Repositories

  • Contact Information

    • Name:

      University of Dar es Salaam Library

    • Postal Address:

      PO Box 35092
      Dar es Salaam
      Tanzania

    • Telephone:

      +255 (51) 43241, 43640-5

    • Facsimile:

      +255 (51) 43241

    • E-mail:

      reference@lib.udsm.ac.tz

    • URL:

      http://www.udsm.ac.tz/

    • Director:

      Dr. Henry L. Mambo, Head, East Africana Collection

    • Year founded:

      1961

  • Collections

    • Type of repository:

      Library

    • Types of source material:

      Archival records
      Business records
      Government records
      Grey literature
      Manuscripts
      Newspapers
      Oral histories
      Personal papers

    • Size:

      245 sq metres (East Africana collection only)

    • Holdings:

      The East Africana collection, which is part of the University of Dar es Salaam main Library, houses various types of materials like old and new maps, Swahili manuscripts, Forsbroke Conservation Collection, Cory collection, newspapers (old and new), books and government publications on and about East African countries,Tanzania, Uganda and Kenya, periodicals, reports etc. Date range: 1800 to date.

    • Receiving new material?

      No

    • Languages:

      English (90%); Swahili (10%)

  • Access Conditions

    • Finding tools:

      Accession lists or registers
      Card catalogs
      Electronic catalogs

    • Copier available?:

      No

  • Repository publications: