Library at the United Theological College,
Bangalore.
The UTC Library is one of the leading theological libraries in Asia.
The well furnished library building set in beautiful surroundings has
a built-in area of over 43,000 sq. ft with bright, spacious and airy
reading rooms on one side and stacks on the other. The air-conditioned
basement houses the Archives.
The library not only offers substantial resources primarily for
theological study and research at all levels, but also serves other
disciplines such as history, anthropology, sociology, etc. Research
scholars from the universities in India and abroad continues to make
use of our invaluable resources regularly
The library has in its holdings about 75,000
books, 672 periodical titles, 420 microfilms of historical record and
23,023 microfiches which includes the Indian census from 1872. The
Archives which preserves the original records and periodicals on the
history of missions, churches, microfilm / microfiche etc. is
an invaluable source of information about the life and conditions
during the last two centuries. Efforts are also being made to collect
books published by the Indian Language Theological Literature
Committees. Some of the treasures in the Archives are Martin Luther's
Commentary on the Galatians in Latin, printed in Basel in 1523;
Bartholomew Ziegenbalg's Grammatica Damulica, Hale, 1716 and
the Biblia Damulica by Zie genbalg and Benjamin Schultze,
Tranquebar, 1725-28. The Palm Leaf Collection dating back to
about 600 years are in Kannada, Tamil, Sanskrit, Telugu, Malayalam on
subjects such as history, poetry, stotras, puranas, astrology etc.
Internet connection is available in the
library. The Data entry of the library holdings is going on steadily. 3
computer terminals are available for checking the online public access
catalogue. One computer in the library is available for students' use.
Photocopying facility within the rules of the library is available at
75p per exposure. We have inter-library-loan with Bangalore University
and other theological colleges in Bangalore.
On the recommendation of the concerned Librarian / head of institution /
employer, any person can become a member of the library by paying a
nominal membership fee.
For any additional information, Contact:
The Librarian
United Theological College
P.O.Box 4613,
63, Millers Road,
Benson Town
Bangalore - 560046. India.
Telephone : 0091-80-23333438/23330502
Fax: 0091-80-23330015
E-mail: librarian@utcbangalore.org
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