The Library has acquired a number of important Western and Asian language formed collections from scholars and bibliophiles. These collections include:
- Australian Buddhist Library Collection
- Braga Collection (Portuguese in Asia)
- Claasz Collection (Sri Lanka)
- Coedes Collection (Indo-China)
- Harold S. Williams Collection (Japan)
- London Missionary Society Collection (China)
- Luce Collection (Burma)
- Mauritius Collection (Mauritius & Indian Ocean)
- McLaren-Human Collection (Korea)
- Otley Beyer Collection (Philippines)
- Sakakibara Collection (Japan)
- Sang Ye Collection (China)
- Simon Collection (East Asia)
