History of Libraries Research Seminar, University of London. Open to all. Sponsored by @IES_London @ihr_history @CILIP_lihg @Warburg_News
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Join us online or in person on Tuesday 6 October 5.30pm BST @Warburg_News. Alex Laar's topic is A ‘Revolutionary’ at Lincoln College, Oxford? The seventeenth-century Arminian library of Gilbert Watts (d.1657). Booking info: bit.ly/ArminianLibrary. Image: bookowners.online/Gilbert_Wa…
ALT Armorial stamp of Gilbert Watts
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We've got a soft spot for a library-based Autumn fashion campaign. In 1972 it was strong purples and bold prints... our 2026 collection features sharply tailored suits, head-turning faux fur jackets, eye-catching coats and chunky jumpers in the season’s new shades.
ALT Colour photo of two female models in a library wearing bright purple, blue, pink and printed clothing.
ALT Colour photo of a female model in a library wearing a grey tailored suit and faux fur jacket.
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Library books overdue by 116 years returned in 'excellent condition' bbc.in/4imwVOg
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Here’s me on the history of Libraries — and there’s lots more in my new @Harvard_Press book …. piped.video/r3GKoMBRHqc?si=Wj4O… via @YouTube
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Join us online or in person for our seminar on Tuesday 2 June 5.30pm BST @Warburg_News. Ellen Werner's topic is 'Early modern cultures of reading in North West England' using case studies from Manchester's Chetham’s Library. Info: bit.ly/ReadingInNorthWestEng…. Image: @chethamslibrary
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Top Ten Endangered Buildings 2026
Former Library and Mechanics Institute, Devonport
Grade II, A, Norman, 1843-44
Read more: bit.ly/3P47tkd
Photo: The Victorian Society
#TopTen26 #endangeredbuildings #listedbuildings #heritage #architecture #Devon #Devonport
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Join us online for our next seminar on Tuesday 5 May 5.30pm BST. Jérémy Delmulle’s topic is The Library of Saint Augustine: Between History and Legend. All welcome. Information & booking: bit.ly/LibraryOfSaintAugusti…. Image: The Trustees of the British Museum: britishmuseum.org/collection…
ALT Woodcut of St Augustine of Hippo in bishop's garb, holding a book on which a heart pierced by an arrow is resting; the Christ Child holding a spoon; with leaf ornaments against black ground in upper corners; illustration to an unidentified publication. Date of production: 1490-1520.
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Woodside Library was gifted to the people of Dudley by the Earl of Dudley in 1894.
Full story: bbc.in/4bimW8M
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Library book returned more than 60 years late bbc.in/478XRKL
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P.R. Harris's comprehensive history of the British Museum Library from 1753-1973 has been digitised and is now freely available online - all 883 pages of it! More info and link here: bl.uk/stories/blogs/posts/a-…
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Join online or in person on 3 March 5.30pm
@Warburg_News. Emmeline Ledgerwood's topic is The National Lending Library for Science & Technology & its collection of Russian scientific literature in Cold War Britain: bit.ly/NationalLendingLibrar…. Image: British Library Corporate Archive
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Happy New Year! For this month’s Council’s Choice, Julia King highlights the Medieval Libraries of Great Britain database, which aims to list every manuscript and printed book associated with an institutional library during the Middle Ages:
bibsoc.org.uk/councils-choic…
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Wishing everyone a happy Christmas and New Year, from all at the History of Libraries Research Seminar. Image: Brixton Library libraries.lambeth.gov.uk/-/b…
ALT Brixton Library in the snow.
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Libraries are the ❤️ heartbeat of our lives. We're loving this miniature recreation of the former Crumpsall & Cheetham Library as it was in 1950s for a library lover who met her husband there @macinnes_neil @MancLibraries @GMLibraries @cilip @libsconnected bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m0…
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Explore the history of the library on the hill. Our virtual self-guided tour lets you step back in time to see what the library looked like over a century ago when it was a home. Learn about the building’s architectural features and original décor.
brandlibrary.stqry.app/
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All welcome (online & in person) to our seminar on Tuesday 2 December, 5.30pm GMT @Warburg_News. Tracy Cosgriff’s digital humanities topic is ‘Reading in a Renaissance Pope’s Library: The Bibliotheca Iulia Instaurata’. More info at: bit.ly/RenaissancePopesLibra…. Image: Vatican Museums
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All welcome (online & in person) to our seminar on Tuesday 4 November, 5.30pm @Warburg_News. Dr Jason McElligott's topic is 'Books for Old Soldiers. The Pensioners' Library at the Royal Hospital Kilmainham, 1833-1929'. Info: bit.ly/BooksForOldSoldiers. Image: heritageireland.ie/places-to…
ALT Courtyard of Royal Hospital Kilmainham.
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The late Cormac McCarthy “built his life on books.” So what was in the author’s personal library? Books, rooms of them, maybe 20,000 volumes, many annotated, on quantum physics, whale biology, violins, men’s suits... And a dead bat. Take the tour. smithsonianmag.com/arts-cult…
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Manchester was the first to open a free public library after the Public Libraries Act passed 175 years ago.
Manchester Central Library are celebrating with a free exhibition on our proud history of public libraries. 📚🐝
Find out more at orlo.uk/6Kw0h
@MancLibraries
ALT A trio of exhibition boards at Manchester Central Library.
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All are welcome (online & in person) to our seminar on Tuesday 7 October, 5.30pm. Sophie Coulombeau will be discussing classicist, author, critic, educator, clergyman & thief Charles Burney (1757-1817). More info here: bit.ly/LibrariesAndDelinquen… @SMCoulombeau @Warburg_News
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