History of art collections in Edinburgh University Library. Main Library The main collections of history of art books and journals are held in the Main Library at George Square and are particularly strong in Classical, Chinese, Indian and Islamic art. Current lending stock (standard loan and short loan) and reference books for the subject are shelved by Library of Congress (LC) classification shelfmarks N-NX. Older lending stock (standard loan) is shelved by Dewey number .07 onwards. Main Library The following link gives full details of the locations of all of the Main Library's collections: Locations of collections Edinburgh College of Art (ECA) Library The ECA collection consists of some 65,000 books and 300 periodical subscriptions along with DVDs, maps, slides and artists' books. ECA Library supports learning, teaching and research in architecture, landscape architecture, architectural history, history of art, and art and design. Edinburgh College of Art Library Art and Architecture Library The Art & Architecture Library holds a collection of books on art, art history and theory, which largely duplicates part of the Main Library collections. Art and Architecture Library This article was published on 2024-08-21