Forthcoming libraries
Copac currently contains the catalogues of the RLUK member libraries plus an increasing range of special libraries, other specialist databases and collections.
In addition, the catalogues of the following libraries will be made available on Copac in the future. Most of the catalogues will be added thanks to the Copac Challenge Fund. This is an initiative jointly funded by the Research Libraries UK (RLUK), the Research Information Network (RIN) and the British Library.
The library collections of the British Museum provide an invaluable research resource that supports the study of the rich history of human cultures represented by the museum's object collection. The British Museum Library catalogue includes material held in all 10 of the Museum's Libraries; Ancient Egypt and Sudan, Anthropology (the Library of the Department of Africa, Oceania and the Americas), Asia Department, Coins and Medals, Conservation and Scientific Research, Greece and Rome, Middle East, the Paul Hamlyn Library (the Museum's public library), Prehistory and Europe, and Prints and Drawings. These libraries have different levels of accessibility. The Anthropology Library and the Paul Hamlyn Library are accessible to all visitors during opening hours, while the other departmental Libraries have restricted access. For further details please visit the museum's libraries and archives webpage.
The library is a specialist resource for the study of sculpture with particular strengths in British sculpture post-1875 and international modern and contemporary sculpture. The collection includes a significant collection of exhibition catalogues and rare materials, including limited editions, artists' books, ephemera and influential journals. The catalogue is being added as part of the Challenge Fund.
The Department of Printed Books at the Imperial War Museum is a
unique national reference library on twentieth century conflict involving Britain and Commonwealth countries. Although named
Printed Books, the collections include significant holdings of grey literature, maps, pamphlets, and ephemera, alongside printed monographs and periodicals. Among the very rare and unique holdings are a collection of 789 First World War German Unit Histories (in German), and a collection of over 2000 Luftwaffe Target Folders. These collections are being added as part of the Challenge Fund.
The Royal College of Music library has been collecting material relating to musical scholarship and performance since 1883. Their impressive special collections include large amounts of manuscripts and antiquarian imprints dating back to the 1520s. The library holds a large range of material including scores, librettos, literature relating to music and performance sets.
Copac currently contains records related to the 19th Century Pamphlet Collection. We will be loading records for their Special Collections which are particularly strong in the history of medicine and science, publishing and printing history, theology, philosophy, classics and literature and early agriculture and horticulture. The most well known collection is the Beckett collection which contains items by and about the writer and dramatist Samuel Beckett. The collections are being added as part of the Challenge Fund.
