The library own several collections of cultural-historical value and engage in extensive digitisation activities to make these collections more available for research.
A significant part of books from our special collections has been digitised. It is books from the 15th century and forward containing for example travelogues, cookery books, mathematics and so forth. More books will be added.
Older laws and regulations
Umeå University Library has digitised a significant part of the main sources for the older government announcements (the so–called “årstrycket”). It is more than 30 000 pages of regulations, statutes, decrees and parliamentary decisions.
Umeå University Library has digitised the public announcements of Västerbotten County for the years 1896-1932 and Västernorrland County for the years 1888-1932. Through the announcements, it is possible to follow the emergence of modern society at the provincial level.