Lancaster University Library

Title: Lancaster University Library

Description: Lancaster University Library opened in 1967. It has over one million items and currently subscribes to nearly 3000 journals. Our collection development objective is to acquire, manage and preserve collections of material, printed, electronic and audio-visual, appropriate to the support of the teaching, learning and research of the University.
The varied and inter-disciplinary nature of the work carried out at the university means that items of relevance to the study of the Caribbean and to Black and Asian history in Britain are dispersed throughout the Library. The classification system used at Lancaster is the BLISS system and books are arranged on the shelves according to their main subject. The Library Catalogue offers a keyword search option, which brings materials together.
Most of the materials focused on Caribbean Studies are to be found within the disciplines of History, Literature (including French) and Language. Most of the materials dealing with Asian and Black history in Britain are to be found within Sociology and Education. In total, approximately 1100 books and 6 periodicals cover the CASBAH subject areas.
The following published guides provide more details about the library's Caribbean Studies holdings:

• Kay, E (ed.) 1971, Dictionary of Latin American and Caribbean biography, Melrose
• MacDonald, R. 1988, Libraries and special collections on Latin America and the Caribbean, Athlone Press, London

Strengths: With regard to Caribbean Studies the main subjects covered are History, Language and Linguistics and Literature. Resources on the history, geography and political history of Cuba feature prominently in the collection. For Black and Asian history in Britain the subjects include: Education; Employment; Migration; Politics and Government; Race Relations; Racism and Anti-racism; Slavery and Abolition.

Size: c. 500 books pertinent to Caribbean Studies; c. 600 books and 6 periodicals (4 active) pertinent to Black and Asian history studies in the UK.

Catalogue: WebOpac

Catalogue URL: http://library.lancs.ac.uk

Main URL: http://libweb.lancs.ac.uk

Access: The Library is open to the general public. Only members of the Library may borrow materials.

Acquisition dates: 1967 onwards

Note:

Interest: Asian, Black, Caribbean

Complete: Complete

Subjects

Sociology

Languages

History

Caribbean literature

Caribbean cultures

Personal/Corporate names

Places

Cuba