Named after the first Vice-Chancellor of The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, Shrimati Hansa Mehta, the library opened in 1949 and presently houses nearly half a million books, periodicals, DVDs, videos and the University Archives.
Shrimati Hansa Mehta Library is the university library of MSU and was established on May 1, 1950. At the time of the establishment of the MSU, a collection of 25,000 books belonging to the two State Libraries (Huzur Political Office and Secretariat Library) was handed over to the University Library. There were several colleges in Baroda – Baroda College (for Arts), Science Institute, Commerce College, and Secondary Teacher’s Training College which were all amalgamated in the MSU later. These colleges had libraries of their own. These libraries continued to remain as Faculty Libraries and were administered independently. Thus the University Library System was established to have a central library for the university as well as to manage all these independent libraries. Earlier this was housed in the central block of Residency Office Building (Sayaji Bhawan).
Dr. Rajendra Prasad, the then President of India laid down the foundation stone of Shrimati Hansa Mehta Library of The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda on 16th November 1954. Shrimati Hansa Mehta Library also has a well equipped Air-Conditioned Seminar Room with multimedia facility, LCD, cordless microphone system having a capacity to accommodate 35 participants, revolving chairs and a pantry adjacent to the room. The Library’s collection has prospered over the years, it was also awarded the Best Library award by the Indian Library Association in 2004.
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