The base for the library, the knowledge hub of Avinashilingam Institute for Home Science and Higher Education for Women, had been laid down by Dr.T.S.Avinashilingam, founder of this institution, a distinguished educationist, and Dr. Rajammal P. Devadas, the first Vice-Chancellor and the spearhead of women’s education, recognized the importance of the Library in university education and established one (along with this Institution) in 1958.
With dynamic changes towards positive fruition as the university library in 1988, its service was enhanced by its extension in the Engineering Library (1996), Education Library (2003), and Gurumaharaj Library (2018) in the Campus II, at Varapalayam.