Last updated: 26 July 2010 
Macmillan Brown Library , University of Canterbury
About Macmillan Brown Library , University of Canterbury
The Macmillan Brown Library is the University of Canterbury's research collection of New Zealand and Pacific Islands materials. It is located in Te Ao Mārama: the Māori and Pacific Studies Building, on the northeast side of the campus, on Arts Road.
The Macmillan Brown Library is custodian of nearly 4 kilometers of archives and manuscripts which includes some 50,000 photographs, 100,000 architectural drawings and thousands of hours of audio visual materials. An increasing amount of the material held by the Macmillan Brown Library is in digital format.
The Macmillan Brown Library also holds a core collection of 100,000 books, pamphlets and periodicals.
We have 12 collections in The Community Archive (with a total of 1398 items) »Facilities and services
Contributor type:
- Educational institution
- Special/research library or institution
Archive types:
- Voluntary group archives, clubs, societies, etc.
- Religious archives
- Business archives
- Art or literature
- Military records
- Personal papers
- School records
- Other educational records
- Māori archives
- Central government records
- Pacific Islands archives
Charges:
None
Visitor information
Opening hours:
Monday to Friday 8.30am to 5.00pm. Saturday (academic year only) 1.00pm to 5.00pm.
Onsite parking:
No. Readers may park in the Macmillan Brown Centre car park, opposite the Macmillan Brown Library building (parking coupons available from the Library service desk)
Physical access:
Restrictions apply to some records. The University Library Archivist is available from 8.30-5pm Mon-Fri. At least 24 hours prior notice is advisable before visiting.
Contact details
Contact person:
Address:
Ilam Rd.
Ilam
Christchurch
Ilam
Christchurch
Postal address:
The Library, University of Canterbury
Private Bag 4800
Christchurch 8020
Private Bag 4800
Christchurch 8020
Phone number:
- +64 3 3642987
Fax number:
- +64 3 3642816
Website address:
