Welcome to the University of Arizona Library

Ø 1) Find the words that belong to the topic “a library” in the text.

Like many modern academic libraries, the University of Arizona Library has open stacks. This means that patrons may choose the books directly from the shelves. There are more than eighty professional librarians and staff members to assist patrons in making the best possible use of the library resources.

Since its beginning in 1891, when a few hundred books were housed in one room in Old Main, the library system has grown to over 3, 000, 000 items, including books, periodicals, microforms, maps, government publications, manuscripts, and non-book media. The University of Arizona Library is one of the approximately one hundred distinguished libraries which comprise the Association of Research Libraries. The library holdings cover all subject fields, and there are especially strong collections in anthropology, geology, Spanish and Latin American language and literature, American agriculture, Southwestern Americana, Arizoniana, history of science, and 18^th and 19^th century British and American literature. The University Library is also a member of the Center for Research Libraries, which vastly increases the resources available to faculty and students.

In January of 1977, the new Main Library on the Corner of Cherry Avenue and University Boulevard was opened. A pleasant, spacious, and comfortable building, it occupies almost 300, 000 square feet and has seatings for 1, 700 persons. There are special lounge areas, group study rooms, viewing rooms, and individual study carrels conveniently located throughout the building.

In the Main Library you will find the Central Reference Department and the Main Card Catalog; the Interlibrary Loan; the Current Periodicals and Newspapers Room; the Microforms Room; the Map Collection; the Media Center; Government Documents Department; Special Collections; the Technical Services Division; and the Library Administrative Offices.

The Science-Engineering Library, to the west of the Main Library, contains all materials on science and technology. The Oriental Studies Collection is on the 5^th floor of the Science-Engineering Library.

In addition to the Main and Science-Engineering Libraries, the University of Arizona Library system also includes the following branches: the Music Collection, the Center for Creative Photography, and the Library Science Collection. The Library’s resources exist primarily to support the teaching and research needs of the University Community; however, all of its collections are available for use by the general public.

Ø 2) Shorten the text on the University of Arizona Library.

Ø 3) Compare the library facilities provided by the University of Arizona Library and by the Karelian Branch of the North-West Academy of Public Administration in Petrozavodsk.