Special & Area Studies Collections
Our department is home to substantial holdings of rare print, maps, archives, and manuscripts, as well as interdisciplinary collections pertaining to geographical, national or cultural regions. Our materials and personnel advance the University’s research mission and spark the minds of its students.
what’s new
Missing Pieces – Tracing a Twice-Lost Text
A fragment of an early printed book tells the shifting stories of titles and texts.
New Coffey Residency Fellows Announced
SASC welcomes Denise Bookwalter and Paul Shortt as its sixth and seventh artists in residence for the Coffey Residency in Book Arts.
1821 – The Americanization of Florida
In 1821, Florida became a US territory. A new exhibit looks at the peoples and cultures who lived there.
WWII Comics and the Panama Canal
As part of the war effort, comic illustrators and their young audiences imagined the Panama Canal as a site of subterfuge.
New Video
A panel discussion on the changing interpretation and enduring significance of Fort Mose, first free Black settlement in the present-day United States.
our spaces
Reading Room Hours
For holiday and intersession hours please see, https://ufl.libcal.com/hours..
Map & Imagery Library (First Floor)
8am – 7pm Monday – Thursday
8am – 5pm Friday
2pm – 10pm Sunday
Email mapsref@uflib.ufl.edu for research assistance.
Grand Reading Room (Second Floor)
9am – 6pm Monday – Thursday
9am – 5pm Friday
Email special@uflib.ufl.edu for research assistance and to make a research appointment.
Judaica Suite (Second Floor)
Without Appointment: 9am – 4pm Friday
By Appointment, email rjefferson@ufl.edu
LACC Reading Room (Third Floor)
8am – 7pm Monday – Thursday
8am – 5pm Friday
2pm – 10pm Sunday
Email lacref@uflib.uflib.ufl.edu for research assistance.
our department & building
Our Department
Who We Are
We promote, preserve, and grow our collections to create new knowledge from old.
Our Building
Smathers Library
A landmark of learning on the UF campus.
contact us
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Special and Area Studies Collections Faculty and Staff
