Special Collections Request System
Welcome to UCLA Library Special Collections. All first-time users must create an LSC User Account. This account allows users to:
Before you create an LSC User Account account, you must read and agree to adhere by our policies for access and use of LSC materials. For general questions please visit our FAQ.
The majority of LSC's holdings are stored off-site at the Southern Regional Library Facility and researchers must request materials in advance using your LSC User Account. Requests must be made 2 business days in advance of your visit; additional time is needed for for collections that contain audiovisual or archival materials. Please see our FAQ for more information.
Due to space constraints, the following paging limits are enforced:
Library Special Collections (LSC) materials are available for use by all members of the public who are eighteen years of age or older with valid ID. University of California (UC) students, faculty, and staff receive primary consideration and non UC-afilliated researchers may occasionally be asked to reschedule a research visit LSC's collections due to lack of reading room space.
LSC materials do not circulate and may only be consulted in the Ahmanson-Murphy reading room.
Manuscript collections and archival records may contain sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations. Researchers are advised that the disclosure of certain information pertaining to identifiable living individuals without the consent of those individuals may have legal ramifications (e.g. the use of libelous statements or the invasion of privacy) for which the UCLA Library assumes no responsibility.
Our Collections and Description Policies as well as our Access and Use Policies are listed in our FAQs about LSC Policies regarding collections, description and access.
I agree to the extent permitted by law and subject to the limitation of any applicable insurance coverage to indemnify, defend and hold harmless the UCLA Library, its agents, officers, directors, employees, representatives, associates, and affiliates and each and all of them against all claims, demands, costs and expenses incurred by copyright infringement or any other legal or regulatory cause of action arising from the use of these photographs of the Library's materials, whatsoever, whether or not groundless, which may arise directly or indirectly, for which no permission or authorization was granted.
I have read and understood the policies and regulations above of UCLA Library Special Collections and agree to abide by their terms and conditions. I also understand that if I do not adhere to these policies, my privileges as a reader may be revoked.
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