The Library provides a variety of resources which support and extend the teaching and resource programme of the University. The stock comprises an estimated 172,000 items of book material. Apart from being a legal deposit, the Library is also a partial depoitory for the United Nations and several of its agencies.
The Library at the Turkeyen Campus is organised into subject divisions which reflect the subject groupings into which the subjects are taught in the Faculties. There is also a General Reference Department and a Central Circulation Department.
The Library is particularly proud of its Caribbean Research Collection which is the largest of its kind in Guyana. It is a comprehensive collection of print and non-print material in several languages, and covers all areas of interest of the Caribbean.
A recent development in the Library's service is the Learning Resource Centre (LRC), located above the Computer Centre, south of the Library.
The LRC is the audiovisual arm of the Library and provides non-print resources to support the teaching, learning and research activities of the University. The LRC is equipped with a wide range of audiovisual resources for use in the classroom as well as the LRC itself. The auditorium, which has a seating capacity of 24, is also available for group use.
