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Physical library and archives

The Commonwealth's physical library and archives are in Marlborough House in London. They contain publications by and about ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½, as well as historical documents. 

To see items that are not available online, please make an appointment to visit Marlborough House via e-mail.

Commonwealth publications

The ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½â€™s publications are a key part of the organisation’s mission to work as a trusted partner for all Commonwealth people as a force for peace, democracy, equality, and good governance; a catalyst for global consensus-building; and a source of assistance for sustainable development and poverty eradication.

The vast majority of our publications are fully open-access, and from mid-2023 our new resources will be accessible from the  on this site. Our publishing archive covering 1969–2023 is hosted in our standalone .

Print copies of selected books and documents published by the ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½ are available for purchase from our distributor, the Mare Nostrum Group. See the for more information.

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The Commonwealth also publishes Information Technology for Development, a leading international journal for social and technical research on the effects of information technology on economic, social and human development; and the Commonwealth Cyber Journal, which explores the benefits, challenges and risks of contemporary digital technologies.

Commonwealth image library

The ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½'s image library on Flickr holds 1000s of photos from around ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½.

You can download and use photos as long as you credit the ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½.