Organization

Located on the sprawling and picturesque campus of Osmania University and surrounded by several institutions of higher education and research, OUCIP offers an ideal site for academic interaction and exchange of ideas across disciplines. The serene surroundings, easy accessibility, and excellent institutional and infrastructural support make OUCIP a perfect academic ashram for scholars to read, write, and reflect. Conceived primarily as the international face of Osmania University, OUCIP came into existence in August 2006, after the Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India, handed over the management and administration of American Studies Research Centre (ASRC) to Osmania University. OUCIP is housed in the building complex of ASRC and has inherited its academic and infrastructural strengths. However, OUCIP has broadened its scope and added new fields of study from humanities and social sciences to American Studies.

Library

The library is the major asset of OUCIP. Spread over an area of nearly 25,000 square feet, the library consists of Periodicals Section, Reference Section, Stack Halls, and Special Collections. The library, which has been inherited from ASRC, one of the largest collections of books on American Studies, has in recent years not only updated its holdings on American Studies, but added a number of books on newer areas of study and research. Today, the library collection comprises over 1,50,000 books 4000 reference sources, 2000 special volumes, 75 current journals, and back volumes of 350 national and international journals. Besides, the library has a collection of JSTOR, and to ProQuest Dissertations and Theses – Full text.