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LIBRARY SERVICES OF THE NORTH-WEST UNIVERSITY

Special collections

Each library houses a number of special collections.

 

Mafikeng Campus Library

Please phone +28 (0)18 389 2105 to find out more about the Library's special collections.
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Potchefstroom Campus Library
 
Digital locally developed databases

The Ferdinand Postma Library maintains a number of digital home-grown databases.  We also build databases for departments.  These databases are kept up to date by the individual departments.       Some of the databases link to the full text documents.   The Department of Information Systems can be contacted at +28 (0)18 299 2803 for further information in this regard.

 

 
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Special collections housed in the Library

The Ferdinand Postma Library houses a number of special collections. The Department of Loan Services can be contacted at +28 (0)18 299 2783 for further information in this regard.  These materials can be searched via the Library catalogue.

Archived theses and dissertations
One copy of every thesis and dissertation completed at the Potchefstroom Campus of the NWU is kept in a separate collection.  These documents are available for use in the Library only.  Special permission must be obtained from Loan Services.  Theses and dissertations are also available in electronic format via the North-West University Institutional Repository.

Carney Africana collection
The main part of this collection belonged to Mr ER Carney and was donated to the Library in 1949 by his daughter, Ms CG Carney.

Children's and juvenile book collection
The collection is accessible for all students.

Collection of old and recent Afrikaans literature, literary criticism and linguistics
This is a new collection aimed at the preservation of mainly Afrikaans literary works in an endeavour to build a complete collection.

Hertzog collection
The collection consists largely of XVII - XIX century works on Roman Dutch law. It was donated to the Library in 1955 by Dr Albert Hertzog.

The Postma collection
The library of Prof Ferdinand Postma, after whom the Library was named, is preserved as a unit. Prof Postma served as principal of the then Potchefstroom University College for Christian Higher Education from 1921 until 1950.

Rare books
This collection consists of original editions of old books as well as facsimile editions of well-known documents like the Gutenberg Bible.
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Vaal Triangle Campus Library

Please phone +28 (0)18 299 3173 to find out more about the Library's special collections.
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