The University of Canberra Library is the principal Library of the

University of Canberra The University of Canberra (UC) is a public research university with its main campus located in Bruce, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory. The campus is within walking distance of Westfield Belconnen, and from Canberra's Civic Centre. UC ...

, located in

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. The Library is located in Building 8, University main campus.

History

The Library was established by foundation Librarian Victor Crittenden before the official opening of the Canberra College of Advanced Education (CCAE), now the

. The Library was located in the old

Canberra High School Canberra High School is a years 7–10 public co-educational high school in Macquarie, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory The Australian Capital Territory (commonly abbreviated as ACT), known as the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) un ...

building from 1969. The collection was initially transferred to Building 1 on the CCAE campus in 1970 while Building 8 was planned and constructed, then moved to its current location in 1972. The 100,000th volume was added to the collection in 1974.

Collections

The Library has extensive print and electronic collections across the full range of disciplines supported by the University of Canberra. Material is organised using

Library of Congress Classification The Library of Congress Classification (LCC) is a system of library classification developed by the Library of Congress in the United States, which can be used for shelving books in a library. LCC is mainly used by large research and academic librar ...

and Moys Legal Classification.

Special Collections

The Library houses a number of special collections, these include: * University Deposit Collection: closed archive containing preservation copies of documents published by the University * Theses Collection: Phd, Masters, and some Honours theses produced by UC students; * National Centre for Australian Children's Literature: a research centre formerly owned by the

Children's Book Council of Australia The Children's Book Council of Australia (CBCA) is a not for profit organisation which aims to engage the community with literature for young Australians. The CBCA presents the annual Children's Book of the Year Awards to books of literary merit ...

which houses a collection of resources encouraging the study and research of Australian children's literature * Clough Collection: materials purchased from landscape architect Dr Richard Clough in 1974 * Rare Books Collection: comprises rare or fragile books with an imprint pre-1900, plus some special or limited editions

Research Repository

The University of Canberra Research Repository 'preserves and provides access to the research outputs of the University to local, national and international communities.' Research Repository
/ref> Content includes: * Details of books, chapters, journal articles, conference papers, and theses completed by UC researchers; * Where possible, links to open access documents; and * The full text of recent theses completed at UC, and abstracts for older theses.

References

External links

University of Canberra LibraryNational Centre for Australian Children's Literature
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