Goa University Library is one of the major libraries in the state of
Goa,
India
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.
It houses an estimated 140,000 books and 300 journals.
It also is home to special interest collections and rare and antique manuscripts, according to its official website.
History
The Goa University Library and Information Centre was set up on 30 June 1985 and was built on the existing library of the Centre for Post Graduate Research and Instruction,
University of Bombay
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, which itself was the precursor to the
Goa University.
At that time, the collection totalled 37,678 books
and several bound volumes of periodicals.
It currently has books dealing with the Humanities, Social Science and Pure and Applied Sciences especially Microbiology, Marine Science, Environmental Science, Computer Science, Geology, Management and other disciplines including a special collection on Latin America and The Caribbean.
It is also known to have a significant collection of titles in
Konkani, which is the regional language in Goa, and some in
Portuguese,
French
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and
Spanish. Its official website says it "acquires around 3000 books and over 400 periodicals every year."
Goa University Library has been a designated Repository Library of
United Nations
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publications since 1996.
Goa University launched an
online public access catalog that allows people to look up titles of interest from the library website.
Special collections
Among the special collections it is noted for are:
* About 5000 books, specially on
Indo-Portuguese
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history and culture, donated by the late Dr. P.S.S. Pissurlekar.
* The Nuno Gonsalves collection.
* The Dr. Carmo Azavedo Collection.
It has been computerising the database of bibliographic details, and automating library servies using the Free/Libre and Open Source Koha-based software.
Additional details
Dr. Gopakumar V. is the Librarian (as of December 2012).
On 12–13 December 2012, a WikiWorkshop was organised at the
Goa University library to introduce students and a few faculty on how to edit the Wikipedia, from 2.30 pm to 4.30 pm.
References
External links
Goa University library, official siteOnline Public Access CatalogueGoa University library now just a click away
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Libraries in Goa
Buildings and structures in Panaji
Education in Panaji
1985 establishments in Goa, Daman and Diu
Libraries established in 1985