University of Central England Library Services

Title: University of Central England Library Services

Description: The UCE Library supports the learning and teaching of the following faculties within the University: Faculty of Computing, Information and English; Faculty of the Built Environment; Business School; Birmingham Faculty of Law and Social Science; Faculty of Education (research); Birmingham Institute of Art and Design; Birmingham Conservatoire; Health and Community Care.
Materials of relevance to Caribbean studies and the history of Black and Asian people in Britain may be found throughout the library, primarily in the sections on media studies, women's studies, race relations, political history, migration, slavery, economic history, immigrant workers, social services, law, education and literature. The Children’s Collection holds books and audio-visual materials for use with children of all ages. The collection is weeded and updated regularly to reflect current educational practice and the requirements of the national curriculum, including the need for materials suitable for education in and about a multicultural society. Black and Asian material is included to meet demand from our students, to provide awareness and help counteract stereotypes, and, for children, to give access to positive role models. There is a small amount of literature by Caribbean authors and the history section includes a similar amount on the British Commonwealth and Empire and on the history of the West Indies. At the Art and Design libraries there is a growing collection of material on Caribbean and Black and Asian artists.
All printed material is arranged using Dewey decimal classification.

Strengths:

Size: c.250 titles relating to Caribbean studies;c.300 titles relating to the history of Black and Asian people in Britain

Catalogue: Talis WebOpac

Catalogue URL: http://talis.uce.ac.uk:8001/

Main URL: http://www.uce.ac.uk/library/public/

Access: The library is freely available for reference use. Please see the web pages at http://www.uce.ac.uk/library/public for further information.

Acquisition dates: 1950 - present with some earlier materials. c.80% of holdings acquired since 1980.

Note: Library stock is purchased to support the courses taught at UCE. As there are no courses dealing specifically with either the Caribbean region or the history of Black and Asian people in Britain, materials in these areas are only purchased when specifically requested by academic staff.

Interest: Asian, Black, Caribbean

Complete: Complete

Subjects

Political history

Interethnic relations

Education

Economic history

Caribbean literature

Arts

Personal/Corporate names

Places

Birmingham, United Kingdom

Caribbean