The reading room is open by appointment only,  Monday and Tuesday from 9am - 12pm and from 1pm - 4pm.

Please check the calendar to make an appointment.

UCSF Archivist
Polina Ilieva
Email
Phone: (415) 476-1024

Assistant Archivist
Margaret Hughes
Email
Phone: (415) 476-8112

University of California special collections departments participate in a program to lend rare materials between the UC libraries. Patrons can request special collections materials from another UC campus via the interlibrary loan request system in Melvyl. Requests will be reviewed by the head of special collections at the lending library, on a case-by-case basis, to determine the rarity and condition of the item. Requests will be filled only if they can be met without damaging and/or endangering rare and unique materials. Materials loaned are generally non-manuscript materials in the form of books, pamphlets, serials, and microform. Requests may be filled by the provision of facsimile copies. Loaned rare materials must be used under supervision in the special collections reading room of the borrowing campus

The policy on access and use is intended to foster open intellectual inquiry within the context of the law, government regulation, institutional policy, and the ethics of the health and archival professions. It observes several guiding principles:

• Respect for open intellectual inquiry
• Protection of rights to privacy and proprietary information
• Respect for donor agreements and institutional policy
• Adherence to pertinent regulatory and legal codes
• Preservation and maintenance of archival materials