FACILITIES: LIBRARY

SAIACS Library Catalogue is available in online, as part of the union catalogue of Joint Library Committee (JLC), Bangalore. This union catalogue has library records from Southern Asia Bible College (SABC), St.Peter’s Seminary, SAIACS and United Theological College (UTC).
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LIBRARY

The SAIACS library is so designed that its spacious, well-lit interiors make it a pleasure to work and study in. Begun as a humble collection of 200 books in 1982, the library now houses over 35,000 books and a range of journals from India and overseas. It also has a collection of electronic books, journals, dictionaries and other reference works on CD-ROMS, besides documents on microfilm and microfiches. The archives section contains the printed dissertations, and theses of students, and faculty and some old and rare books.

SAIACS offers students the opportunity to specialize in one of a number of theological disciplines. The SAIACS library has a strong base in missions studies, besides ample resources are available in the Biblical Studies, Christian Theology and Pastoral Theology and Counseling and Religions.

The library receives issues of about 150 national and international scholarly and popular journals and periodicals every year and back issues are held. We also provide access to 100 plus electronic journals available on the web. Annually in an average 1000-1500 books are added to the library. In order to face the challenges of the information needs of the users, in addition to print materials, the library has procured non-print materials, which includes 150 Microfilms, 400 Microfiches and 100 plus CDROM online databases. The library is computerized using SLIM++ library software and library catalogue is available in online (OPAC-Online Public Access Catalogue).

To further facilitate students, especially those doing research, the SAIACS library is a member of the Joint Library Committee, a consortium of 20 theological libraries in Bangalore. Through this network, students may avail of inter-library loans.

Thinking about future challenges, we are in the process of setting up of a Digital Library Centre, to offer online access to the full text scholarly information for the researchers over the network with necessary licensing agreements. Under this project we are creating a digital library, perhaps first of its own kind in Indian theological institutions. The SAIACS library seeks to provide the information needs of the students, faculty and researchers in theological education. SAIACS library is member of Joint Library Committee, to enhance the users' access to other library resources in and around Bangalore.

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