The BCA Library is Now Open for Business!
- Books can be borrowed for up to 2 weeks and renewed for more time in case there is no one waiting to borrow them.
- To visit our Library, to request to borrow a book, or for more information, please email us at: Library@BrazilianAssociation.org
Find below links to pdf presentations of our Catalogue with selected books: - All Dewey categories
BCA-Library-Catalogue-Jan-29-2025-ALL DEWEYS
(large file, may take long to download) – 30 MB - Children’s books and young readers – 10.5 MB
BCA-Library-Catalogue-Jan-29-2025-Dewey=028.5 Infanto-Juvenil - Learning & School books, Collections – 4.47 MB
BCA-Library-Catalogue-Jan-29-2025-Dewey=029 to 398.6 General Learning Philosophy and Psychology, Religion, Social Sciences - Languages – 2.96 MB
BCA-Library-Catalogue-Jan-29-2025-Dewey=400 Languages - Science & Technology – 1.35 MB
BCA-Library-Catalogue-Jan-29-2025-Dewey=500 – 600 Science & Technology - Arts & Recreation – 1.49 MB
BCA-Library-Catalogue-Jan-29-2025-Dewey=700 Arts & Recreation - Literature Various – 4.45 MB
BCA-Library-Catalogue-Jan-29-2025-Dewey=800 – 868 Literature various authors - Literature Various including Portuguese and Brazilian – 4.20
BCA-Library-Catalogue-Jan-29-2025-Dewey=869 – 899 Literature Portuguese, Brazilian and other authors - 900 – History & Geography – 2.57 MB
BCA-Library-Catalogue-Jan-29-2025-Dewey=900 History & Geography
After many years of offering limited service to selected members – the Brazilian Portuguese School Students – we are ready now to invite the interested ones to visit our Library, and or browse our online Book Catalogue in pdf- as per weblinks provided above. To borrow a book you must be a BCA member in good standing – for more information – about becoming a BCA member please click HERE
It has been a very long process to get to the current stage of making this resource available to the interested ones. It does not matter if the goal is to practice Brazilian Portuguese reading skills, learn Brazilian Portuguese, or other reasons. The reasons are many and various and for them, we were able to count on many volunteers throughout many years to dedicate their time to organize our large selection of books with the standards for book management – the DEWEY classification system.
Also, we need to recognize this project would not have happened without the contribution and tremendous support of many members, throughout many years, who donated their books to us! In addition to making this happen, they also helped choose the diverse content of our library to please all readers. We also need to recognize the organization SAHLA for the support provided to our Brazilian Portuguese School – Adults & Kids.
Volunteering opportunities include but are not limited to this ones listed below – please contact us in case of any suggestions:
- Cataloguing process: enter books into database (Readerware system): data entry, labelling, shelving, revisions, etc
- Loan Management System
- Hosting visit sessions at Casa Brasil