The Head of Special Collections is Dr Jill Whitelock (Associate Director).
For information on visiting the Library to consult Special Collections material, please see Visiting Special Collections and address general enquiries to specialcollections@lib.cam.ac.uk.
There is more information on the collections on the webpages of the relevant departments. For more specialist enquiries, please use the email addresses and phone numbers below.
Archives & Modern Manuscripts (including University Archives)
Tel: +44 (0)1223 333117 Email: specialcollections@lib.cam.ac.uk
Bible Society collections
Tel: +44 (0)1223 333075 Email: bslib@lib.cam.ac.uk
Chinese collections
Tel: +44 (0)1223 333038 Email: chinese@lib.cam.ac.uk
Japanese & Korean collections
Tel: +44 (0)1223 333155 Email: japanese@lib.cam.ac.uk
Maps
Tel: +44 (0)1223 333041 Email: maps@lib.cam.ac.uk
Music
Tel: +44 (0)1223 333077 Email: music@lib.cam.ac.uk
Near and Middle Eastern collections
Tel: +44 (0)1223 766368 Email: near_eastern@lib.cam.ac.uk
Rare Books
Tel: +44 (0)1223 333122/333123 Email: rarebooks@lib.cam.ac.uk
Royal Commonwealth Society collections
Email: rcs@lib.cam.ac.uk
South Asian, Tibetan and Southeast Asian collections
Email: specialcollections@lib.cam.ac.uk
Taylor-Schechter Genizah Research Unit
Tel: +44 (0)1223 333122/333129 Email: genizah@lib.cam.ac.uk
Image credit: Gutenberg Bible (Inc.1.A.1.1[3761.1–2])