2019
Dr. Mayank Trivedi, University Librarian has been awarded Shastri Indo-Canadian Fellowship
2017-18
A User Awareness Programme was organized on Cambridge Core collection for MSU fraternity – researchers, faculty members, PhD Aspirants and PG Students on August 22, 2017.
A one day Workshop on “Impact of Learning Resources on enhancing academic productivity” was organized with Internal Quality Assurance Cell (IQAC) on September 20, 2017 at Senate Hall, University Main Office.
A User awareness programme was organized by Cambridge University Press, Indian Citation Index on October 6, 2017 at Prof S S Merh Seminar Hall, Department of Geology, Faculty of Science, The M S University of Baroda, Vadodara. Inaugurated Academia Unit with 10 Kindles for reading E Books on 13-10-2017.
Dr Mayank Trivedi, University Librarian awarded "Best Paper" Award at IEEE 5th International Symposium on Emerging Trends and Technologies in Libraries and Information Services (ETTLIS 2018 ) for the paper titled "A study on research trends in Central Universities of India" on February 23, 2018.
Smt. Smt. Hansa Mehta Library designated as an active content partner in Western India by National Digital Library of India, an initiative by MHRD- NMEICT, Government of India.
A workshop on CMIE products was organized with Department of Accounting and Financial Management, Faculty of Commerce and Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy (CMIE) on April 23, 2018.
Inaugurated E Resources Center at SSMT Library with 12 computers on 21-5-2018.
Smt. Hansa Mehta Library tweeted as “Library of the Week” by Oxford University Press on 12-6-2018.
2016-17
As a part of University team, participated in National Book Fair organized by Vadodara Mahanagar Seva Sadan during May 27-31, 2016 at Navlakhi
Ground to appraise the public about the facilities available at the Library.
University Library (Smt. H M Library) ranked 7th among top 10 must visit biggest libraries of India. (All India Survey By India Today Magazine on May 22, 2016)
2015-16
One day User awareness programme on IEEE resources on August 10, 2015.
Half day user awareness programme on August 28, 2015 for Science Direct, Mendeley, ACS, SIAM and
2014-15
Organized IRTPLA with INFLIBNET for SOUL 2.0 from June 17-21, 2014.
User Awareness Programme on e-resources from September 8-12, 2014.
User awareness programme on October 10, 2014 jointly with EBSCO Publishing and Gujarat Science Academy.
All Reading areas of Library air conditioned, making this Library, the first University Library in the state of Gujarat , fully air conditioned.
Ranked 6th among top ten contributing Universities in the country in Shodhganga by uploading 3400+ Theses.
2013-14
Dr. Mayank Trivedi, University Librarian has been awarded IFLA Fellowship
User Awareness Program was organized for MSU fraternity from September 23-27, 2013.
One Day workshop on “visualizing Open data” on September 30, 2013.
Dr. Mayank Trivedi, University Librarian received Sponsorship Award for IFLA WLIC 2013 at Singapore.
Dr. Mayank Trivedi, University Librarian short listed for awarding grant to attend ETD 2014 by University of Leicester, U K.
2012-13
University signed an MoU with INFLIBNET for Shodhganga Project on August 22, 2012.
Hosted 15thNACLIN organized with DELNET from November, 20-22, 2012 on occasion of celebrating 100 years of Library Movement in India.
Dr Jagdish Arora, Director, INFLIBNET and Dr H K Kaul, Director, DELNET visited the Library on November 22, 2012.
Institutional Repository (IR) developed for exploring scholarly publications of M S University of Baroda.
Open Knowledge Gateway (OKG) developed to provide platform to MSU researchers, faculty and Students to access free academic resources available on Internet without geographical limitations.
Book Lift was installed for the benefit of Senior Faculty and disabled students.
1.5 KVA DG set installed to give uninterrupted Library services
Existing mobile racks were converted to Mobile racks to cope up with shortage of space.
Library ranked 17th in Yearly Total Downloads (YTD)
Project Muse resources.
2-day Workshop on Institutional Digital Repository for National Digital Library (NDL) Project during January 28-29, 2016 with IIT Kharagpur.
Two lectures were organized to celebrate “Matrubhasha Gauravdin” on February 20, 2016.
2010-11
Organized workshop on SOUL 2.0 from April 19-23, 2010.
Organized One Day awareness program on DELNET Resources and KOHA on Sept 10, 2011.
Nobel Laureate Prof Venkatraman, a MSU alumni visited the Library on December 28, 2010.
Library ranked 18th in Yearly Total Downloads (YTD)
2008-09
University Library identified as a Document Delivery System with 21 other Universities from among 150 Universities in the country to provide Content level access to journals.
