Due to ongoing HVAC work, Library Special Collections' physical spaces remain CLOSED through winter quarter 2022.
(Additionally, Library buildings are open only to valid Bruin-card holders and are closed to the general public. We will update this page once we know more.)
eDelivery & General Reference
LSC's new eDelivery service provides limited low-resolution access images to remote users.
- To place an LSC eDelivery request, please email LSC staff at spec-coll@library.ucla.edu.
- To submit a general reference question, please email LSC staff at spec-coll@library.ucla.edu.
Scanning & AV Digitization
We also facilitate limited, outsourced, high-resolution scanning services and AV digitization. For more information, or to request a copy of LSC materials in the Digital Library, please email speccoll-duplication@library.ucla.edu.
Instruction Support
To request remote instruction support using Library Special Collections materials, please submit an instruction request to speccoll-instruction@library.ucla.edu.
- Be clear about what we know, how we know it, and what we don't know
- Embrace baseline description as a tool to improve the discoverability of all our materials
- Demonstrate an understanding that description is a continuous and necessarily iterative endeavor
Read more about our past and current approaches to description: Toward Ethical and Inclusive Descriptive Practices in UCLA Library Special Collections.
About the Library
Most questions you may have about using our materials are answered at
