Partnerships & Affiliations & Donors

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USJ Library participates in local, regional, and international memberships, collaborative resource sharing, publication exchanges, interlibrary loan, and collaborative projects. Find our list of members below.

Affiliations

A fim de fortalecer os laços entre as bibliotecas académicas da Região Administrativa Especial de Macau e as do Interior da China, foi criada a Aliança Bibliotecária Académica para Recursos em Língua Portuguesa entre a Região Administrativa Especial de Macau e o Interior da China, com o propósito de promover a cooperação especializada e a partilha de recursos a nível inter-bibliotecário.

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A fim de fortalecer os laços entre as bibliotecas académicas da Região Administrativa Especial de Macau (China) e dos países de língua portuguesa, a Universidade de Macau propõe o estabelecimento da “Aliança Bibliotecária Académica entre a Região Administrativa Especial de Macau (China) e os Países de Língua Portuguesa”, com o propósito de promover a cooperação especializada e a partilha mútua de recursos.

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Founded in 1973 is the Portuguese association devoted to the development of information science-related professionals and to promote the social role of libraries and archives.

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To support and follow the “One-hour Academic Circle” proposed by the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau University Alliance in November 2016, the University of Macau Library, agreed with by the Sun Yat-sen University Library in Guangzhou and the Chinese University of Hong Kong Library, had initiated to establish the “Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau University Library Alliance”, ushering in the birth of a “One-hour Library Circle”. Other university libraries in the three regions will be invited to join the Alliance. The purpose of the Alliance is to facilitate the three regions in their move towards the knowledge-based economy era, to deepen academic exchanges and research cooperation among them, to promote the cooperation among the major university libraries, and to provide support to the development of the Greater Bay Area in Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macau.

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The International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions is the leading international body representing the interests of people who rely on libraries and information professionals.

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The International Association of Technological University Libraries was founded in Düsseldorf, Germany in May 1955, as an international forum for the exchange of ideas relevant to librarianship in technological universities throughout the world.

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Realizing the importance and benefit of cooperation among the academic libraries in Macau by pooling their resources together, the Tertiary Education Services Office of Macao Government (GAES), with coordination effort made by the Macao Library & Information Management Association (MLIMA), had proposed to the higher education institutions in Macau for their libraries to form an alliance. This alliance includes nine higher education institutions libraries in Macau. Its main task is to achieve the mutual cooperation, share their core resources and build up an effective communication platform, so as to attain a cost-benefit way on library acquisitions, resources development and sharing, inter-library loan and also administrative expenses.
Macau Academic Library Alliance E-Resources Center is a virtual platform to house some commonly-used electronic databases, which are used by staff and students in these institutions in Macau. Staff and students in these higher education institutions in Macau can go to this website to have authorized access to all the electronic resources included.
For our USJ Library, being part of the Macau Academic Libraries Alliance has been an opportunity to enhance the quality of the resources available to the academic community, while sharing the knowledge and expertise with our fellow colleagues of other academic institutions in Macau.
Please contact the Library for more information, specially concerning the Interlibrary Loan Card (check link bellow for the proper regulations)

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Donor List

On August 23, 2017, the devastating typhoon Hato hit Macau leaving an unprecedented trail of destruction. The impact on USJ’s brand new Ilha Verde Campus, just when it was about to open, was very severe. It demonstrated, among other things, that the basement initially allocated to the Library for its deposit was too vulnerable, and that a completely new design was required. Long-term, the USJ Library had been planning to house up to 60,000 volumes: 30,000 permanently accessible in the main reading rooms, and 30,000 less used items in 1,500 meters of shelf space in the basement. After Hato, however, the best solution to compensate for the lost space was to allocate deposit space on the second floor of the Library, use a compact shelf system for the deposit, increase investment in electronic resources, and add a multipurpose room for meetings and library activities. This expensive task, initially thought of as a long-term project, was unexpectedly made possible by the timely and generous support of The Adelson Family Foundation, who spontaneously sought us out days after the Hato disaster, to see how they could help.

The USJ Library would like to express its deepest gratitude to Theological Studies Journal (USA) for the generous offer of more than 600 books related to several areas of theological studies. These titles are of great importance for our students and they will greatly enrich our collection.
Theological Studies is a quarterly journal of theology, published under the auspices of the Jesuits in the USA. It has been in continuous publication since 1940.
Founded and sponsored by the Society of Jesus in the United States of America, Theological Studies is a Catholic scholarly journal that serves the Church and its mission by promoting a deeper understanding of the Christian faith through the publication of research in theological disciples. Through refereed articles and reviews of noteworthy books, the journal aims to recover and to help make accessible the riches of the theological tradition, and to present significant developments in current theology. It is published quarterly in English for an international readership.
Located at Marquette University, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, TS is under the general editorship of David G. Schultenover, SJ, in concert with its editorial consultants. Its book review editor is R. Daniel Kendall, S.J., of the University of San Francisco.

The USJ Library would like to express its deepest gratitude to St John Seminary (Wonersh, UK), a seminary established in 1891 and closed in mid-2021. Entire library with over 25,000 books had been delivered to Macao on May 2022. The integration of these valuable titles make a significant expansion to USJ Library, particularly the area of philosophy, religious studies, literature and history and more.
Find the book list in the library.

The USJ Library would like to express its deepest gratitude to Georgetown University (Washington D.C., USA) for the generous offer of more than 20,000 books related to several areas of philosophy, religious studies, humanities and more. These titles are of great importance for our students and they will greatly enrich our collection.
Find the book list in the library.