2007-08
One day awareness programme on E-resources available through UGC – Infonet Consortium on 29th January 2008 with INFLIBNET
2006-07
Series of Five National Workshops organized in 2006 (May - September) under the theme “Empowering Librarianship in IT Applications” on sub themes – Library Automation, Library Networking, Database Management and E-resources, Web Designing and Virtual Library and Digital Libraries.
Smt. Hansa Mehta Library received "Best Library" Award from Indian Library Association
2005-06
Jointly organized Regional Seminar on “Networking and DELNET services” on April 4, 2005 with DELNET.
Library website launched on May 1, 2006
First University Library in the State to provide Wi FI facility
2004-05
E Resource Center started in September 2004 (now GICC)
Library organized 50th All India Library Conference of the Indian Library Association on the theme "Knowledge Organization in Digital Environment in Libraries: Introspect and Prospects" during December 1-4, 2004.
Jointly organized a National Seminar on “UGC Infonet Consortium: Access to scholarly journals and databases” during October 25-26, 2004 with INFLIBNET.
Library automation completed in Library
Librarian received Best Librarian's Award for Library Automation
2000-01
On completion of 50 years of existence, Golden Jubilee celebrations were held on May 4, 2000.
SOUL software (Library Management Software of INFLIBNET) installed in Library
1999-2000
National Workshop on Advanced Course on CDS/ISIS and WINISIS was organised jointly with NISSAT, New DElhi and IIS, Bangalore during August 16-17, 1999.
1998
Faculty of Management Studies Library established.
1996-97
Shri Aurobindo's bust installed in Library on December 14, 1996
1995-96
Oriental Institute earlier housed in Library building, relocated near University Press
Library computerization activity using CDS/ISIS started
Jointly hosted 3rd CALIBER (Convention on Automation of Libraries in Education and Research) of INFLIBNET- National Conference on "Library
Database Management" during February 15-17, 1996
Prof Neelmeghan, UNESCO consultant visited the Library
1994-95
Prof M A Gopinath, Professor and Head, Documentation Research and Training Centre (DRTC), Bangalore, visited the Library on December 23, 1994
1984 -85
Kalabhavan Library relocated in new building and named as Prof T K Gajjar Library
1978
Sir Sayajirao Memorial Trust Library started functioning on July 11, 1978 for under graduates
1965
M K Amin Arts, Commerce and Science College, Padra Library established.
1964
Center for Advanced Study in Education (CASE) Library established.
1958-1968
Library Advisory Committee appointed by UGC , under the Chairmanship of Dr S R Ranganathan visited the Library on July 25, 1958.
Dr C D Deshmukh, Chairman, UGC; Shri Lal Bahadur Shastri, Minister of Commerce and Industries, Government of India and Shri Hitendra Desai,
Minister of Education, Bombay State, Bombay and many others visited the Library.
1957-58
Present building was occupied and named after Smt. Hansa Mehta, outgoing Vice Chancellor of the University.
Polytechnic Library established.
Shri K M Munshi, Ex Governor, Uttar Pradesh visited the Library
1956-57
Department of Library Science instituted from July 1, 1956.
1953-54
Prof. B K Thakore's collection added in the Library
1952-53
Faculty of Performing Arts Library established.
Distinguished visitors visited the Library
Shti Dinkarrao Desai, Education Minister, Govt. of Bombay
Miss G S M de Montmorancy, UNESCO Scholar
Mr S E Hodgson, Administrative Officer, British Council, Bombay
1949-1950
University Library established..
Dr C P Shukla appointed as Assistant Librarian on 1-6-1950
A committee appointed by University Syndicate recommended Colon Classification scheme.
Oriental Institute Library established.
Faculty of Social Work Library established.
Faculty of Fine Arts Library established.
Baroda Sanskrit Mahavidyalaya Library established.
1901
Idea of opening Circulating Libraries came into existence.
1906
local associations of teachers started reading circles and reading rooms among the rural communities. which later came to be known as "Mitra Mandal"
1907
compulsory education for boys and girls was later made compulsory throughout the state after being introduced in one of the districts of the State.
1910
In 1910, the Library was shifted into a new building in Mandvi which resulted in making the Library more popular amongst common men as “People’s Library” being situated in the heart of the city.
1911
In March 1911, Mr Borden was sanctioned necessary permission to start a class for training the librarians.
1912
Sanskrit section of the Central Library came into existence
1913
Children's section was established with a variety of table games, puzzle boxes, kinder-garten gifts, picture books and picture posters.
1914
Full fledged Mahila (or ladies) Library started, which later became a branch of Central Library
1915
Many manuscripts were identified from Jain Bhandars of Patan and translated in a series as Oriental Series later came to be known as "Gaekwad's Oriental Series.
1918
By end of the year, the sanskrit Library possessed 4579 printed books and 7616 manuscripts.
