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British Library. Asia, Pacific & Africa Collections

The Department of Asia, Pacific & Africa Collections is the focus within the British Library for collecting and providing access to material relating to all the cultures of these regions.

The department of Asia, Pacific & Africa Collections of the British Library is responsible for the British Library's holdings in the languages of Asia and of north Africa as well as for books in Western languages, covering the humanities and social and political sciences, published in Asian, African and Middle Eastern countries and in Australia and New Zealand. Apart from its vast library collections, the department also houses the archives of the India Office Library and Records, which reflect the territorial interests and activities of the East India Company and the India Office, and include literature and documents on India, Pakistan, Burma, Bangladesh and neighbouring countries, Iran and the Gulf states, South Africa, St Helena, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, China and Japan.

Opening Hours:
* Mondays 10.00am-5.00pm;
* Tuesdays-Saturdays 9.30am-5.00pm.

Accessibility: see British Library entry.

Parent organisation: British Library.