General Information Hours Staff and Phone Numbers Getting to Special Collections General Overview of Special Collections Guides to the Collections Collection Highlights Rules for use of Special Collections Materials Photocopying/Reproduction Policy and Fees Interlibrary Loan between UC campuses The Department of Special Collections comprises six units: Rare Books and Named Collections, Manuscripts, California Ethnic and Multicultural Archives (CEMA), Performing Arts Collection, UCSB Oral History Program, and the University Archives. Rare Books is responsible for printed material in all formats, including monographs, serials, newspapers, pamphlets, reports, broadsides, maps, microfilm and fiche, and the reference collection. Manuscripts is responsible for manuscript and archival collections, including paper materials, photographs, film and videotape, slides, audiotapes, various artistic media such as silkscreens, electronic records, and artifacts/realia (accepted very selectively). CEMA contains manuscript collections relating to the experience of African Americans, Asian Americans, Chicano/Latino, and Native Americans in California, with emphasis on social history, including literature and the visual and performing arts. Performing Arts includes material relating to music, dance, theater, and related areas, with extensive audiovisual holdings, particularly historical sound recordings. The UCSB Oral History Program conducts interviews which support the general established collecting areas of Special Collections. The University Archives acquires official university records of permanent value and other materials documenting the development of the institution, including papers of faculty and administrators. Page maintained by: CEMA. Last modified: 10/04/07 08:19:47 Direct questions or comments about this page to the author or to the Web Administrator. This is an official University of California, Santa Barbara Library web page.