The UK’s Foreign and Commonwealth Office Library has been acquired by King’s College London, where it is now housed in the Foyle Special Collections, Maughan Library, Chancery Lane, London. For more information, go to: http://www.kcl.ac.uk/iss/spec/news.html.

The collection includes large quantities of Australian material, most of which has now been catalogued. King’s College London also houses the Menzies Centre for Australian Studies.

To see a sample of the Australian material in the FCO collection:

1.      go to http://library.kcl.ac.uk/ALEPH/-/start/kings

2.      Click on Advanced Search (left column)

3.      Put ‘Australia’ in Subject field

4.      In Subset drop-down box select ‘Special Collections’

5.      Press Submit

6.      Over 600 items should appear.

More information on the Collection can be found at http://www.kcl.ac.uk/iss/spec/.