Introduction
Part 1. Discovering collections
1. Understanding objects in special collections
Part 2. Collections management
2. The care of special collections
3. Emergency planning for special collections
4. Acquiring and developing special collections
5. Cataloguing, description and metadata in special collections
6. Digitisation and digital libraries in special collections
Part 3. Managing public access
7. Legal and ethical issues in special collections
8. User services in special collections
9. Marketing and communications in special collections
10. Widening access to special collections
11. Using special collections in education
Part 4. Governance and resources for special collections
12. Special collections spaces
13. Managing special collections people
14. Influencing and fundraising for special collections
Afterword. Special collections futures?
Appendix A. The special collections reference shelf
Appendix B. Skills for your special collections career
Appendix C. Latin and palaeography.