Central Library–History
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In 1955, the UPN Central Library PN was born as part of the University. At that time, it was called the Universidad Femenina (Women’s University). Prior to that, in 1927, there were the school libraries of the Instituto Pedagógico Nacional para Señoritas (National Pedagogical Institute for Seniors), the Bachelor’s Institute and its affiliated schools, and the Instituto de Educación Preescolar (Preschool Institute).
The reorganization of the Library and Educational Resources Department, initiated by Dr. Irene Jara de Solórzano, Rector from 1959 to 1969, who could not imagine the University without an organized library, began in March 1963. Araceli Cardona de Mejía was its first librarian. The library began its service on the Calle 72 campus in a classroom on the third floor of Block A with about 200 books, mostly encyclopedias and government publications, to support the teaching, research and social projection processes.
In the 1970’s, after the library was organized and given a new direction, the collections were divided. In 1979, with the donation of about five hundred titles of periodicals, the Newspaper Archive was officially created. At that time, the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) was present in Colombia. Its objective was to support education. New educational programs were created and in 1972 the need was felt to create a Documentation Center specialized in education. The first director was Ingrid Muller de Ceballos, a documentary filmmaker.
In 1982, Lina Espitaleta was appointed Director of the Library. Under her leadership, the library was modernized in administrative, technological, technical, and service aspects, as well as the updating of its collections, until it became a leading library specialized in education. Today, the strategies implemented in these spaces have had an impact both inside and outside the university. In addition, about 30 students are served as part of the different academic programs of the UPN and 20 external users from different educational institutions at the district and university levels. In 2015-1, as part of the project “A Respectable House for Trainee Teachers”, Institutional Development Plan 2014-2019, in some areas of the Central Library, the Western Area Physical Plant has been restructured to provide a friendly environment for optimal development of academic work. In that sense, the mat was replaced by a white porcelain floor, all the old halogen lights were replaced by LED lights, structural improvements and expansion of spaces were carried out. The entrance hall was completely renovated, and the walls were replaced with tempered glass. Some rooms were adapted to create a new area, the Theses Room. The Consultation Room and the Circulation and Loan Area were also relocated and redesigned.
Additionally, the furniture in the Reading Rooms, the Internet Room, the Theses Room and the Circulation and Loan Area were changed.
In 2017-2, the pending Physical Plant remodel in the East Area was completed; the Individual Study Room was restored with new furniture; there was a change from matted flooring to vinyl flooring in rolls; and there was a change from halogen lighting to LED lighting in these locations: Newspaper Archive, Individual Reading Room, Music Room, Exhibit Hall, and Satellite Office.
Collections – Accessing Library Materials
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The Centro Tiflotecnológico Hernando Pradilla Cobos has a Closed Digital Collection of library materials on different fields of knowledge, which are available to visually impaired members of the university community.
What are accessible library materials?
They are texts designed under accessibility criteria in order to be read by any person, regardless of the mode, means, or format chosen to access the information.
How to access the collection?
To consult and/or request the available texts, you must visit the Centro Tiflotecnológico or send an e-mail to centrotiflo@pedagogica.edu.co.
What if the Library material is not accessible yet?
You can request the bibliographic adaptation service of the Library, which consists in making accessible any text in printed or digital format, scanned in images using scanners or optical character recognition (OCR) programs that allow its digitization or conversion into readable, editable, and usable digital files. These can then be recognized by word processors and technical, technological, typographical and/or specialized information access software, such as screen readers or magnifiers used by the visually impaired.
This service can be requested by
- Any visually impaired member of the university community.
- Teachers and officers who need to send texts to recipients including visually impaired ones.
Staff Members
- Jenifer Vidal Castillo
- Angie Lorena Bohorquez Mora
Office hours
- Monday to Friday from 8:00 a.m. to 7:45 p.m.
Contact Us
centrotiflo@pedagogica.edu.co
jpvidalc@upn.edu.co
albohorquezm@upn.edu.co
Phone:(601) 5941894 Ext. 164
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Printed Journals
Our Newspaper Archive has a closed collection of national and international printed periodicals which mainly contains the most important journals of education and pedagogy from the last 70 years. We also have hemerographic materials specialized in research, philosophy, social sciences, languages, natural sciences, mathematics, technology, fine arts, sports, literature, geography, and history. To access, you must consult the library catalog: catalogo.upn.edu.co, but keep in mind the name of the journal and some information, such as the volume, number, month, and year to request it. Besides, you must follow the Provisional Procedure for Loaning Bibliographic Materials. Contact us via email for any questions or assistance.
