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 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

[Manchester City Council @ManCityCouncil]

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 https://t.co/UfRVE1ejyW

@MancLibraries

[History of Libraries @HistLibraries]

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: https://t.co/J4CBBRJsjv @SMCoulombeau @Warburg_News

[Gwyn Davies @Gwynstato]

interested in #Swansealibrary history ?
Local studies librarian Gwilym Games
is giving a talk at 2pm Wed.16 July
'150 years of Library history' in
Theo's Coffee Shop, in Mumbles
@Discovermore @SwanseaCouncil @LibrariesWales @MumblesCouncil @Mumbles @Mumbles_RFC @SwanseaMAD

[The Warburg Institute @Warburg_News]

In this conversation, Giles Mandelbrote joins Andrew Hui, the author of 'The Study: The Inner Life of Renaissance Libraries' to explore the studiolo as a space of solitude, scholarship, and danger.

Book: https://t.co/KV8h5D9vzo

16 June 2025, 6 - 8pm |📍Warburg Institute

[Iowa State University Foundation @isufoundation]

In celebration of Parks Library’s centennial this year, explore a virtual exhibit celebrating the history of the library (@isu_library). Take a tour of the collection here: https://t.co/8wGWg38HBk