UCT Libraries

The Institute of Child Health Library caters for academics and students at the Red Cross War Memorial Children’s Hospital, South Africa’s leading centre for post-graduate specialist paediatric medical and surgical training.

There are many rare and valuable books in the various subject-focused sub-collections in Special Collections.

Our published collections include African studies books, films, maps, newspapers, government publications, rare and Antiquarian books, and pamphlets.

Special Collections is the preservation library and archive of UCT Libraries, with an array of rare holdings in a range of formats.