The Maps and Atlases Library

The Maps and Atlases Library is one of the most comprehensive libraries of its kind in the region, with a growing collection of more than 2,600 printed maps and travel publications, manuscripts and digital media in a wide range of languages. Due to its visual appeal and varied collection, this library is sure to enthrall and entertain academic, professional and casual visitors alike.

You'll find the Maps and Atlases Library located on the First Floor of the building, next to the Young Adults Library and opposite the Media and Arts Library. Although no items are allowed to be checked out of this library, you are free to browse the main collection and remove maps and atlases from the shelves to view in the reading spaces provided.

Our collection includes many different printed and digital formats, such as atlases and travel books, modern and classical travel narratives, large format folded and flat maps, digital copies of current and historical maps. You will also find a variety of modern travel guides from publishers such as Bradt, Fodors, Frommers, Monocle, Lonely Planet and Rough Guides.

Due to the fragile nature of some of our older and rarer maritime, celestial and terrestrial maps and atlases, there are also items stored in the Special Collections Library or on display in the Treasures of the Library exhibition on the Seventh Floor.