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Shields Library is closed through January 1. Requests for books, digitization services, and interlibrary loan will be fulfilled after the new year.

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Home to the library’s rare and unique materials

Archives and Special Collections welcomes students, faculty, visiting scholars and members of the general public to explore the Library’s rare books and pamphlets, manuscript collections, photographs, the University Archives, and the Map Collection. The Department’s major purposes are to acquire these materials, make them available for use, and preserve their integrity for future generations.

Visitor Information

Plan a visit, request materials, get directions and get questions answered before you arrive. 

Plan Your Visit

Collections

Rare books, pamphlets, manuscripts, photographs, university archives, maps and more.

Explore Collections

Find and Request Materials

Familiarize yourselves with our policies, locate materials, and request access and/or duplication of items via the Aeon Request System.

Get Materials

Class Visits

Special Collections welcomes collaboration with instructors from UC Davis and outside of campus to provide hands-on learning experiences.

Plan a Class Visit

Exhibits and News

Explore online and in-person exhibits curated by Archives and Special Collections and keep up with the latest news from the department, including exciting new acquisitions, special events, and highlights from our collections.

Exhibits

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News

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Today’s Hours

Closed 12:00 pm – 1:00pm

Map Collection
Appointment required. Schedule an appointment here.

Contact Archives and Special Collections

If you have any questions or requests, please send us an email or leave a voicemail and we’ll get back to you as quickly as possible.

speccoll@ucdavis.edu
530-752‑1621
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Inclusion and Equity

Archives and Special Collections fully supports the Statement on Inclusion and Equity in Special Collections, Archives, and Distinctive Collections in the University of California Libraries:

“We acknowledge historical absences in library collections, including those of the University of California Libraries. We will develop practices that counteract a paradigm of racist, sexist, and white-centered collecting, description, instruction, and access. Metadata, digital exhibits, and archival descriptions in particular have disadvantaged communities of color, limited points of subject-based access, and contributed to a culture of exclusivity and inequity…”

Read the full statement