Reading room Locations & Guidelines

When visiting the reading rooms, all researchers using Archives & Special Collections materials must register. University of Nebraska students, faculty, or staff are asked to show their university i.d. cards. Non-university researchers are asked to provide another form of photo identification.

The collections held by Archives & Special Collections contain rare or unique items. To protect our collections we ask our patrons to observe the following guidelines.

• Please provide valid photo identification.
• Use only pencils. If you do not have a pencil one will be provided.
• Food or drink are not allowed in the reading room.
• Be careful not to let laptops, notebooks or other objects rest on top of books, manuscripts, or archival materials.
• Do not attach items to or mark the materials. Paper slips are provided to flag a page in a book or a document in a folder.
• Please use one folder from a box at a time and maintain the existing order within each folder and box.
• When selecting documents to be photocopied, copy slips are provided to identify the items.
• Cotton gloves are provided for handling photographs and other items as necessary.
• Archive staff reserves the right to examine the researcher's briefcase, bags, notebooks, or any other personal property before a patron or researcher leaves the reading room.
• Patrons are requested to use cell phones outside of the reading room.