3 Sep 2024
Our #LibraryOfTheWeek is the Thomson Reading Room at the University of St Andrews (@StAndrewsUniLib). Situated in the category B listed 'Martyrs Kirk', built in 1926, the reading room retains the building's original Gothic features and stained glass.
ALT Interior of a library in a gothic church building. Book stacks and stained glass windows.
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11 Jun 2024
Our #LibraryOfTheWeek is the library of the London School of Theology (@lstsilentchapel).
The library is housed in a building which was once an Anglican chapel, and is entirely silent. The space has a painted ceiling with medallions decorated with gilt paint.
#LOTW @LSTheology
ALT Bookshelves in a light library, with a stained glass window and gilt ceiling.
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23 May 2024
Our #LibraryOfTheWeek is @natlibscot.
Step into the beating heart of Scottish culture at the National Library of Scotland!
#LOTW #NationalLibraryofScotland #UK
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21 May 2024
Our #LibraryOfTheWeek is @natlibscot.
The National Library of Scotland is one of Scotland's national collections. It is among the largest libraries in the United Kingdom.
#LOTW #NationalLibraryofScotland #UK
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16 May 2024
Our #LibraryOfTheWeek is Bill Bryson Library at Durham University.
"Cathedral View" - an area on all four floors of the library which enjoys a view over the famous Durham Cathedral - is a particularly popular study area for students.
#LOTW @dulib
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14 May 2024
Our #LibraryOfTheWeek is Bill Bryson Library at Durham University in the UK.
Named after former chancellor and writer Bill Bryson, the library was most recently extended in 2012, with the addition of the East Wing and Atrium area.
#LOTW @dulib
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9 May 2024
Our #LibraryOfTheWeek is @chethamslibrary.
It contains collections of printed works from the 18th and 19th centuries, newspapers and journals, local history materials, broadsides, and ephemera.
#LOTW
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7 May 2024
Our #LibraryOfTheWeek is @chethamslibrary.
Chetham's Library in Manchester, England, is the oldest free public reference library in the English-speaking world. The library has almost 100,000 printed books, with 60,000 published before 1851.
#LOTW #Chethamslibrary #UK
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30 Apr 2024
Our #LibraryOfTheWeek is the King James Library at the University of St Andrews (@StAndrewsUniLib), which opened in 1642. The first library in St Andrews was opened by King James VI and I of Scotland and England in 1612, after whom this library is named. #LOTW
ALT 1: Library of the Week - King James Library, Scotland. 2: a light library, with floor-ceiling bookshelves, white book cabinets, a balcony, and reading tables.
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26 Apr 2024
🥔There is a book for everything, isn't there? The Lafourche Parish Public Library gets a shout-out today for proving that with this spud-tacular booklist, made in LibraryAware (m.ebsco.is/ugFLs), featuring books for kids! 🍠#LibraryOfTheWeek #MadeInLibraryAware
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23 Apr 2024
Our #LibraryOfTheWeek is @TheJohnRylands.
The John Rylands Research Institute and Library is a late-Victorian neo-Gothic building on Deansgate in Manchester, England. The library's main collection consists of approximately 40,000 rare books.
#LOTW #TheJohnRylands
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16 Apr 2024
Our #LibraryOfTheWeek is the McFarlane Library of Magdalen College (@MagdLibAndArch) at the University of Oxford. The McFarlane Library is in the Cloisters of Magdalen College and overlooks the college quad. #LOTW
ALT Library of the Week. Magdalen College. United Kingdom. Interior shot of a room with a long wooden table, crammed bookshelves, and gothic windows.
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4 Apr 2024
Our #LibraryOfTheWeek is the Library of the Labour Movement, which holds nearly 100,000 items and is part of the Helsinki University Library catalogue. The library fosters social research by collecting open access texts, digitizing older titles, and running public events. #LOTW
ALT Interior shots showing visitors attending a talk and bookshelves. The library's logo - an open book in a red triangle.
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21 Mar 2024
Our #LibraryOfTheWeek is the library of King’s-Edgehill School (@kingsedgehill). Originally part of King's College, which moved to Canada after the American Revolutionary War, this library’s history and historic architecture make it an atmospheric place to study and read! #LOTW
ALT Photocollage with a title card reading Library of the Week: King's-Edgehill School, Canada. Photographs show students working at tables, a grand piano, and a spiral staircase.
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20 Mar 2024
Our #LibraryOfTheWeek is Braidense National Library in Milan, Italy! Open since 1786, it's a haven of cultural exchange. The Maria Theresa Room, created by Giuseppe Piermarini in 1785, is at its heart
#BraidenseLibrary
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19 Mar 2024
Our #LibraryOfTheWeek is the library of King's-Edgehill School (@kingsedgehill), in Nova Scotia, Canada. This library was built in 1863 and holds over 10,000 books, along with school archive collections, a grand piano, and two spiral staircases. #LOTW
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13 Mar 2024
Our #LibraryOfTheWeek is the Biblioteca d’Arte at the Castello Sforzesco, Milano.
The medieval Castello Sforzesco was restored in the 20th century by the Milanese architect Luca Beltram. The library’s collection includes resources on arts, museology, design, and fashion. #LOTW
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25 Feb 2024
#FLNLibrary #LibraryOfTheWeek
Free Libraries Network is a collective of grassroots organisations & practitioners that build, run and advocate for Free Libraries. Libraries that guarantee equal access for all, to reading, learning & information resources. Continue Reading 👇
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16 Feb 2024
#FLNLibrary #LibraryOfTheWeek
Free Libraries Network is a collective of grassroots organisations & practitioners that build, run and advocate for Free Libraries. Libraries that guarantee equal access for all, reading, learning & information resources.
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10 Jul 2023
NEW blog post from our #Library of the Week – the wonderful @UoNLibraries!
Read more about their welcoming library spaces, amazing collections and materials, Manuscripts and Special Collections, the @UniofNottingham Museum and so much more:
libraryservices.jiscinvolve.…
ALT Image of the Djanogly Learning Resource Centre on Jubilee Campus at the University of Nottingham.
ALT Image of the George Green Library on University Park at the University of Nottingham.
ALT Image of the University of Nottingham Museum of Archaelogy.
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