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Special Collections (often abbreviated to Spec. Coll. or S.C.) is the name applied to a repository, sometimes within a public or academic library, that houses rare or old materials including books, theses, incunabula, handwritten manuscripts, archives, photographs, audio-visual materials, and other documents.

The principal purpose of a Special Collections department is to keep said material safe and secure and to make them accessible to interested researchers. The material is often 'non-circulating' and ideally should be stored in stacks where the room temperature and moisture in the air are carefully monitored.

Special Collections departments are most always managed by a professional librarian, archivist, or curator. Other staff are often called upon to conduct physical restoration, preservation, (or 'conservation') of books and manuscripts.

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Archives - Archive of San Francisco State University, the library also contains source materials relating San Francisco Bay area history, and the Marguerite Archer Collection of Historic Children's Materials.

Company: Collections: Library - Contains rare works on archaeology, history, art, geography, Quaternary geology, Carl Linnaeus and cartography.

Museum - A collection of materials about performing arts including dance, music, and theater, with an emphasis on the San Francisco Bay area.

18th Century Reading Room - Collection of letters, maps, documents, books, music, engravings, and other materials from Europe and the Americas ranging from the sixteenth to the nineteenth centuries.

An Gorta Mor: The Great Hunger Archive - Collection of books and art about the Irish famine, including digitized handwritten pages from the Board of Guardians meetings in Killarney.

artment of Special Collections - Special collections department houses several unique collections ranging from religion to politics. Works date from the 13th-20th centuries.

ASU Special Collections - Collection of rare books, manuscripts, and numerous special-interest collections centered around particular persons or topics of interest to scholars. Located at Arizona State University.

Balson Holdings Family Trust - Historical collections including politics, maps, coins, bank notes, and African artifacts.
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Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library - Features one of the few original, remaining Gutenberg Bibles, a sunken sculpture garden and translucent marble windows. Located on the campus of Yale University.

Bibliotheca Alexandrina - Includes materials in a variety of languages plus a special collection of United Nations resources.
Meta Description: [ The Bibliotheca Alexandrina is a place of learning, dialogue and tolerance. It includes six specialized libraries, three museums, seven research centers, two exhibitions, six art galleries, a planetarium, an Exploratorium and a conference center”>