The Poona College of Arts Science and Commerce was founded in the year 1970 by the Yateem khana and Madrasa, Anjuman Khairul Islam (Y & M AKI) Trust Mumbai, a philanthropic charitable trust dedicated to the noble cause of the orphans and downtrodden strata of the society and is affiliated to the Savitribai Phule Pune University. The central library is the nerve center of our institution and indeed our pride with nearly one lakh volumes, some of which are rare collections. Abundant books, journals and periodicals are added from time to time to the already existing reference material in the central library. Reading room facilities during evening and nights is a boon to the students especially during the period of examination. The library provides user – friendly system with open access and various support facilities such as Internet browsing, computerized lending, stock verification, reprography, and inter library borrowing. Students are oriented for the use of library resources by conducting open information sessions. The same is also practiced by all the departmental libraries. Spacious and separate reading halls for boys and girls inclusive of OPAC terminals for access to the catalog and separate enclosures for library administrative staff and faculty members ensure efficient utilization of the available resources.
Equipped with ultra-modern facilities the library under the dynamic leadership of the present librarian Dr. Shaikh Muhammad Zuber Abdul Majeed accompanied by the team of professionals catering to the information needs of the 4000+ students, researchers and teachers.
The main aim of the library is to meet the informational, research, educational, cultural or recreational needs of its users, to serve as a knowledge gateway, to stimulate individual learning and advancing society as a whole. We at Poona College are fostering the above mention culture without any discrimination of caste, creed, race, religion, background or language. The resources at Poona College library are growing leaps and bounds over the decades which can be seen as follows