The historical collections which formed part of the Foreign Office, Colonial Office and Commonwealth Relations Office libraries have recently been transferred to Kings College London.

This ensures that these important collections will become readily accessible to the research community in due course. Kings College are currently sorting and cataloguing the collection which consists of circa 50,000 volumes. Processing such a sizeable volume of material is expected to take some time, although it is hoped that parts of the collection will be released incrementally from August 2008, possibly sooner. Until further notice you should be aware that King's College London will not be able to answer enquiries about specific items within the library.

The former India Office Library collection is located at the The British Library (Asia, Pacific and African Collections).