Our College library, built in the memory of Lala Lajpat Rai, the lion of Punjab, has claimed to have shaped the carriers of thousands of young men and women. It came into existence in 1918 and was housed in the College Hall. Earlier the purchase of books and journals was seldom and the visits of library users were still rare. However, under the able stewardship of Pt. Mehar Chand, the dedicated founder Principal, the Library progressed and prospered more than any other college library could do in undivided Punjab. Pt. Mehar Chand raised funds and managed donations for good books to build up a rich and marvelous collection of books. In the year 1928, Principal Mehar Chand got constructed a new building for library which became the envy of many educational institutions. The building provided enough of space for book - stacks and reading seats and was placed under charge of Pt. Lahori Ram as Librarian who served this department upto 1964, when Lala Suraj Bhan , an eminent educationalist, joined as Principal of this premier Institution. He took sound steps to accelerate the progress of the library.

Lajpat Rai Library of DAV College is now a fully Automated, Digital and Multimedia library with the facility of DELNET Services.

• The Library has 1, 30,946 books, 29,010 Text Books and 7,096 Books as Gifts. It has a large number of manuscripts, multi media and CDs.
  
• Library subscribes to 114 periodicals of National and International Repute and 24newspapers. The Back volumes of The Tribune, Indian Express and The Economic Times are available since 1970. 
  
• The Library remains open from 9:00 AM to 700 PM on all working days.
• The Library has a Book Bank Section. The Meritorious and needy students can get the books from this section for the whole session.
• More than 1500 students visit the library per day.
• More than 700 books are issued and returned per day.
  

Lajpat Rai Library

Library is a proud member of DELNET. (Developing Library Network). The members of the Library can access to:

• Union Catalogue of Books – CCF                    -    57, 39,626
• Union List of Current Periodicals                     -    29,524
• Union Catalogue of Periodicals                       -     20,235
• Databases of Periodical Articles                       -     8, 88,342
• CD-ROM Database                                         -    2,281
• Union List of Video Recordings                       -    5,000
• Union List of Sound Recordings                     -    748
• Database of Urdu Manuscripts                        -    210   
  
• Databases of Theses and Dissertations             -    44,304
• DEVINSA Database                                        -    20,000
• Union List of Newspapers                               -    70
• Indian Specialists Databases: A Who's Who    -     2,000

DELNET also provides access to full text Medical Journals, Engineering and Technology
E-Journals, Cambridge Dictionary online, US patent full text.

DELNET is offering inter-library loan and document delivery services to its member libraries. The requests can be registered on-line.