Objective: The study is planned to know the impact of library reading on academic performance and to improve the library infrastructure and facilities because it helps to enhance the knowledge by providing the collection of books, journals and favourable place.

Method: The present study is done on 100 1^st year medical student in Government Medical College Azamgarh U.P. by taking data from library incoming and outgoing register. Data was compiled in the form of rows and columns in tabular form, pie chart and compared.

Results: In this study we found almost 50 % students were visiting library among that 16 % were females. The students, who were visiting library, increased their marks from pre-university to university examination.

Conclusion: The results shows positive correlation between library study with students’ academic achievements, their knowledge as well as personality development but it’s not mandatory to spend time in library with positive results always because good academics also depends on the dedication and hard work.

Keywords: library study, academic performance, utilization of library.

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