Winter Break Hours and Services
Shields Library is closed through January 4, 2026. Digitization and interlibrary loan requests will be fulfilled after the library reopens on January 5.
Special Collections
New Service in Special Collections
Digital cameras are now allowed in the Special Collections reading room! For a daily fee researchers can take photographs of manuscript collections.
photograph taken with patron’s permission
Our first patron to use a camera was Dr. Jacqueline Bolton who was working with our theater collections. Dr. Bolton was here working on a project coordinated by the University of Reading and the Victoria & Albert Museum, London. We are very pleased to offer this additional feature to our photocopy/reproduction service.