Tomás Pereira Library

The Macau Ricci Institute library has been named after Fr. Tomás Pereira, S.J. (1645-1708). Father Pereira was a missionary in Beijing and a friend of Qing dynasty emperor Kang Xi (1662-1723).

The library occupies the greater part of the facilities, with four stacks rooms, a reading and reference room, plus two study rooms. The initial stock of books and periodicals for the library came from the Macau Jesuit residence, the Taipei Ricci Institute, and other local and foreign institutions. In addition, over USD 30,000 has been spent on the purchase of new books.

The current holdings are 9,931 Chinese books or series, 7,146 Western books, and 115 periodicals (72 Chinese and 43 Western titles) are subscribed to. There is a full-time librarian on staff and these resources are cataloged onto the local area network.

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