{"id":2677,"date":"2024-10-17T06:59:03","date_gmt":"2024-10-17T06:59:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vut.ac.za\/?page_id=2677"},"modified":"2026-02-09T10:30:14","modified_gmt":"2026-02-09T10:30:14","slug":"library-about-us-page","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/vut.ac.za\/en_gb\/library-about-us-page\/","title":{"rendered":"Library About Us Page"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The university\u2019s information and knowledge
center where you find various information
resources<\/p>

\u201cYour Information Partner of Choice\u201d<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Welcome to VUT Libraries<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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It is with great pleasure that the VUT Library welcomes new students, staff, and students returning for the new academic year.
The Library staff wishes the VUT community a happy and prosperous year. The VUT Library is an integral one-stop place to
meet academic and research information needs. As \u201cYour Information Partner of Choice\u201d, we look forward to providing excellent
customer service and a welcoming environment to meet your educational needs.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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About the Library<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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The Library is the university\u2019s information and knowledge centre where you find various information resources, both print and online to support learning, teaching, and research by VUT students and staff. The Library plays a prominent role in the University and is regarded as the information hub of VUT, where you find books, journals, newspapers, reference materials, theses and dissertations, government publications, audio visual material, online databases and electronic journals. These are mainly related to courses offered by all faculties in the University.<\/p>

Vaal University of Technology (VUT) Library has libraries at all its campuses:<\/strong><\/p>

  • Vanderbijlpark (Main Campus)<\/li>
  • Sebokeng Campus<\/li><\/ul>

    VUT Libraries information fact sheet<\/strong><\/p>

    • Collection of 62 876 printed books<\/li>
    • 341 titles of printed journals<\/li>
    • 62 electronic databases<\/li>
    • Provides electronic access to 92 461 full text journals<\/li>
    • 1 405 videos<\/li>
    • 942 DVDs<\/li>
    • 92 E-books<\/li><\/ul>

      World Cat Local, providing access to 674 million articles<\/strong><\/p>

      • 42 private study cubicles<\/li>
      • 10 group discussion rooms.<\/li><\/ul>

        The strap line for VUT Libraries is: \u201cYour information partner of choice\u201d.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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        Mission<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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        To provide a conducive environment that inspires creativity and facilitates access to quality information, resources and services that encourage life-long learning.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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        We aspire to play a leading role in supporting teaching, learning and research through equipping our users with current, effective and relevant skills, as well as being a socio-economic transformative smart hub that enhances student success.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

        Library The university\u2019s information and knowledge center where you find various information resources \u201cYour Information Partner of Choice\u201d Welcome to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"no-sidebar","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"full-width-container","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"disabled","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"disabled","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[43],"tags":[294,152],"class_list":["post-2677","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","category-home-page","tag-about-us","tag-library"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vut.ac.za\/en_gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2677","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vut.ac.za\/en_gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vut.ac.za\/en_gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vut.ac.za\/en_gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vut.ac.za\/en_gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2677"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/vut.ac.za\/en_gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2677\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11074,"href":"https:\/\/vut.ac.za\/en_gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2677\/revisions\/11074"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vut.ac.za\/en_gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2677"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vut.ac.za\/en_gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2677"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vut.ac.za\/en_gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2677"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}