About Us
About SLP
The Society for Library Professionals (SLP) was established on 3 January 2008 under the Societies Registration Act 1860.
The role of this Society is to achieve high standard of Librarianship in India. This will be achieved by the development of
strong linkages among libraries and information centres across the globe; promotion of the library and information science
profession in India by fostering collaboration with national
and international agencies; and for intellectual development and education exchange of its members.
About Ambedkar University Delhi
AUD is a public University established by the Government of the National Capital Territory of Delhi through an Act of Legislature in 2007
and was notified in July 2008. Mandated to focus on research and teaching in the social sciences and humanities and guided by
Dr Ambedkar's vision of bridging equality and social justice with excellence, AUD considers it to be its mission to create sustainable and
effective linkages between access to and success in higher education. AUD is committed to creating an institutional culture characterized by
humanism, non-hierarchical and collegial functioning, teamwork and creativity.
About Ambedkar University Library
AUD Library is the central library of the Ambedkar University Delhi.
The Library caters to the educational and research needs of the academic community
and its resources are consulted by university fraternity. The AUD library is holding more
than 35000 books in the field of social science, humanities and arts from the renowned publishers across the globe.
The library has hundreds of e-books, 16000 national and international journals/ magazines. The AUD library is
fully automated and centralised air conditioned. The library has allowed the access of online collection within the campus and
off the campus to its registered users. The library worked throughout the year except three national holidays i.e. 26th January, 15th August
and 2nd October from 08:00 am to 08:00 pm.
About Asian Chapter (SLA)
The Special Libraries Association (SLA) with it’s headquarter at USA, is a non-profit global organization
for information. SLA was founded in 1909 in the State of New York and is now the international association
representing the interests of thousands of information professionals in over eighty countries worldwide.
The mission of the Special Libraries Association is to advance the leadership role of SLA members in putting
knowledge to work for the benefit of decision makers. The SLA Asian chapter has about 175 members and
covers a large geographical area consisting of 22 countries.