Special Collections

About the team

• We currently look after over 500 named collections and are continually acquiring new collections.
• You can access all these collections through our three reading rooms (at the Rylands, Main Library and Ahmed Iqbal Ullah RACE Centre at Central Library).
• You can search all the collections through our catalogues online.
• We provide collections-based support to all researchers and learners
• We offer a number of events and exhibitions open to all which showcase materials from the collections.

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  Christopher Pressler

  University Librarian and Director of The John Rylands Library