Research > Special Collections

The Special Collections at LAU serves as a repository for collections relating to Lebanese social, cultural and intellectual life.

Mission

Its mission is to acquire, preserve and provide access to a wide range of primary research material in their original formats.

Objectives

The Special Collections are primarily devoted to:

1. Supporting the curricular and research needs of the faculty and students of LAU through archiving different types of material: rare books, journals, newspapers, photographs, yearbooks, annuals, manuscripts, maps, archives, ephemeral material, audio-visual materiel, special collections and a variety of other original material.
2. Extending access to the collections by making them available for public access.

Access and use

Special collections material is accessible primary online: http://contentdm.lau.edu.lb/.

Non-digitized special collections holdings do not circulate because of the rarity or value of the items and are maintained in closed stacks. To consult the original copies users can visit the Riyad Nassar Library (Floor 11) upon appointment with the responsible librarian (Monday- Friday 09:00-16:00).

Guidelines

Read the special collections guidelines.

Copyright

View the copyright statement.

Other archives

Browse the list of other archives we have access to.

Collections

• Tender Stitches - Ottoman Embroideries
• Les Peintres Du Liban
• Fuad Rifka
• Lebanese American University (LAU) photo archives