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Administration
The main function of this section is planning, development and management of the library which involve general maintenance of the library, budget control, staff management, processing of bills, library correspondence, maintenance of office records, shifts arrangement and coordination with University administration, departments and other offices. 
Acquisition
There are 35 departments on the campus having an annual budget of  Rs. 13.35 lakhs for the financial year 02022-23. The books, journals, newspapers and magazines etc are procured by this section on the basis of recommendations made by the faculty members of respective departments. Each book is allotted an accession number.

Technical section
All the books acquired by the library are processed scientifically for their arrangement in the stack room using DDC for classification and  AACR2 for cataloguing.  The database of books is being updated from time to time  in SOUL3.0  library automation software provided by  INFLIBNET, Ahmedabad.   
Reference & Text Book Section
The reference sources like Encyclopaedias, Dictionaries, Directories, Year Books, Hand Books, Statistical Sources, Biographical Sources, Geographical Sources, and Reports are being maintained properly in this section for reference. Apart from the reference books, text books are also being maintained in this section. In addition, SC/ST Book Bank established to provide additional borrowing facility is also  maintained in this section

Periodicals/Journals Section
An amount of Rs.8 lakhs (2022-23) has been provided in the budget for subscription of research journals every year. The library is able to subscribe to about 114 Foreign and Indian Journals. Current issues are displayed and back volumes bound are preserved for future reference of the researchers.  There are 38,865 back volumes. 
Stack Room I & II
The University Library maintains open access system. The readers can select  books in the stack room as per their choice.  Stock Room I is meant for  Social Science, Humanities,  Arts while  Stack Room II is for Science and Technology.   
Circulation Section
The circulation section looks after the work of registration of borrowers, issue of borrower cards, maintenance of relevant records, collection of overdue charges and reminding the borrowers for returning books after the due date and finally issuing of no-dues certificates. Books are issued based on  eligibility criteria of the clientele. Teachers are eligible to borrow 6 books, Research Scholars 4 and Students 3 books.
Competitive Examination Material Cell
In order to support the students preparing for competitive examinations  seeking  jobs,  an exclusive section has been created in the library. The magazines and books are acquired relating to national and state level recruitment tests such as UPSC, TPSC, NET, Banking, Railways, LIC.. The material available in this section is being fully utilised by the students to plan their career development and for seeking employment many students benefited. 
Newspapers and Magazines Section
The library acquires five  English and  seven Telugu Newspapers covering national, regional and local papers. Some magazines are received in the library, which include competitive socio, economic, political and cultural. 

Library Automation & e-Resources Access

The library automation helps libraries for good  control over collection. The Library Automation work has been under taken in the library using SOUL3.0 software. Databases of Books,Thesis and Journals are created and search facility is provided through OPAC. KU Library  WebOPAC link is also provided in the university website for the students to browse the catalogue from their mobiles. In a bid to provide e-resources, the library is giving access to e-Shodhganga, e-Shodhsindhu, e-Shodhgangothri data bases of INFLIBNET and also other open source digital content and databases.

INFLIBNET support to KU
The University Library is a member of INFLIBNET which is an organ of UGC. Under this programme, the Universities will be given financial and technical support for library automation and networking. As a part of this the UGC has provided a sum of Rs.1.00 lakh in 1996-97 towards creation of core facilities with which a computer and accessories were procured and a section called LAND (Library Automation & Networking Division) has been established exclusively for the purpose. Later, during the year 1997-98, the UGC has provided a sum of Rs.6.5 lakh towards site preparation and procurement of computers and also made a provision of recurring grant towards maintenance and data entry support. With the onetime non-recurring grant of Rs.6.5 lakh seven computer systems, UPS and necessary accessories were purchased besides preparation of site for LAND. The recurring grant of Rs.1.17 lakh was released under the INFLIBNET programme by UGC during the subsequent years which were utilized for data entry, bar coding, telephone expenses and maintenance of computers, etc.

The library has undertaken automation with the software developed  and provided by INFLIBNET i.e,. SOUL3.0.  Further, the library is under the fold of UGC-INFONET which is aimed to enhance the network and communication infrastructure at universities to have more access to various information sources available at national and international level.