ABOUT US
The Department of Education, University of Delhi, earlier known as the Central Institute of Education (CIE), was the first central institute of professional learning and research in Education established after independence. The first Prime Minister of India, Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, and his Education Minister, Maulana Abdul Kalam Azad, took considerable interest in establishing CIE in 1947 and its activities and progress in those early years. Maulana Azad visualized the function of CIE not merely to "turn out teachers who will be 'model teachers', but to evolve into "a research center for solving new educational problems of the country." Over these past decades, CIE has attempted to work towards this vision. Moreover, at this juncture, when the nation has introduced the Right to Education Act and a National Curricular Framework for Teacher Education but is grappling with how it will prepare a vast cadre of teachers who can ensure quality with equity, CIE will need to brace itself to address this challenge.
The Library, established alongside the CIE, has long served as a cornerstone of academic and research support, housing an extensive collection of over 93,000 books, including theses and dissertations, 200 encyclopedias, 22 journals, and a wealth of scholarly resources dedicated to teacher education and research. As an integral part of the Delhi University Library System (DULS), it offers access to physical and digital collections and a wide range of information services. The library's diverse and specialized collection is designed to support students in B.Ed, M.Ed, M.Phil, and Ph.D. programs and faculty members of the Department of Education and affiliated colleges. The library offers various services to its users, such as membership service, lending Service, reference service, Inter-Library Loan service, photocopying service, OPAC, etc. The total seating capacity of the Library is about 64, with a reading hall on the first and second floors. The Library has been organized as follows:
Ground Floor: The ground floor of the library has the Issue/Return counter, Membership, Current Periodicals, Online Public Access Catalogue, Technical Section, Theses and Dissertations Section, and stack area.
First Floor: The library's first floor has the bound volumes of journals/newspapers along with annual reports.
The Library uses a comprehensive signage system to make its resources and facilities known and accessible to students.
Physical Infrastructure
- Total area of the library: 1000 Sq.m.
- Seating Capacity: 64
Library Vision
- Promote Teaching, learning, discovery, and Research by acquiring, developing, and delivering knowledge resources.
- Provide access to and preserve materials to meet the needs of present and future generations of students and scholars and continuously strive to enhance discovery, access, and use of library collections.
- Explore and implement innovative technologies and services to conveniently deliver information and scholarly resources to users anytime/anywhere.
- Provide well-equipped and vibrant physical spaces where students can pursue independent learning and discovery outside the classroom.