Infrastructure
The PPGGEO is a bi-campus program that conducts its activities at both the Department of Geography of the Institute of Agronomy [Seropédica – RJ] and the Department of Geography of the Disciplinary Institute [Nova Iguaçu – RJ].
There is an ever-present need for coordination with various related fields and with institutes and departments at UFRRJ to take full advantage of the available laboratory, teaching staff and technical infrastructure. The integration between the two campuses was planned for since the original design in an effort to strengthen, integrate and exchange experiences on the realities experienced by both courses on the two campuses, in order to generate new contributions for students of the courses, UFRRJ and society.
Geo-sciences Building [Seropédica – RJ] and Multidisciplinary Institute [Nova Iguaçu – RJ], respectively: class locations and main research activities of PPGGEO-UFRRJ.
LABORATORIES:
1) Multidisciplinary Laboratory for Teaching, Research and Extension in Basic Education: introduced through the FAPERJ public notice to support the teaching and research institutions in 2009, the school provides a space to reflect on teaching by assisting in the preparation of alternative material (models, experiences, lectures, and others), in an analysis of pre-existing educational material (for primary and secondary), as well as in the constitution of a teaching archive. It is also linked to the two research, teaching and extension groups related to CNPq/UFRRJ/IM Nova Iguaçu: Environmental Education, Diversity and Sustainability Study and Research Group (GEPEADS) and Group of Integrated Studies in Environment: Geography, education and citizenship (GEIA).
2) Geographic Information System (GIS) Laboratory: introduced in a 50 square meter air-conditioned room in 2012, including multimedia equipment such as projector, projection screen, and others, as well as 25 machines equipped with cutting-edge technology and the ability to process programs focused on Geoprocessing, Modeling Environmental, Digital Cartography;
3) Political, Epistemology and History of Geography Laboratory (LAPEHGE)/Laboratory of Economic and Political Geography and Educational Practices (LAGEPPE): shared facilities; the first was equipped through support from the FAPERJ APQ1 public bid, with three laptops and three workstations; the second, also through support from CNPq and FAPERJ (installation assistance and support for public schools), has one laptop, one desktop, two printers and one projector.
4) Space, Social Theory and City Laboratory: Supported by FAPERJ through installation-assistance, has two computers, two printers and two workstations.
LIBRARIES:
The Central Library is located on the Seropédica Campus and is equipped with 30 Internet-connected computers and a repository of about 70,000 titles. The Library offers online access to all of the collections in the university’s libraries through the Pergamum Integrated Library System. It also allows access to national and foreign databases that are part of the CAPES Journal Portal and other scientific communication networks, including JSTOR, in both the laboratories and teaching staff work rooms, as well as through the terminals located in the Library itself.
Opened in 2010, the Multidisciplinary Institute’s library is located on the Nova Iguaçu campus. Since then, it has received a number of significant investments totaling investments of R$450,000.00 in 2011, and around 2,900 titles in foreign and Portuguese languages were acquired in the Humanities field.
The Central Library also makes databases available that provide support to the institution’s researchers, including: 1. The Fine Arts and Music Collection: Hundreds of full-text journals and periodicals in databases such as the Wilson Art Index and RILM. This collection makes all the resources available to help with research in areas such as theater, music, art history and cinema; 2. Cengale Learning database: A database that produces awareness on the principles: care for the planet, academic quality, globalization and an individual learning experience; 3. ABNT Collection: A database whose purpose is to make the ABNT norms available in order to help prepare research reports, articles, theses and dissertations, by both students and researchers The Central Library has six Librarians and 44 administrative servers as part of its staff.
The library collection includes: Books = 22,183 titles and 44,884 volumes; Theses = 2,740 titles and 2,755 volumes; Videos = 142 volumes and Periodicals = 2,166 titles and 179,029 volumes. It operates an integration system with other libraries through the COMUT Program, interlibrary loan, agreements with EMBRAPA libraries, and the duplicate exchange service. This exchange lets users have direct contact with the collections from national and international libraries, allowing them to obtain library data even faster. The Central Library’s collection caters to all areas of knowledge. It includes the following special services: Alerts for books and periodicals, COMUT, interlibrary loans, new releases.
