Undergraduate Catalogue - UPRM

Library System
LIBRARY SYSTEM
The Mayagüez Campus General Library consists
of a main library, a special departmental
collection and an Educational Technology Unit.
The main library has an area of approximately
124,335 square feet. It has a seating capacity of
1,278, 18 study rooms for graduate students and
faculty, 10 study rooms for group discussions
and 2 library instruction classrooms.
UPRM library serves the local campus
community as well as residents of Mayagüez and
nearby towns. It fully supports UPRM
educational and research mission and objectives
by providing the necessary library and
information resources, facilities and services. In
order to fulfill its purpose, the library is divided
into three major areas: Technical Services,
Public Services and Educational Technology.
Public Services provides reference and research
resources which include the following
collections and data centers:
• Álvarez Nazario Collection
• Circulation/ Reserve
• Collection for the Visually Impaired
• Interlibrary Loans
• Marine Sciences Collection
• Music and Oral History Collection
• Patent and Trademark Depository
Library (PTDL)
• Puerto Rico Census Data Center
• Puerto Rican Collection - Manuel María
Sama y Auger
• Reference/Documents
• Serials and Electronic Resources
The Educational Technology Unit consists of
an Audiovisual Services Department and the
Closed Circuit Television Department. The
unit’s mission is to support the academic
programs of the institution through multimedia
technology applications.
The Audiovisual Services Department includes
the following units: graphic arts, audio studio, an
audiovisual equipment lending repair shop, and a
film library. It is located on the second floor of
the Sanchez Hidalgo Building.
Closed Circuit Television Department
(CCTV), located in the Nursing Building,
produces instructional and cultural TV programs
and videotape recording services. It provides ondemand
multi-channel broadcasting,
teleconferencing, satellite downlinks, television
studio and a video library.
Technical Services acquires and prepares
library materials including selecting, ordering,
invoicing, bookkeeping, labeling, cataloging, and
classifying. Technical Services is responsible for
library automation, staff training, in-house
binding, preservation of materials, and the gift
and exchange program.
UPRM library holdings include: 220,315
volumes; 5,424 journals; 258,243 microfiches;
12,719 micro cards; 19,232 microfilms; 584,206
government documents; 714 films; 8,214 maps;
8,460 sound recordings; 605 musical scores; 916
sound magnetic tapes; 24,632 slides; 4,177
videocassettes; 687 filmstrips; 4,767 CD/DVD;
104 computer programs; 2,434 theses; 6 million
United States patents, and 2.5 million United
States-issued trademarks.
The library is a selective depository for
publications of the U.S. Government, the Inter-
American Institute for Agricultural Cooperation
(IICA) in San José, Costa Rica, and the Service
Center for Aging Information (SCAN). It is one
of the coordinating agencies of the Puerto Rico
Census Data Center under the Planning Board of
Puerto Rico. It serves as depository for the
US Bureau of Census publications.
On March 1995, the library became a member of
the Patent and Trademark Depository Library
Program of the U.S. Patent and Trademark
Office. It is one of two libraries outside the
United States, that serves the Caribbean and
Latin America.
Other library services include book loans,
document and journal loans, interlibrary loans,
reference and information services, access to
electronic indexes and abstracts, online catalog,
(http://www.uprm.edu/library), library
orientations and library tours, library research
and instruction courses, document and fax
delivery, photocopying, sale of photocopying
cards, duplication of materials in microforms,
loans of audiovisual equipment, online retrieval
services, selective dissemination of information,
access to Web based and CD-ROM full text
databases, Internet access, and access to remote
government and commercial databases.
Librarians assist students and faculty in their
study and research endeavors.
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