@histlibraries.bsky.social
History of Libraries Research Seminar, University of London. Open to all. Sponsored by the Institute of English Studies, Institute of Historical Research, Warburg Institute, and CILIP Library & Information History Group.
Our next talk!
Francesca Galligan on 'Sir Christopher Hatton and his books: reconstructing an Elizabethan library.'
How and why do we reconstruct historic libraries?
Thurs 12th February, 5:15 pm T.S. Eliot Theatre, Merton College, Oxford (+ online via Zoom - register secretary@oxbibsoc.org.uk)
Happy New Year! For this monthβs Councilβs 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-cho...
Brixton Library in the snow.
Wishing everyone a happy Christmas and New Year, from all at the History of Libraries Research Seminar. Image: Brixton Library libraries.lambeth.gov.uk/-/brixton-li...
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Join us in London on 5 Dec 2025 for CERLβs Seminar at Guildhall Library (guildhalllibrary.bsky.social)! Explore how Europeβs founding library collections continue to shape research today.
With support from @abararebooks.bsky.social!
Register: secretariat@cerl.org
Livestream coming soon!
All welcome (online & in person) to our seminar on Tuesday 2 December, 5.30pm GMT @warburginstitute.bsky.social. Tracy Cosgriffβs digital humanities topic is 'Reading in a Renaissance Popeβs Library: The Bibliotheca Iulia Instaurata'. More info at: bit.ly/RenaissanceP.... Image: Vatican Museums
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Courtyard of Royal Hospital Kilmainham.
All welcome (online & in person) to our seminar on Tues 4 November, 5.30pm @warburginstitute.bsky.social. Jason McElligott's topic is 'Books for Old Soldiers. The Pensioners' Library at the Royal Hospital Kilmainham, 1833-1929'. Info: bit.ly/BooksForOldS.... Image: heritageireland.ie/places-to-vi...
28.10.2025 14:06 β π 7 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0Did you know the @rcphysicians.bsky.social lost nearly its entire library in the Great Fire of London?
Storyteller Vanessa Woolf @londondreamtime.bsky.social
has created a fabulous story all about the library, join us Mon 27 Oct to discover more!
Bookπ history.rcp.ac.uk/events
#BodyOfKnowledge
Celebrating 50 years since the conversion of one of Oxford's most iconic buildings into one of its most beautiful libraries @lincoln.ox.ac.uk (Yours truly also in the slideshow getting very excited showing things from the historic collection.)
lincoln.ox.ac.uk/news/lincoln...
Public library anniversary exhibition
Manchester celebrating public libraries - 175 years since the Public Library Act
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New merch alert! ποΈπ
Celebrate Guildhall Library's 600th anniversary with our new tote bag and postcard.
Tote bag - Β£5
Postcard - 40p
Both are ready for purchase at the Library.
Book cover: Reading with the Burneys: Patronage, Paratext, and Performance, by Sophie Coulombeau.
All 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/LibrariesAnd... @sophiecoulombeau.bsky.social @warburginstitute.bsky.social
24.09.2025 19:54 β π 4 π 2 π¬ 1 π 2The Reading Room at Cambridge University Library in 1934 and 2025. Which era do you prefer?
#CambridgeUniversityLibrary #OldPhotos
Images:
1. Photograph of the Reading Room in 1934 (Cam.bb.934.7)
2. Photograph of the Reading Room taken in 2025
Entrance to the exhibiton featuring a large sign saying Guildhall Library 600
A view of the cases and the wall panels
Two of the display cases holding 14th and 15th century manuscripts and printed books.
A selection of the books on display, Top left, modern illuminated manuscript, the Chronicles of France from 1399, a 16th century chained Bible, A tiny 19th century dictionary, John Stow's Survey of London, and the Library's oldest book, an 800 year old Bible! Our only book owned by the original library 600 years ago!
Please share! Our new FREE exhibition celebrating 600 years since the founding of Guildhall Library is up! Opening Monday! It'll be open Mondays-Thursdays 10-4 as well as Saturday 20th for Open House! Includes the history of the original library, medieval manuscripts and early printed books!
12.09.2025 16:46 β π 9 π 4 π¬ 0 π 0Hello world! We're the History of Libraries Research Seminar, University of London account. Sponsored by the Institute of English Studies, Institute of Historical Research, Warburg Institute, and CILIP Library & Information History Group.
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