The Special Collections reading room serves patrons interested in materials from the University Archives, the International Dada Archive, the Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry, and materials from Rare Books, Manuscripts, and Maps. To access materials from any of these repositories, please consult the information found on this Visitor’s Guide.

While the Special Collections & Archives department does include the Iowa Women’s Archives, materials from IWA are to be accessed at the IWA reading room, which is located down the hall from the Special Collections reading room.