Office Manager
Giselle Lorena Lozano González
Office hours
Monday to Friday from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Contact Us
hemeroteca-upn@pedagogica.edu.co
gllozanog@pedagogica.edu.co
Phone: 6015941894 Ext. 175
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Documents
The Documentation Center is part of the Library and Bibliographic Resources Subdirectorate specialized in all topics related to education in Latin American and Caribbean countries. Since it is a closed collection, you may request the bibliographic material from our catalog. It was created on December 21, 1971, by the University Supreme Council, Agreement No. 076.
Office Manager
Elsy Carolina Martínez
Office hours
Monday to Friday from 7:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Contact Us
ecmartinezb@pedagogica.edu.co
Phone: 6015941894 Ext. 337
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Reference
It is an open collection of printed reference works with general content, such as encyclopedias, atlases, dictionaries, yearbooks, directories, and bibliographies, among others. Bibliographic materials of the reference room can only be borrowed in the room. Whether you either require a material for class or a partial reproduction of it, you can take a photocopy but must be returned on the same day.
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Microfiches
This is a collection of books microfilmed as a documentary preservation technique developed in the 90’s to get a copy of the physical document. This collection is located in the theses room and can only be borrowed there due to the technical requirements for its reproduction.
See loan types.
Office Manager
Melissa Giselle Cuastuza
Office hours
Monday to Friday from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Contact Us
mcuastuza@pedagogica.edu.co
Phone: 601 5941894 Ext. 432
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Theses
This collection contains the undergraduate and graduate theses of the Universidad Pedagógica Nacional students. Since it is a closed collection, the documents must be requested from the Institutional Catalog to be consulted in the Theses Room, or the digital theses may be consulted in the Institutional Repository.
Undergraduate theses can be identified by the call number initial TE and the graduate theses by TO.
Undergraduate and graduate theses delivery
Please, follow these recommendations:
- Do not take direct copies, such as photos, screenshots, voice, or video recordings… of the document due to copyright infringement (according to Law 23,1982).
- You cannot take the requested material out from the Theses Room.
- You cannot export files from the Theses Room consultation. equipment to USBs or via Internet.
- You can request the Specialized Academic Abstract (RAE) of the document at cendoceducacion_biblioteca@pedagogica.edu.co, providing the following information: user’s name, code, academic program, and the bibliography card number(s) of the document(s).
- You can access undergraduate and graduate theses authorized by the author published since 2013 through the Institutional Repository.
Office Manager
Luz Aida Quijano Celeita
Office hours
Monday to Friday from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Contact Us
laquijanoc@upn.edu.co
Phone: 601 5941894 Ext. 432
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Facilities – Consulting Room
The main service of this room is to provide users with equipment for searching and requesting bibliographic information through our bibliographic software KOHA, which allows us to remotely access and consult the bibliographic material stored in the Central Library, CEDECS, Nogal Branch.
It is important to highlight that you must be inside the corresponding branch to request bibliographic materials.
Please, follow these recommendations:
- Do not eat food
- Access is only allowed to the UPN catalog
- Maintain a moderate tone of voice within the room
- You must have your membership card endorsed in order to update your account.
- The material can be updated only on the expiration date and only once per loan
Office Hours
Monday to Friday from 7:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.
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The Hernando Pradilla Cobos Typhlo-tecnological Center
The Hernando Pradilla Cobos Typhlotechnological Center is a premise that aims to provide the blind and visually impaired members of the university community with timely and independent access to information and knowledge via bibliographic, technological, and typhlo-technological resources.
Due to its 18-year presence working with and for people with disabilities, it is currently a reference at the national level on issues related to Accessibility, Inclusion, and Visual Impairment.
