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About Rare Books and Manuscrupts

  • Use of the Collections

    Rare Books & Manuscripts is open to members of the University and to members of other institutions and the public with appropriate identification.  Material from Rare Books & Manuscripts is not available for loan and must be consulted in the Special Collections reading room.

    Some material from the collection may be copied. However, in order to protect and preserve valuable materials it will not usually be possible to make photocopies of manuscripts or rare books. Digital photography without flash is preferred. Arrangements for reproduction of  material by scanning or photographic means may be made with Special Collections staff.

    All copying and further reproduction (including publication) is covered by the provisions of the 1968 Copyright Act (Cth) and by any particular conditions relating to individual manuscripts and archival collections.

    Access to the manuscript collections is by application. These collections are covered by formal access conditions and some collections and parts of collections have additional restrictions imposed by the donors.

  • Contact Us

    For enquiries and information about Rare Books & Manuscripts, please send your query to spark.collections@adelaide.edu.au

  • Location

    Rare Books & Manuscripts is located on Level 1 South of the Barr Smith Library at the University of Adelaide's North Terrace campus.

  • Hours of Opening

    Rare Books & Manuscripts is open from 10am to 4pm, Monday to Friday.

University Library
Address

Barr Smith Library
South Australia 5005
Australia

Contact

Phone: +61 8 8313 5224
special.collections@adelaide.edu.au