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Book collection - reference and lending library

The AFU reference and lending library was the first part of the AFU collection that started in 1975. Since then, thousands of book loans have been distributed, mainly by post, to AFU supporters in Sweden. Due to sharply rising postage rates in recent years, the library is now more of a reference library, where copies of books and documents are preserved for the future.

The book collection comprises more than 5.700 titles/editions/documents (2006). It is our aim to save 1, 2 or even 3 copies of each UFO-related title published anywhere in the world. We are, of course, very far from that goal, but any donation to make our collection more complete is most welcome. 

AFU publishes an annual acquisition list since 1984. Since year 2000 the lists are only available on the internet. If interested in previous lists, printed on paper, please contact us by email or by writing to AFU, P.O. Box 11027, S-60011 Norrkoping, Sweden. A PDF document presenting the entire AFU book library - sorted by title - is now available for download (menu on the right).

In the acquisition lists each new title is classified by one or more Ufocodes. You will also find another main section where books are classified and listed by the main Ufocode applied to each title.

A detailed database is available, and includes ISBN numbers and a field to indicate the number of copies available at AFU for each edition of a title, to help plan future  acquisitions. The complete database will eventually be posted, in searchable format, on this web site. We hope this will happen during year 2006.

For some of the more recent book acquisitions, this year, please view our Recent donations & recent acquisitions subsections from the main index page. 

The new AFU library, opened in June 2002, has ample space for new books in the shelves, and also for new book shelves on the floor.