Contact and request: Special collections

You can request all material in our special collections. To consult the material, you need to book the library's special reading room. Older books can also be digitised through Ebooks on Demand (EOD).

Request material and ask questions

All material in our special collections are available and can be requested. Please contact the Section of Archives and Special Collections to request material from our special collections or ask questions about our special collections.

The library's contact form
Phone: +46 90 - 786 65 71

How to book the special reading room

We will notify you when your requested material is ready, usually the next working day. In the notification, you will also receive a booking code for the material you have requested. Please use this code when booking a seat in the special reading room to consult the material.

Book the special reading room

Order copies of material

If you are unable to visit the library, you can contact us to order copies from our special collections.

It is free of charge to order copies if the material consists of 1-4 pages.

Older books can be digitised through Ebooks on Demand (EOD)

Books printed up to and including 1930 can be ordered as a digital copy through Ebooks on Demand (EOD), if copyright and the physical condition of the material allow it. The books are then digitised in their entirety.

Digitisation via EOD is free of charge for employees at Umeå University.

How to order digitisation of older material

Temporary facilities while the library is being renovated

Large parts of the University Library are currently undergoing renovation. This means that the usual facilities for archives and special collections are not accessible, but our services are available as usual.