# RUM General Library

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{{short description|Main library for the University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez}}
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The '''RUM General Library''' ({{langx|es|Biblioteca del Recinto Universitario de Mayagüez}}) is the main library for the [University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez](/source/University_of_Puerto_Rico_at_Mayag%C3%BCez).  It consists of a main library and a specialized collection.<ref>{{Cite web  | language = es  | title = Sobre Nosotros / Misión y Visión  | url=http://www.uprm.edu/library/biblioteca.html  | access-date = 9 August 2010}}</ref>

==Building==
The Mayagüez Campus General library building was inaugurated in 1963.<ref name=UPRM>{{Cite web  | language = es  | title = Biblioteca | url=http://www.uprm.edu/oiip/building.php?id=42&lang=2  | access-date = 9 August 2010}}</ref> It was designed by [Henry Klumb](/source/Henry_Klumb).<ref name=UPRM/>  The main library has an area of approximately {{convert|109064|sqft|m2}} and has three floors.<ref name=UPRM/>

==Services==
The Mayagüez Campus General Library serves the local campus community as well as residents of [Mayagüez](/source/Mayag%C3%BCez) and nearby towns. It fully supports UPRM education and research mission and objectives by providing adequate library and information resources, facilities and services.

The library is divided in three principal areas: Technical Services, Services to the Public and Technological Services.<ref name=propuesta>{{Cite web  | language = es  | title = PROPUESTA PARA EL ESTABLECIMIENTO DEL PROGRAMA DE BACHILLERATO EN MANEJO DE RECURSOS NATURALES EN EL DEPARTAMENTO DE AGRONOMÍA Y SUELOS DE LA FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS AGRÍCOLAS EN EL RECINTO DE MAYAGÜEZ DE LA UNIVERSIDAD DE PUERTO RICO  | url=http://agricultura.uprm.edu/documentos/recursosnaturales.pdf  | pages = 30| access-date = 9 August 2010}}</ref>

UPRM library holdings include 215,830 [volumes](/source/Volume_(bibliography)); 5,259 [journals](/source/Academic_journal); 263,982 microfiches; 12,719 microcards; 19,486 [microfilms](/source/microfilms); 561,641 government documents; 949 [films](/source/films); 8,149 [map](/source/map)s; 8,458 [sound recordings](/source/sound_recordings); 606 musical scores; 375 sound magnetic tapes; 4,550 [videocassettes](/source/videocassettes); 5,109 [CD](/source/CD)/[DVD](/source/DVD)s; 3,648 [theses](/source/theses); 7.5 million United States patents, and 4 million United States-issued trademarks.

The library is a selective depository for publications of the U.S. government and one of the coordinating agencies of the Puerto Rico Census Data Center under the Planning Board of Puerto Rico. It serves as depository for the U.S. Census Bureau publications. The library has been a member of the Patent and Trademark Depository Library Program of the [U.S. Patent and Trademark Office](/source/U.S._Patent_and_Trademark_Office) since March 1995. (It the only library outside the continental United States that is a member of that organization.)<ref name=propuesta/>

It has a seating capacity of 774, eight individual study rooms for graduate students and faculty, eight study rooms for group discussions and collaborative work, a computer lab with 57 computers, and two library instruction classrooms. Also, it has a conference room and two smaller meeting rooms.<ref>http://www.uprm.edu/catalog/UndergradCatalog2009-2010.pdf pag 47</ref>

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