The Mayagüez Campus General Library consists of the Main Library, one special departmental collection and an Educational Technology Unit. The library provides resources and services related to the particular curricula offered and the research conducted on campus. Subject interests are: engineering, agriculture, animal industries, natural and applied sciences and technology, energy, marine and environmental sciences. Although the library's primary interest is to provide services to its academic community, most of its services are also open to the general community. An estimate of the library holdings includes: 164,068 volumes of books, 5,259 journals, 263,982 microfiches, 12,719 micro cards, 19,486 microfilms, 561,641 government documents, 949 films, 8,149 maps, 8,458 sound recordings, 606 musical scores, 917 sound magnetic tapes, 24,810 slides, 4,550 videocassettes, 687 filmstrips, 5,109 CD/DVD, 104 computer programs, 3,585 theses and dissertations, 7 million United States patents and 3 million United States issued trademarks. (Annual Report 2006-2007).

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MISSION

In accordance with this vision, our mission is to provide the campus community with a technologically advanced virtual library, which allows users to reach academic excellence. Bibliographic resources should support academic programs and reference services should meet the information needs of the academic community as well as those of the community at large.

VISION

The vision of the General Library is to create a suitable environment conducive to study and research while maximizing human, economic and bibliographic resources. In the last thirty years technological changes have driven libraries to modify the way they do business. However, the purpose and essence of libraries continue to be the same: facilitating access to sources of information and education, and providing orientation, and training in identifying, evaluating and interpreting information.