Bundelkhand University was established on 25th August 1975. But the Library was established in the year 1980 with the appointment of one cataloguer. The collection was only a few hundred books of general interest in the beginning. Later the University was shifted to its own building on Kanpur road and two rooms were allotted to the Central Library.

Till 1986, majority of the collection was of reference books, Hindi and English literature. A number of books were received as donation from the literary persons of Bundelkhand region.

Till June 1986, the University was of affiliating nature. Since 1986, 4 teaching departments started and the library collection was enriched taking into count the needs of students and teachers.

In the year 1989 one Deputy Librarian was appointed.
In the year 2000 the library was shifted to its own magnificent building.

In the year 2001 one assistant librarian was appointed.
Since the year 1999 – 2000, a number of institutes and departments have been established.

Till the year 2000, the collection was only 12000. After that a tremendous growth in the collection took place reaching to about 1,20,750 as on date.

The number of users was only a few hundreds till 1999 and now the library caters to the needs of 10,000 users.