Special Collections

• Collection of scientific literature dating from the middle of the 15th century to the beginning of the 20th century

Head Dr. Meda Diana Hotea: +41 44 632 93 07
rara@library.ethz.ch

• Central facility for permanent preservation, and description of records of archival value from all organisational units of ETH Zurich and of the ETH Board
• The official records are complemented by actively taking over material from private ownership

Head Christian J. Huber: +41 44 632 07 04
archiv@library.ethz.ch

• Preserves, describes and makes available photographic collections and photographs in personal papers.
• Preserves, describes and makes available film and audio material from private collections and events taking place at ETH Zurich

Head Nicole Graf: +41 44 632 80 81
Questions on using the resources: +41 44 632 07 97
bildarchiv@library.ethz.ch

• Topographical and subject-based maps from the 20th and 21st centuries with scientific-technical content
• Atlases and books, relief maps and globes, CD-ROMs
• Swisstopo geodata and orthophotographs

Head Nicole Graf: +41 44 632 80 81
Questions on using the resources: +41 44 632 43 84
maps@library.ethz.ch

• Scientific reports, printed or on microfiche
• Other microform documents: dissertations, conference proceedings, scientific journals, newspapers and periodicals from the 17th to the 20th centuries on roll film, security filming of at-risk books and collections of formulae and tables from the stock of the ETH-Bibliothek

Head Dr. Meda Diana Hotea: +41 44 632 93 07
Questions on using the resources: +41 44 632 45 58
reports@library.ethz.ch

Since August 2007, the collection of literature on cable-car technology has been on long-term loan to the training centre of the Swiss Cable-Car Association (SBS) in Meiringen.

• The digitization of documents of the Special Collections is constantly proceeding.
• For reasons of conservation, most documents are only available for consultation in the Special Collections Reading Room.
• To consult documents of the Archives and Private Collections or the Image Archive please announce your visit in advance.

• Study spaces for customers working with documents from the Special Collections.
• 4 public workstations for users of the Special Collections (personal login required)
• 1 ArcGIS workstation: ArcGIS Desktop, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator
• 1 public workstation with electronic overview grids (Toporama)
• 3 readers for microfiche and microfilm
• 1 colour copier A3
• 1 black and white copier A2
• 1 flatbed scanner A3