About the Libraries
CCP Library
Research & Assistance
Center for Creative Photography's Polaroid Library is part of the Fine Arts Library although the majority of the collection is in the CCP building .
The Center for Creative Photography's Polaroid Library is one of the world's greatest collections of photographic materials. It holds more than 26,000 volumes on the history of photography along with more than 100 periodicals, rare books, and the personal book collections of photographers such as W. Eugene Smith. Visitors can also study the Library's Vertical Files, which are packed with exhibition announcements, press clippings, and other biographical information on collection photographers. Of special note is an exceptional collection of nearly 1,000 artists' books that use photography, hundreds of hours of videotaped lectures at CCP by photographers and oral histories related to photography that can be screened in the Library video viewing room, and a rare book room.
CCP Library Collections
The CCP Library is open limited hours .
During hours when the Fine Arts is open and the CCP library is closed, its circulating collection will still be available to customers through a paging system .
Most, but not all items from these libraries are accessible via paging. Items may be paged from the following collections:
Photography Circulating Collections
Photography Bound Periodicals
Photography Videos
CCP Library Collections Located in the Fine Arts Library
Photography Reference Collection
Collections available only at the CCP Library
Photography Rare Books
Photography Current Periodicals