Tuesday, January 3, 2012

A university library

Pannasastra University is regarded as one of the best in Cambodia outside of the capital. However, like all educational institutions in Cambodia, it had to start from scratch less than 20 years ago.

The place where its youth is most evident is its library. The image below shows the total collection of books on its main campus. In scanning the shelves I discovered that almost all of the books were used books from personal collections. The Goosebumps series was well represented, which makes sense for a campus that also hosts English lessons for teenagers.

On the suggestion of the organizer of the symposium, I brought two books to donate to the library. Both were given to me gratis by a textbook publisher. I thought that a psychology book and an American government book would be of interest.

Pannasastra University is an English-speaking university. All classes are in English, and all books in the library seemed to be in English.

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