Contact Information

• Name:

  University of Zambia Library, Special Collections

• Postal Address:

  P.O. Box 32379
  Lusaka
  Zambia

• Location:

  Great East Road Campus

• Telephone:

  (260) 1-250845

• Facsimile:

  (260) 1-253952 or 250845

• E-mail:

  cmwafulilwa@library.unza.zm, cmwafulilwa@yahoo.com

• URL:

  http://www.unza.zm/library/special.htm

• Director:

  Mrs. Celine Mwafulilwa, Acting Head, Special Collections Division

• Year founded:

  1969

Collections

• Type of repository:

  Library

• Types of source material:

  Government records
  Grey literature
  Maps
  Music
  Newspapers
  Oral histories
  Personal papers
  Photographs
  Sound recordings
  

• Size:

  315 sqm

• Holdings:

  The Special Collections Division holds government documents, newspapers on microfiche, staff research papers, theses and dissertations and rare books. Materials on Zamiba in general and of other countries in Eastern and Southern Africa. The collection also houses some manuscripts and recordings. The oldest information date back to the 15th century.

• Receiving new material?

  No

• Languages:

  English
  

Access Conditions

• Access conditions:

  University researchers and students have automatic accessibility to the Division. Researchers from other institutions need to be affiliated to the University of Zamiba and through this provision they will be allowed to use the information resources in the Library

• Access restrictions:

  None for authorized individuals.

• Finding tools:

  Card catalogs
  Electronic catalogs
  Inventories
  

• Copier available?:

  No

Repository publications: