The Department is made up of three meta-collections: General Rare Books and Manuscripts, the University Archives, and the Jean Byers Sampson Center for Diversity in Maine.
Osher Map Library and Smith Center for Cartographic Education at the University of Southern Maine enables free public access to and engagement with five centuries of cartographic materials via University
The Gateway to Digital Collections provides online access to thousands of selected, digitized materials in all formats. These special collections are made available by the UMS Libraries, in collaboration with other campus units, and in partnership with other cultural institutions in Maine.
