University of Maryland, College Park

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Contents 1 Address 2 Website 3 Telephone 4 Email 5 Schedule & hours 6 Working language(s) 7 Directions to the archive 8 Holdings 9 Research procedures 9.1 Access 9.2 Permitted and prohibited items 9.3 Document ordering and delivery 9.4 Photocopying, photography, microfilming 10 Key individuals 11 Practicalities 12 See also

[edit] Address

Hornbake Library College Park, MD 20742

Hornbake is the main special collections library on campus but other libraries also house special collections materials. Visit the website for more information.

[edit] Website

http://www.lib.umd.edu/special/

[edit] Telephone

Maryland Room in Hornbake Library: 301-405-9212 (See website to contact appropriate curator.)

[edit] Email

http://www.lib.umd.edu/archivesum/contact.jsp

[edit] Schedule & hours

Special collections departments and units may have their own unique hours. Visit the website or contact the appropriate curator.

Maryland Room in Hornbake Library hours: http://www.lib.umd.edu/mdrm/mdhours.html

[edit] Working language(s)

English

[edit] Directions to the archive

http://www.lib.umd.edu/mdrm/mddirections.html

[edit] Holdings

Special Collections at the University of Maryland hold many diverse collections including Archives and Manuscript materials, Digital Collections, Government Documents, Maps, Media Collections, Rare Books, and other special collections. To learn more please visit the website:http://www.lib.umd.edu/special/

ArchivesUM is a database to help researchers locate archival and manuscript collections at the University of Maryland Libraries. http://www.lib.umd.edu/archivesum/index.jsp

[edit] Research procedures

http://www.lib.umd.edu/mdrm/policies/index.html

[edit] Access

Researchers will be asked to sign in and present a valid photo id such as a driver's license, student id, or passport. Researchers are greatly encouraged to contact the appropriate curator in advance before visiting.

[edit] Permitted and prohibited items

(if possible, account for laptop computers, cameras, scanners, phones, pens and pencils, loose papers, and so on)

• Permitted: laptop computers, pencils, loose papers, cameras (with permission of curator only), scanners (with permission of curator only, phones (on vibrate only)
• Prohibited: pens

[edit] Document ordering and delivery

(how do you request documents? how many can you order at a time? how are documents delivered?)

[edit] Photocopying, photography, microfilming

(what are costs, permits, and page limits? how long do you have to wait?)

[edit] Key individuals

(give names of archive staff and other individuals who can help researchers)

[edit] Practicalities

(details on food, coffee, lockers, washrooms, transportation, internet access, and the like)

[edit] See also

(links to relevant websites and resources)