three Urdu) newspapers are also subscribed.

The Library fulfill the information needs of more than 2000 students, researchers, doctors and teachers. The Reading Rooms of the library are capable of accommodating about 200 students at a time.

The mission of King Edward Medical University library is to support the educational goals and instructional needs of the programs by providing professional reference services and information resources to supplement classrooms and clinical learning as well as participating in the teaching/learning environment of the academic departments, wards and clinical work with goal of contributing to the development of students applied research skills and information competencies.

Main Library Hall

King Edward Medical University library provides its members with an environment that is conducive not only to academic but also climate change. We manage cleanliness, prompt accessibility as well as healthy air-conditioning. The Key objective of these continuous library efforts is to enhance its hard and e-resources and also to improve its services by capitalizing the options extended by the traditional, Professional and recent IT applications in the library. This will enhance our archive and current collection potential and will certainly help faculty boost research activities.

The annual budget for the purchase of books & journals is RS. 1500000/=.

The library is running under the supervision of Saleem Parvez Chief Librarian, since last Twenty five years. He has thirty five years experience in Medical Librarianship