The Aga Khan University Institute for Educational Development (AKU-IED) is the second Depositary Library in Pakistan that receives free copies of IIEP's publications. University of Karachi and UNESCO Islamabad are already members of the network.
AKU-IED library provides resources to support the Institute's academic and research work. Established mainly to serve the faculty and students, the library services are also selectively open to students, academics and researchers of other educational institutions.
The AKU-IED’s library in Karachi provides a wide range of resources and services focusing on teacher education, curriculum development, leadership management, educational development and other areas. To enable its users to access current and high-quality learning materials, AKU-IED updates its resources on a regular basis. The growing collection of the library currently comprises books (print and electronic), journals (print and electronic), as well as a large collection of video and audio cassettes, CDs and DVDs etc. The library collection includes about 30,000 printed books.
The catalogue can be searched online on AKU’s intranet as well as on the internet site.
About the AKU-IED
The Aga Khan University Institute for Educational Development, based in Pakistan and East Africa, was established with a mandate to improve teacher education in the developing world. The Institute aim to contribute to socio-economic development by improving the quality of education through human resource development, institutional capacity building, policy analysis and research.
About IIEP’s depositary libraries
Close to 130 libraries throughout the world receive free copies of IIEP’s publications.
In a number of developing countries it is increasingly difficult to obtain specialized books on education. Therefore, since the 1990's IIEP has striven to build up a network of 'depository libraries'. These libraries are found in education ministries, universities, partner agencies, UNESCO offices… They are located mainly in developing countries: half of them in Africa, 30 in Asia and the Pacific, 20 in Latin America and the Caribbean and about 20 in Arab states.
