History of Libraries

History of Libraries Research Seminar, University of London. Open to all. Sponsored by @IES_London @ihr_history @CILIP_lihg @Warburg_News

[History of Libraries @HistLibraries]

Join us online or in person on Tuesday 3 November 5.30pm GMT @Warburg_News. Our expert panellists will discuss the changing fashions for Sir Francis Bacon, from private collections to institutional research libraries. Info: https://t.co/2pDKdeVgd5. Image: @ExploreWellcome.

[History of Libraries @HistLibraries]

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: https://t.co/uKBp2VWAQ0. Image: https://t.co/LbSWryqWwc

[M&S Archive @MandSHeritage]

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.

[BBC Wales News @BBCWalesNews]

Library books overdue by 116 years returned in 'excellent condition' https://t.co/Q8OHrkma8Q

[William Whyte @william_whyte]

Here’s me on the history of Libraries — and there’s lots more in my new @Harvard_Press book …. https://t.co/q7Pd7r4blf via @YouTube

[History of Libraries @HistLibraries]

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: https://t.co/33roIw1hf1. Image: @chethamslibrary

[The Victorian Society @thevicsoc]

Top Ten Endangered Buildings 2026

Former Library and Mechanics Institute, Devonport

Grade II, A, Norman, 1843-44

Read more: https://t.co/vknYKg7Y20

Photo: The Victorian Society

#TopTen26 #endangeredbuildings #listedbuildings #heritage #architecture #Devon #Devonport

[History of Libraries @HistLibraries]

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: https://t.co/iGuT4WdmhS. Image: The Trustees of the British Museum: https://t.co/6pMe5rfue0

[BBC Birmingham & Black Country @bbcwm]

Woodside Library was gifted to the people of Dudley by the Earl of Dudley in 1894.
Full story: https://t.co/Za0tPBojIL

[BBC Tees @BBCTees]

Library book returned more than 60 years late https://t.co/4ATDR7N5ws

[BL European @BL_European]

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: https://t.co/7YdyqMGpJY

[History of Libraries @HistLibraries]

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: https://t.co/75o2Tpx01x. Image: British Library Corporate Archive

[The Bibliographical Society @BibSoc]

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:

https://t.co/6AkX1Q6cqM

[History of Libraries @HistLibraries]

Wishing everyone a happy Christmas and New Year, from all at the History of Libraries Research Seminar. Image: Brixton Library https://t.co/6MCoThaAEM

[Archives+ @archivesplus]

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 https://t.co/rJa2cmuI0D

[Brand Library @brandlibrary]

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.
https://t.co/TFNXutJCy0

[History of Libraries @HistLibraries]

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: https://t.co/SncJCx9wA0. Image: Vatican Museums

[History of Libraries @HistLibraries]

@gillianneale1 @Warburg_News Thanks for the thumbs up @gillianneale1. Very glad you could join us.

[History of Libraries @HistLibraries]

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: https://t.co/O8SPRzpuCj. Image: https://t.co/aEneeUOi8e

[Manuscript Society @ManuscriptSoc]

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. https://t.co/FEILfBQlW8