VM Resource Centre – Karachi Art Directory

ABOUT

The Library contains more than 7000 books in English, Urdu, and Gujrati, covering many subjects. The Reading Room is supplied with all well-known daily newspapers as well as weekly and monthly magazines. Books can be borrowed against depositing caution money.

Students of Medicine, Engineering, Accounts, Computer Services, Home Economics, Art and Crafts and various other subjects find it a suitable environment to prepare for their examinations. Others enjoy novels, magazines and newspapers. The Library is attended by approximately 36,000 persons annually.
The VM Library and Study Centre were reently renovated and it was inaugurated by Mrs. Banu Rangoonwala.

Name : VM Library, Study Centre and Art Resource Centre
Established Since : 1971

NOTABLE ACTIVITIES

In 2016 internees from the Karachi School of Art worked along with Bushra Hussain to archive and organise the resources available at the Art Resource Centre.
The Art Resource Centre also played host to the summer internship program of the Karachi Art Directory project in 2016 and 2017. Students used the premises and archives of the library and the Art Resource Centre to research artists and exhibitions profiled on KAD.