Reference Collection
The library houses a major reference collection of occupational therapy literature and resources, including books, government literature, College publications, reports, journals, videos and grey literature (material not published by commercial publishers).
College Publications
The library holds a complete set of College Publications and aims to collect newsletters and publications of the COT Specialist Sections and COT Special Interest Groups. A number of these publications are available to purchase. See the Publications section for more information.
Journals
The library holds over 60 journal titles relevant to occupational therapy, including a complete run of the British Journal of Occupational Therapy from 1938 and other major international titles such as the American Journal of Occupational Therapy, The Occupational Therapy Journal of Research, and The Australian Occupational Therapy Journal.
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Updated April 2007
Theses and Reports Collection
The Theses Collection was begun in 1979 with the first College Fellowships (FCOT). These were originally established to enable occupational therapists to pursue higher research into occupational therapy when they could not be accepted onto University courses. The collection now holds over 400 items and has grown into the national collection of unpublished dissertations and work-based, evaluative reports produced by occupational therapists. As such it forms an important part of the 'grey literature' of the profession in the United Kingdom.
The diverse titles, subjects and methods reflect the richness of the profession. There is a reference collection, which is available to all visitors to the College Library, and a loan collection, which is restricted to UK members of the British Association of Occupational Therapists (BAOT).
Assessment / Outcome Measures Reference Collection
The library has a growing collection of assessments / outcome measures and a number of textbooks on assessments / outcome measures, which are available for reference only in the library. Due to copyright restrictions these proprietary outcome measures cannot be photocopied. The College has produced Outcome measures: information pack for occupational therapy, which is a directory of assessments and outcome measures used by occupational therapists. This is available to buy. Please see the Publications section for more information.
Archive
The archive of the British Association / College of Occupational Therapists as an organisation is held at Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine. If you wish to view the full archive, please contact Annie Lindsay at the Wellcome on 020 7611 7293. The archive of the Scottish Association of Occupational Therapists is not currently available for public viewing.
Historical collection
The College is developing a collection on the history of occupational therapy, which includes books, journal, theses and photographs. If you wish to access the collection, please contact the library.
Donations
We are always looking for material to add to our collections and we are especially interested in material for the the historical collection. When you are clearing out your bookshelves and files please contact the library before throwing away any old OT books or reports. We are also interested in photographs, posters, pamphlets and objects. Please contact the librarian on 020 7450 2316 or library@cot.co.uk
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