Special Collections is open to students, staff and researchers of the University of Pretoria, as well as to members of the public, for research purposes and visits.
Clients must request material from the staff member on duty who will collect it for them.
Information resources may not be taken out and may only be consulted in the Special Collections Reading Room.
Information resources are not available for interlending, but may be available for digitisation on request.
Sections of information resources may be scanned or photocopied within the limits of copyright law provided there is no danger of the process damaging the item.
Valuable material may be consulted by clients under the supervision of the staff member on duty and clients may be requested to handle the material in a specific way.
The use of digital cameras is allowed.
Please only use a pencil when taking notes from a Special Collections book.
Please do not use Post-Its, sticky notes or any type of adhesive flag when marking pages in a Special Collections book or journal.
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