Hours:
Monday-Friday, 9am-5pm
Saturday-Sunday, closed
Appointments are not necessary, but researchers are encouraged to contact us in advance of their visits so that relevant materials may be retrieved prior to their arrival.

NOTE: the reading room closes at 4:45 p.m. when the library closes at 5:00 p.m.
[For library hours, click here: Current Library Hours ]

Location:

The Mary & Harry L. Dalton Rare Book & Manuscript Reading Room is on the 10th Floor of the J. Murrey Atkins Library.
Directions to UNC Charlotte and to the J. Murrey Atkins Library

Reading Room Policies

UNC Charlotte students, faculty, and staff, as well as other academic researchers and the public, may use Special Collections upon registration and presentation of a valid photographic identification card (driver's license or university ID) at the Special Collections Reference Desk.
Special Collections staff assist patrons in locating books, documents, manuscripts, maps, photographs, and other material, as well as access to the UNC Charlotte Archives, the information source for the University's history. In some cases, staff may direct you to other sources in Atkins Library and outside the University.

Photocopy and Duplication Requests

Duplication of materials is determined on a case by case basis. All
requests must be approved by staff based on copyright status, conditions
of materials, and any restrictions. All duplication will be completed
by Special Collections staff.

Copyright

The materials in Special Collections are freely available for private study, scholarship or non-commercial research under the fair use provisions of the U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, United States Code).

Any use beyond the provisions of fair use, including but not limited to commercial or scholarly publication, broadcast, redistribution or mounting on another web site always require prior written permission and may also be subject to additional restrictions and fees.

UNC Charlotte does not hold literary rights to all materials in its collections and the researcher is responsible for securing those rights when needed. For Copyright information on specific collections please contact the Special Collections Department, spec-coll@uncc.edu.

Credit Statement When using materials from the collection, please clearly acknowledge the source by using the following statement:

Full name of the Collection, Special Collections Department, Atkins Library, University of North Carolina at Charlotte.

If the materials were found on the web site, please include the URL of the web page on which they were found and the date retrieved.