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Melitensia Special Collection
“A nation’s treasure here to explore.”
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What is our mission?
The mission of Melitensia Special Collection is to collect, safeguard, and
provide access to library materials and artifactual items documenting the
social, cultural, economic, historical, medical and scientific aspects of the
Maltese islands.
The main objective is to support the course programmes of the University of
Malta by preserving its past and by providing source materials which will
further scholarship and research.
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What to find in our collection
• Monographs and reference works
• Periodicals
• Dissertations
• Audiovisual material
• Cartographic material
• Newspapers
• Government publications and other grey literature
• Various prints and reproductions
• Ephemera
• Artefacts
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Services offered by us
• Research assistance
• Online Public Access Catalogue (OPAC)
• Print and Online Dissertations
• Issuing and returning books
• Self-service photocopying machines
• Colour photocopying
• Self-service scanning
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Reference Works and Periodicals
Reference works are found
under shelf-marks MZ1-MZ5.
Examples of these works are:
• yearbooks
• dictionaries
• bibliographies
• statistical publications
• biographical dictionaries
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Periodicals published in Malta
(both
current
and
archival) are found under the
shelfmark MZ6.
A subject index to periodical
articles since 1983 can be
found at the back of the
Malta National Bibliography
for the corresponding year.
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Dissertations
A vast range of dissertations are available in this department. You may
search for print and online dissertations by degree from the Online
Catalogue (OPAC) by using the Browse facility. The dissertations with the
URL icon are available in electronic format and may be accessed from
workstations in the said department. Print dissertations are available on
request. The Melitensia collection also embraces foreign dissertations of
Maltese interest. This material is strictly subject to intellectual property
rights legislation.
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Circulation of Melitensia Material
•A special form has to be filled for each item required
•In those cases when multiple copies of books are available, patrons are
allowed to borrow the item for a period of three weeks. Books can be
renewed or reserved at the Melitensia circulation desk or online.
• Periodicals, newspapers and rare and out-of-print items may not be
borrowed from the library.
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Things to remember
• Always present your student or identity card upon request for all Melitensia
holdings.
• Do not leave any Melitensia books on the counter unattended.
• On returning any item to the loans desk, make sure that the request form
has been cancelled in your presence as proof that the item has been returned.
In case of returning a book issued on the computer, please make sure to get a
return slip. The return slip is a proof that the book has been returned.
• Works in use are the responsibility of the user and should not be transferred
from one person to another.
• It is not permitted to make photocopies from bound newspapers, the
Government Gazette, reference copies and other old material. Very restricted
photocopying is allowed in Melitensia, however we encourage the use of
cameras and other digital material.
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Photocopying
Black and white photocopies of material can be produced in the Library by
utilising the photocopying card that can be purchased from the Circulation
Desk or the Melitensia.
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For further information you are welcome to
contact us by calling on telephone number
2340 2314 or by e-mail
melitensia.lib@um.edu.mt
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