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Azerbaijan University of
Languages hosts Baku American
Center which was established in
2003 and moved to the AUL in
2007.
The American Centers mission is
to educate the Azerbaijan public
about the United States of
America, its history, culture,
economy, foreign and domestic
policies, and to increase mutual
understanding between the United
States of America and
Azerbaijan.
The American Center consists of
a free library which at the same
time serves as a venue for press
conferences, conversation
courses, presentations,
exhibitions, Education Fairs,
lectures, scientific seminars,
round table discussions, movie
screenings, DVC’s, web forums
and receptions.
The American Center has an
open-access resources in
collection of about 5000 titles
in English, Azerbaijani and
Russian:
Reference collection offers
up-to-date reference materials
The American Center's collection
contains 235 specialized
reference resources, such as
bi-lingual dictionaries,
guidebooks, encyclopedias,
almanacs and maps.
Books
The American Center offers books
in the following subject areas:
American Studies, languages and
rhetoric; history, geography,
social sciences, natural
sciences and mathematics;
applied sciences, computer
science, literature, art,
philosophy, psychology, medicine
and religion.
Periodicals and numerous English
language newspapers and Test
preparation books
The American Center maintains
several dozen subscriptions to
periodicals, including The
Economist, Chronicle of High
Education, National Geographic,
Newsweek, Forbes, The New
Yorker, Foreign Affairs, Times,
U.S. News, Business week, PC
magazine, the daily
International Herald Tribune,
The New York Review, Art and
numerous local English language
newspapers.
Test preparation books ( TOEFL,
GMAT, GRE, SAT, LSAT)
Access to research full text
scientific databases & CD-ROMs
The American Center offers
access to many online and
reference tools, including
advanced research services, such
as EBSCO Host full text
scientific journals, JSTOR, Bio
One and OCLC First Search. The
American Center offers access to
CD-ROMs that offer information
on U.S. policies, society, and
culture.
Video and DVD collection
The American Center owns a
collection of videos on U.S.
History and Government; Society
and Values; U.S. and Global
Economy, U.S. Art and Culture
and Diplomacy and National
Security. Regular screenings
take place every Friday and
special screenings can be
arranged upon request.
World Bank publications
W.B. Annual reports, Financial
reports, Country Study
materials, Technical papers,
books and reference materials
are located in the American
Center
The American Centers Library
provides research and reference
support on virtually all aspects
of U.S. policy, with an emphasis
on foreign relations, media,
social, economic and political
issues, the rule of law,
legislative developments, and
current affairs.
Services and Activities include:
• E - catalog
• Quick Reference service
via telephone, fax, e-mail
• Individual
consultations for users
• Group presentations on
AC resources for organizations
• Orientations for first
time users
• Video screening every
Friday at 5p.m.
• Conversation clubs
• English Grammar and
Essay Writing Clubs
• Weekly movies nights
screening various documentaries
and feature films with follow-up
discussions
• American Holiday
celebrations
• Lectures by guest
speakers and discussions of the
American politics, culture,
history and values,
Presentations on study
opportunities in the United
States
• Regular Web-forums (
web-chats) on a variety of
topics
• Weekly presentations of
electronic resources (EBSCO,
JSTOR, BİO One) to different
categories of users
• Digital Video
Conferences with counterparts
in- country and abroad
• Exhibitions of new
acquisitions purchased by the
Embassy and / or in - kind
donations
• Seminars and workshops
on interactive teaching methods,
creative methodology,
innovations in education
• Programs and round –
table discussions on different
subjects
• Online courses on
learning English language
• Distance learning
courses on different subjects
• Summer School for
American students
WHAT DO WE DO? The
American Center was founded to
provide an information service
for the faculty and students of
the American Studies Department,
Azerbaijan University of
Languages, engaged in any study
involving the United States. It
maintains a wide collection of
teaching materials (including
video tapes and computer
software) on American politics,
history, geography, religion,
art, and popular culture.
OUR OBJECTIVES Its
primary objective remains the
advancement of American Studies
among Azerbaijani students,
academicians and other
professionals. To achieve this,
the Center provides research
facilities.
The Center recognizes the
significance of the presence of
outside lecturers and plans to
invite several of them to offer
courses at the Center every
year.
The focus of AC collection is
literature from and about the
United States of America,
primarily in the areas of the
social sciences and the
humanities. Thanks to the
financial support of the US
Embassy in Azerbaijan the Center
has assembled the largest
collection of its kind at the
University.
The faculty and students of the
American Studies department have
open and free access to all AC
resources (print and
electronic). |
