The University of New Mexico General Library holds one of the leading public university research collections on Ibero-America in the United States. The collection of more than 400,000 volumes includes books, periodicals, CD-ROMs, maps, manuscripts, and archival holdings as well as photographs, broadsheets, posters, and other visual resources.

Local holdings are complemented by a continually expanding range of electronically accessible material. These resources, on-site and remote, serve more than 150 faculty affiliated with the University's Latin American & Iberian Institute; a student population of more than 24,000; and visiting scholars and researchers from throughout the United States and abroad. The Latin American Studies program currently includes 37 degree and dual-degree options focused on Latin American and enrolls some 450 graduate students annually.

In addition, the UNM Library is a member of two national collection development and resource- sharing programs, the Latin American Microform Project (LAMP), which operates under the umbrella of the Center for Research Libraries, and the ARL/AAU Latin Americanist Research Resources Pilot Project.

These two programs, with their provisions for expedited interlibrary loan and document delivery, add substantially to the common pool of of primary and secondary material available for research on Latin American topics.

Use of Local Collections: The collections are available to students, faculty, and staff of the University of New Mexico and to outside researchers. Many materials require special handling and must be used in authorized areas. Finding aids, bibliographies, and in-house indices are available for a number of specialized Ibero-American holdings.

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