2019
Dr. Mayank Trivedi, University Librarian has been awarded Shastri Indo-Canadian Fellowship
2017-18
A User Awareness Programme was organized on Cambridge Core collection for MSU fraternity – researchers, faculty members, PhD Aspirants and PG Students on August 22, 2017.
A one day Workshop on “Impact of Learning Resources on enhancing academic productivity” was organized with Internal Quality Assurance Cell (IQAC) on September 20, 2017 at Senate Hall, University Main Office.
A User awareness programme was organized by Cambridge University Press, Indian Citation Index on October 6, 2017 at Prof S S Merh Seminar Hall, Department of Geology, Faculty of Science, The M S University of Baroda, Vadodara. Inaugurated Academia Unit with 10 Kindles for reading E Books on 13-10-2017.
Dr Mayank Trivedi, University Librarian awarded "Best Paper" Award at IEEE 5th International Symposium on Emerging Trends and Technologies in Libraries and Information Services (ETTLIS 2018 ) for the paper titled "A study on research trends in Central Universities of India" on February 23, 2018.
Smt. Smt. Hansa Mehta Library designated as an active content partner in Western India by National Digital Library of India, an initiative by MHRD- NMEICT, Government of India.
A workshop on CMIE products was organized with Department of Accounting and Financial Management, Faculty of Commerce and Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy (CMIE) on April 23, 2018.
Inaugurated E Resources Center at SSMT Library with 12 computers on 21-5-2018.
Smt. Hansa Mehta Library tweeted as “Library of the Week” by Oxford University Press on 12-6-2018.
2016-17
As a part of University team, participated in National Book Fair organized by Vadodara Mahanagar Seva Sadan during May 27-31, 2016 at Navlakhi
Ground to appraise the public about the facilities available at the Library.
University Library (Smt. H M Library) ranked 7th among top 10 must visit biggest libraries of India. (All India Survey By India Today Magazine on May 22, 2016)
2015-16
One day User awareness programme on IEEE resources on August 10, 2015.
Half day user awareness programme on August 28, 2015 for Science Direct, Mendeley, ACS, SIAM and
2014-15
Organized IRTPLA with INFLIBNET for SOUL 2.0 from June 17-21, 2014.
User Awareness Programme on e-resources from September 8-12, 2014.
User awareness programme on October 10, 2014 jointly with EBSCO Publishing and Gujarat Science Academy.
All Reading areas of Library air conditioned, making this Library, the first University Library in the state of Gujarat , fully air conditioned.
Ranked 6th among top ten contributing Universities in the country in Shodhganga by uploading 3400+ Theses.
2013-14
Dr. Mayank Trivedi, University Librarian has been awarded IFLA Fellowship
User Awareness Program was organized for MSU fraternity from September 23-27, 2013.
One Day workshop on “visualizing Open data” on September 30, 2013.
Dr. Mayank Trivedi, University Librarian received Sponsorship Award for IFLA WLIC 2013 at Singapore.
Dr. Mayank Trivedi, University Librarian short listed for awarding grant to attend ETD 2014 by University of Leicester, U K.
2012-13
University signed an MoU with INFLIBNET for Shodhganga Project on August 22, 2012.
Hosted 15thNACLIN organized with DELNET from November, 20-22, 2012 on occasion of celebrating 100 years of Library Movement in India.
Dr Jagdish Arora, Director, INFLIBNET and Dr H K Kaul, Director, DELNET visited the Library on November 22, 2012.
Institutional Repository (IR) developed for exploring scholarly publications of M S University of Baroda.
Open Knowledge Gateway (OKG) developed to provide platform to MSU researchers, faculty and Students to access free academic resources available on Internet without geographical limitations.
Book Lift was installed for the benefit of Senior Faculty and disabled students.
1.5 KVA DG set installed to give uninterrupted Library services
Existing mobile racks were converted to Mobile racks to cope up with shortage of space.
Library ranked 17th in Yearly Total Downloads (YTD)
Project Muse resources.
2-day Workshop on Institutional Digital Repository for National Digital Library (NDL) Project during January 28-29, 2016 with IIT Kharagpur.
Two lectures were organized to celebrate “Matrubhasha Gauravdin” on February 20, 2016.
2010-11
Organized workshop on SOUL 2.0 from April 19-23, 2010.
Organized One Day awareness program on DELNET Resources and KOHA on Sept 10, 2011.
Nobel Laureate Prof Venkatraman, a MSU alumni visited the Library on December 28, 2010.
Library ranked 18th in Yearly Total Downloads (YTD)
2008-09
University Library identified as a Document Delivery System with 21 other Universities from among 150 Universities in the country to provide Content level access to journals.