Opening hours
Monday to Friday from 8:00 AM to 8:00 PM
Contact Us
jpvidalc@upn.edu.co
albohorquezm@upn.edu.co
centrotiflo@pedagogica.edu.co
Phone:(57) 601 5941894 ext. 164
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A more accessible and interactive library has been built
In the mid-1990s, the idea of implementing typhlo-technological resources at the UPN was born by a team of teachers of the Bachelor’s Degree in Special Education (LEE), led by Professor Hernando Pradilla Cobos (RIP), who was recognized nationally and internationally for his contributions to the field of education of the blind. The typhlologists Clara Inés Torres Colmenares (RIP), Erly Mercedes García Orjuela, Gloria Amparo Rodríguez Bulla and Sofía Julieta Torres Sánchez also participated.
Because of its specialization, this pedagogical team was interested in the reflective and practical field of typhlo-technology. This field involves the study of theories, resources and techniques applied to the implementation of tools to provide the blind with the appropriate means to use technology. This made it possible to identify the institutional need to work against information access barriers so that blind or visually impaired students would have the necessary support or adaptations to carry out their educational processes and social interaction activities through ICTs.
Thus, in 2005, the Central Library and the Bachelor’s Degree in Special Education became a support network by opening four new typhlo-technological booths with technological and typhlo-technological equipment, which are still in use today.
It is important to note that the team has always worked with blind or visually impaired students from the very beginning. Their ideas, needs, and the support they needed were taken into account. Their opinions and involvement in the design of the spaces and services have been always taken into account.
Panorama view of the four Typhlo-technological Booths, 2023.
Subsequently, in 2011, and thanks to the actions carried out by the teachers, the blind or visually impaired students and the officers of the UPN Central Library around the typhlo-technology and access to information, a new scenario for our Training Teachers Institution was solidified, namely the arrival of the Typhlo-technological Center. Thus, the Hernando Pradilla Cobos Typhlo-technological Center was created as an additional space to the four existing typhlo-technological booths. It allowed more resources, complementary services, and a main room for group work.
To broaden the scope of our work, it was essential in this team to recognize that accessibility is an interdisciplinary category and therefore a cooperative construction. The latter allowed us to meet from a typhological, pedagogical, and library science perspective to think about the offer in the Typhlo-tecnological Center of library and support services for the admission, retention, and graduation processes of visually impaired students.
It is indeed a construction of the entire university community. We underline that it is of great value to point out that although blind or visually impaired people have been the main users, the services have not been addressed only to them, but (on the contrary) extended to the entire university community and to external people at local and national levels.
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Newspaper Archive
This room is designed to assist users in searching and retrieving information from print journals and serials. It has several workstations and a concentration-friendly environment suitable for individual or group work.
It has systematized its entire collection in the Koha bibliographic catalog for consultation and loan.
Due to the health emergency, this room is temporarily out of service.
Opening hours
Monday to Friday from 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM
Contact Us
aaavilam@pedagogica.edu.co
Phone: 5941894 ext. 182
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Literature Room
This room has 24 workstations on five tables. It allows the researcher to quickly access information about the collections where small extracurricular cultural and academic activities can be carried out.
Literature Room’s requests via email reservas_salas@pedagogica.edu.co including the subject “Solicitud Sala de Literatura” and registering the following data:
- Application date
- Responsible name
- Academic Program or applicant division
- Type of activity
- Requested dates
- Requested hours
Would you please follow these recommendations.
The Literature Room will be reserved under the following parameters:
To access this room, you must leave your suitcases in lockers outside the library.
Requests will be responded within a maximum period of two (2) calendar days.
The reservation request can only be made by the secretary of the Academic Program.
The user has fifteen (15) minutes after the scheduled time to use the service. After that, the room will be available and the Library, Documentation and Bibliographic Resources Subdirectorate may reassign the space to another user. Failure to comply with two scheduled dates will result in the reservation cancelled.
Cancellation of any scheduled date must be made at least eight (8) hours in advance.
Each user has a maximum of six (6) hours per week.
The room will be handed only on the Responsible User who must give the updated institutional card to the Library, Documentation and Bibliographic Resources Subdirectorate officer.
The Library, Documentation and Bibliographic Resources Subdirectorate officer will deliver the equipment, guaranteeing its operation (equipment on).
The room has the following equipment: a full computer, a 55-inch SmartTV with remote control, an acrylic board.
The room must be returned in the same order and condition in which it was received, guaranteeing the proper functioning of the equipment provided (equipment turned on). This will be confirmed by the Library, Documentation and Bibliographic Resources Subdirectorate officer.
