Read across six languages
Explore Urdu originals alongside translations in Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish.
For universities and libraries
Urdu literature, open to your campus.
Give students and faculty campus-wide access to Urdu originals with translations in all six official UN languages. One institutional partnership can support reading, teaching and research across your university.
Most translations here are made with AI and have not yet been reviewed by a scholar. Each book's page says whether its translation has been reviewed.
A resource for the whole campus
Literature to read, teach and study.
Make Urdu writing available to more readers with a shared point of access across languages, disciplines and levels of study.
Bring readings into courses
Link directly to licensed works from library guides, reading lists and your learning management system.
Download for study
PDF downloads are included for individual academic use under the campus license.
How access works
Nothing to install. Two ways in.
1
You subscribe
Tell us your institution and its email domains (for example lums.edu.pk). We invoice once a year and switch access on the same day.
2
Readers sign in
Anyone who creates a free account with an email at your domain is recognised automatically: every chapter, every language, the audio and the PDF allowance open at once.
3
Or use the code
Where students have no institutional email, your library gets an access code to share. A reader enters it once on their account page.
Annual licence
Simple yearly pricing.
One fee a year, invoiced to the institution and payable by bank transfer; no per-user charges. The first semester is free for any department that wants to try the collection in a course.
Department
One department or programme; up to 300 readers.
US $300 / year
Pakistan and South Asia: PKR 50,000
- Every book, language and script
- Audio and PDF downloads (3 a month per reader)
- Course links and reading lists
- Usage summary before renewal
Campus
The whole university or college, unlimited readers.
US $900 / year
Pakistan and South Asia: PKR 150,000
- Everything in Department
- All email domains of the institution
- Access code for students without institutional email
- A named contact and a licence letter for your records
Public library
Public, national and community libraries.
US $240 / year
Pakistan and South Asia: PKR 40,000
- Access code for library members
- Up to 500 readers
- Every book, language and script
- Poster and reading-list material in Urdu and English
Every plan includes 3 PDF downloads a month for each signed-in reader, reset on the 1st of the month. Pakistan and South Asia prices use one rate throughout: US$300 = PKR 50,000. Consortia (for example all public universities through a national digital-library programme) and institutions in low-income countries: write to us for a quotation.
Start a free pilot semesterClear terms
An academic offer that respects the work.
The licence covers the whole collection, including every book added during the year, in all its languages and scripts, with audio. Authors are paid their share from licence income.
Course links are welcome. Uploading or redistributing PDF copies in course packs requires separate permission.
What campus access includes
- Campus-wide access for students and faculty to the licensed collection.
- PDF downloads included for individual study and research.
- Links to licensed works may be shared in course pages and reading lists.
- Uploading PDF copies to course spaces or distributing course packs requires separate permission.
For librarians
We send an invoice and a licence letter, set up your email domains and access code the same day, and provide a usage summary (active readers, chapters read) before renewal. Access is by account, so it works off campus too.
Information for librariansStart a conversation
Bring Urdu literature to your campus.
Tell us about your university or library, the courses you support and the access your students need. We can shape a partnership around your institution.
Enquire about campus accessFor writers and publishers, see publishing with us.