2007-08
One day awareness programme on E-resources available through UGC – Infonet Consortium on 29th January 2008 with INFLIBNET
2006-07
Series of Five National Workshops organized in 2006 (May - September) under the theme “Empowering Librarianship in IT Applications” on sub themes – Library Automation, Library Networking, Database Management and E-resources, Web Designing and Virtual Library and Digital Libraries.
Smt. Hansa Mehta Library received "Best Library" Award from Indian Library Association
2005-06
Jointly organized Regional Seminar on “Networking and DELNET services” on April 4, 2005 with DELNET.
Library website launched on May 1, 2006
First University Library in the State to provide Wi FI facility
2004-05
E Resource Center started in September 2004 (now GICC)
Library organized 50th All India Library Conference of the Indian Library Association on the theme "Knowledge Organization in Digital Environment in Libraries: Introspect and Prospects" during December 1-4, 2004.
Jointly organized a National Seminar on “UGC Infonet Consortium: Access to scholarly journals and databases” during October 25-26, 2004 with INFLIBNET.
Library automation completed in Library
Librarian received Best Librarian's Award for Library Automation
2000-01
On completion of 50 years of existence, Golden Jubilee celebrations were held on May 4, 2000.
SOUL software (Library Management Software of INFLIBNET) installed in Library
1999-2000
National Workshop on Advanced Course on CDS/ISIS and WINISIS was organised jointly with NISSAT, New DElhi and IIS, Bangalore during August 16-17, 1999.
1998
Faculty of Management Studies Library established.
1996-97
Shri Aurobindo's bust installed in Library on December 14, 1996
1995-96
Oriental Institute earlier housed in Library building, relocated near University Press
Library computerization activity using CDS/ISIS started
Jointly hosted 3rd CALIBER (Convention on Automation of Libraries in Education and Research) of INFLIBNET- National Conference on "Library
Database Management" during February 15-17, 1996
Prof Neelmeghan, UNESCO consultant visited the Library
1994-95
Prof M A Gopinath, Professor and Head, Documentation Research and Training Centre (DRTC), Bangalore, visited the Library on December 23, 1994
1984 -85
Kalabhavan Library relocated in new building and named as Prof T K Gajjar Library
1978
Sir Sayajirao Memorial Trust Library started functioning on July 11, 1978 for under graduates
1965
M K Amin Arts, Commerce and Science College, Padra Library established.
1964
Center for Advanced Study in Education (CASE) Library established.
1958-1968
Library Advisory Committee appointed by UGC , under the Chairmanship of Dr S R Ranganathan visited the Library on July 25, 1958.
Dr C D Deshmukh, Chairman, UGC; Shri Lal Bahadur Shastri, Minister of Commerce and Industries, Government of India and Shri Hitendra Desai,
Minister of Education, Bombay State, Bombay and many others visited the Library.
1957-58
Present building was occupied and named after Smt. Hansa Mehta, outgoing Vice Chancellor of the University.
Polytechnic Library established.
Shri K M Munshi, Ex Governor, Uttar Pradesh visited the Library
1956-57
Department of Library Science instituted from July 1, 1956.
1953-54
Prof. B K Thakore's collection added in the Library
1952-53
Faculty of Performing Arts Library established.
Distinguished visitors visited the Library
Shti Dinkarrao Desai, Education Minister, Govt. of Bombay
Miss G S M de Montmorancy, UNESCO Scholar
Mr S E Hodgson, Administrative Officer, British Council, Bombay
1949-1950
University Library established..
Dr C P Shukla appointed as Assistant Librarian on 1-6-1950
A committee appointed by University Syndicate recommended Colon Classification scheme.
Oriental Institute Library established.
Faculty of Social Work Library established.
Faculty of Fine Arts Library established.
Baroda Sanskrit Mahavidyalaya Library established.
1901
Idea of opening Circulating Libraries came into existence.
1906
local associations of teachers started reading circles and reading rooms among the rural communities. which later came to be known as "Mitra Mandal"
1907
compulsory education for boys and girls was later made compulsory throughout the state after being introduced in one of the districts of the State.
1910
In 1910, the Library was shifted into a new building in Mandvi which resulted in making the Library more popular amongst common men as “People’s Library” being situated in the heart of the city.
1911
In March 1911, Mr Borden was sanctioned necessary permission to start a class for training the librarians.
1912
Sanskrit section of the Central Library came into existence
1913
Children's section was established with a variety of table games, puzzle boxes, kinder-garten gifts, picture books and picture posters.
1914
Full fledged Mahila (or ladies) Library started, which later became a branch of Central Library
1915
Many manuscripts were identified from Jain Bhandars of Patan and translated in a series as Oriental Series later came to be known as "Gaekwad's Oriental Series.
1918
By end of the year, the sanskrit Library possessed 4579 printed books and 7616 manuscripts.
