Welcome to the Saxena Library of Co-op Studies ONLINE

The Saxena Library of Co-op Studies is an extensive collection of current and archival resources on co-operatives, credit unions and community-based enterprises located in the Centre for Co-operative and Community-Based Economy at the University of Victoria. Students, Faculty and the general public are welcome to come and borrow resources or to use these materials at the centre. The student study area adjacent to the Saxena Library now provides wireless Internet access for all students. Find the Saxena Library.

The entire Saxena Library collection is now ready to search online. Through our online database, you will also be able to see whether or not an item is available. If your item is not available, let us know, and we will contact you when it comes in.

Thanks to donations from the families of Dr. Suren Saxena and Dr. B. N. Arnason, and from the Centre for the Study of Co-operatives at the University of Saskatchewan, as well as from Ian MacPherson, we have added nearly 1500 volumes to the main university library and another 500 to the Institute’s library. Over 700 feet of papers, reports and other documents related to credit unions and other co-ops in BC, Canada and around the world have also been added.

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