SV University Library

Competitive Examinations Cell:

The novel feature of S.V.University Library is the establishment of Competitive Examinations Cell with the main objective of providing reading material for student community preparing for various competitive examinations. The cell provides books and journals relating to Civil Services, Andhra Pradesh Public Service Commission, TOEFL, GATE, GRE, GMAT, CAT, UGC-NET, SLET, Teacher Recruitment ( DSC ) and other competitive examinations. So far, we have procured about 12,500 documents relating to various Competitive Examinations

The plinth area of the library building is about 56,637 sq. ft. of which 19,558 sq.ft. is occupied by the Stack Area, 16,980 sq. ft. is reader’s area, 5,100 sq. ft. is the work space and the rest for miscellaneous use. The library has four reading halls with a seating capacity for 400 users at a time. The library serves the information needs of the Students, Research Scholars, Teaching Faculty, Non-Teaching Staff and Deposit Borrowers numbering around 10,200 and it is the central facility for 4 constituent colleges of S.V.University including University College of Engineering

Working Hours
The Library is opened throughout the year except on six Public Holidays.

Week Days : 8.00 A.M. - 8.00 P.M.
Sundays & Holidays : 10.00 A.M. - 5.00 P.M

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The University Library was started in the year 1955 with a small collection of 6,700 books taken from the Sri Venkateswara College, Tirupati, administered by Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams. Initially the library was housed in one portion of the college main building. Later, it was shifted to the present building which was declared open on 12th July 1964, by Late Dr. S. Radhakrishnan, the then President of India. He described it as “Taj Mahal of the South

Sri Venkateswara University, named after the Lord of the Seven Hills, came into existence as a teaching and affiliating University on the 2nd September, 1954, for the encouragement of higher education and research in all branches of learning. It was intended to fulfill the long felt need of the people of Rayalaseema for their educational advancement.