The Land Tenure Center Library acquisitions list is a listing of materials added to the collection of the Land Tenure Center library during the period indicated. The Land Tenure Center Library, located on the fourth floor of Steenbock Library on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus, is a collection of documents, books and periodicals on the subjects of land tenure and rights, agricultural and rural development, agrarian reform and agrarian structure in developing countries of Africa, Asia, Latin America, the Caribbean, the Middle East and Oceania. Limited materials about tenure issues in eastern Europe are also acquired. For the Land Tenure Center collection, this catalog includes selected articles in journals and books owned by the library. Library materials may be borrowed by any Wisconsin resident who visits the library.
All visitors are welcome to use the collection on the premises.
In addition, materials in the collection may be borrowed by users in the United States and Canada via interlibrary loan. The Center administers the Ph.D. in Development program, and collaborates in research and training with institutes and universities throughout the world. The LTC Library collection provides support to ongoing LTC research programs. Areas of particular concern include natural resource management and policy issues, the effects of technological change on the operation of land markets, conflicts between community-based tenure systems and national laws, land law reform and its effect on developing countries, and the impact of agrarian reform and tenure change on women. Land Tenure Center 1357 University Ave.