The room loan does not include cafeteria services. No food or alcoholic beverages may be consumed inside the room.
The maximum capacity in the music room is forty-five (45) people.
Opening Hours
Monday to Friday from 7:00 a.m. to 7:45 p.m.
Saturday from 9:00 a.m. to 12:45 p.m.
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Individual Reading Room
The Individual Reading Room was moved to a new location after the Library rebuilt, and now it faces the Newspaper Archive. It provides space for 25 individual reading-cubicles where users can study and perform various academic tasks quietly and undisturbed.
Please, follow these recommendations
- Do not play music at a loud volume.
- Do not eat.
- When working in pairs, speak softly.
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Theses Room
The Theses Room was created after the building reconstruction in 2015. This place is used for storing and consulting the undergraduate and graduate theses written by the university students. Microfiches of specialized documents in education are also consulted here.
These documents can be consulted only in this Room.
Physical resources
Study tables: 5
Workstations: 20 seats
Reading station for digital theses consulting: 6 seats
Recommendations:
- Do not eat or drink.
- Leave the workspace completely tidy and clean.
- Speak in a moderate tone as this is an open reading room.
- Chairs may not be borrowed from outside the room.
- No manual labor of any kind affecting the furniture is allowed.
- All materials in the Theses Room are for consultation only in the Room.
- Undergraduate and graduate theses may not be reproduced without the author’s written consent.
- If an internal user is caught making an unauthorized copy of a thesis, the Room officer must report it to the Library, Documentation and Bibliographic Resources Subdirectorate for a disciplinary action to be taken. Or, if an unauthorized copy is made by an external user, the Library, Documentation and Bibliographic Resources Subdirectorate will report it to University or Institution Library of such a user so it can apply the appropriate disciplinary sanctions in accordance with its own regulations. In both cases, the competent authorities will be notified in accordance with Chapter VIII of the Colombian Penal Code.
- To request a copy of an undergraduate or graduate theses, it is mandatory to provide the written consent from all the authors along with a photocopy of each one’s identification card.
Manager
Luz Aida Quijano Celeita
Opening Hours
Monday to Friday from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Contact Us
laquijanoc@upn.edu.co
Phone: (601) 5941894 Ext. 432
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Multimedia Lab
The Multimedia Lab was inaugurated on January 23, 1998, and began operating three days later.. It was directed by Professor Rafael Rodríguez, then Academic Vice Rector, and the Director of the Library, Yolanda Camacho.
In this Lab, users may research and consult academic information on the Internet. The Lab has computers with Windows operating systems, office tools, and utilities.
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Music Room
The Music Room is an area of the Universidad Pedagógica Nacional Central Library to carry out cultural and academic activities. Movie forums, talks, and conferences are held for the university community to participate and enjoy.
You can request the Music Room by sending and e-mail to solicitud_salas@pedagogica.edu.co, with the subject ” Solicitud Sala de Música ” and the following information:
- Request Date
- Responsible user
- Academic program or requesting department
- Type of activity
- Requested dates
- Requested hours
Please, follow these recommendations
The Music Room will be reserved under the parameters as follows
- Requests will be responded to within two (2) calendar days.
- Reservation requests can only be made by the secretary of the Academic Program.
- The user has fifteen (15) minutes after the scheduled time to use the service. After that, the Library, Documentation and Bibliographic Resources Subdirectorate will make the room available and may reassign it to another user. Failure to keep two scheduled appointments will result in the cancellation of the reservation.
- Cancellation of a scheduled appointment must be made at least eight (8) hours in advance.
- The maximum time per user is six (6) hours per week.
To use the Room, the Responsible User must present his/her updated university card to the officer of the Library, Documentation and Bibliographic Resources Subdirectorate.
The officer of the Library, Documentation and Bibliographic Resources Subdirectorate will deliver the equipment and make sure it is working (equipment on).
The Room has the following equipment
- A computer
- A 55-inch SmartTV with remote control
- An acrylic board
The Room must be returned in the same order and condition in which it was received with the borrowed equipment in working order (equipment on). This will be confirmed by the officer of the Library, Documentation and Bibliographic Resources.
Dining service is not provided at the Room borrowed. Food and alcoholic beverages are not allowed.
Maximum capacity forty-five (45).
Opening Hours
Monday to Friday from 7:00 a.m. to 7:45 p.m.
Saturdays from 9:00 a.m. to 12:45 p.m.
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Self-Archiving, Theses and Dissertations
The Library, Documentation and Bibliographic Resources Subdirectorate informs that the documents for the submission of undergraduate and graduate theses and dissertations can be found in the Process and Procedure Manual as of semester 2020-1, as follows:
• GUI-GIB-001 Access by self-archiving theses and dissertations in the UPN Institutional Repository.
• PRO-GIB-010 Submission of theses and dissertations by self-archiving.
• FOR-GIB-021 Undergraduate and Graduate Theses and dissertations License.
• FOR-GIB-022 Undergraduate and Graduate Theses and dissertations Submission List. (Academic Program)
• FOR-GSI-009 Authorization for personal data and minors.
Procedure for submitting undergraduate and graduate theses and dissertations to the Institutional Repository. Download here.
These documents aim to standardize the submission process and protect the intellectual property right of the theses and dissertations authors. For further information about the Process and Procedure Manuals, please visit Isolución Universidad Pedagógica Nacional.
See the following tutorial and ask for assistance in submitting your document to:
laguzmany@pedagogica.edu.co
What to do if a theses or a dissertation submitted to the Institutional Repository has been rejected?
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Library Acquisitions
The Central Library of the UPN aims to support the processes of teaching, research, and social outreach of the university community by providing library and technological resources on education and pedagogy. It is necessary to update and provide the literature that supports the study plans of all the academic programs offered by our University and the different educational levels of the Instituto Pedagógico Nacional.
Therefore, the Library Materials Selection and Acquisition is the division responsible for processing the reading materials requests by teachers for the different academic programs, investment or research projects, and those required by the administrative divisions. These requests are filled out in the form Solicitud de Compra de Material Bibliográfico FOR001GIB, which user may send to the Cost Center to request the budget availability according to the procedure PR0001GIB Selección Material Bibliográfico for a later acquisition.
Contact Us
adquisicionesbiblioteca@pedagogica.edu.co
Phone: (601) 5941894 Ext. 181
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Donations of Library Materials
The Central Library of the UPN aims to support the processes of teaching, research, and social outreach of the university community by providing library and technological resources on education and pedagogy. It is necessary to update and provide the literature that supports the study plans of all the academic programs offered by our University and the different educational levels of the Instituto Pedagógico Nacional.
Therefore, the Library Materials Selection and Acquisition is the division responsible for processing the reading materials requests needed by teachers for the different academic programs, investment or research projects, and those required by the administrative divisions. These requests are filled out in the form Solicitud de Compra de Material Bibliográfico FOR001GIB, which is sent to the Cost Center to request the budget availability following the procedure PR0001GIB Selección Material Bibliográfico for a later acquisition.
adquisicionesbiblioteca@pedagogica.edu.co
Phone: (601) 5941894 ext. 181
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Procurement Suggestions
The Central Library of the UPN offers all its users, both virtual and on-site, the opportunity to suggest books and other materials required to complete our collection, excepting textbooks.
Fill out the form below to procurement suggestions for library materials:
Verify the book you are looking for is not in the library’s collection.
The Central Library of the UPN thanks users for their collaboration by enriching the library collection.
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Cultural Promotion
The Central Library of the UPN offers an area of entertainment and culture to our university community. It has a variety of materials in different formats adapted to the academic community’s needs, such as movies, documentaries, music, photography and painting, among others.
The purpose of this area is to stimulate interest and provide a space for sharing and discussing topics that enrich our culture and involve the student as an active part of the process by focusing on the community and promoting such programs.
The Exhibition Hall is an area of the Central Library to exhibit intellectual and artistic production. It is open to any member of the university community who wants to show his/her artwork, works, or projects individually or collectively.
It is also a meeting place where artistic, academic, and educational projects are exhibited. Located in a highly frequented area of the library, it ensures a steady flow of visitors.
If you would like to reserve the exhibition hall, please send your request to culturalbiblioteca@pedagogica.edu.co
Contact Us
culturalbiblioteca@pedagogica.edu.co Phone: (601) 5941894 ext. 432
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