Historic Libraries Forum

Bringing together and supporting historic libraries

[Historic Libraries Forum @HistLibForum]

Registration for our conference is now open - we hope to see you there! https://t.co/4icmGwPGNQ

[Historic Libraries Forum @HistLibForum]

Our next conference will be at SOAS Library in London on Monday 4 November. The theme will be security in historic libraries. We'll release the programme and open registration soon - sign up to our mailing list for further announcements! https://t.co/SbUMFiazg7

[Historic Libraries Forum @HistLibForum]

History Day 2024 is a brilliant (and free!) opportunity to discover library, archive and museum collections from across the UK #HistDay24

[Institute of Historical Research @ihr_history]

With History Day 2024 right around the corner, History Day intern Katherine reflects on planning the event and what to look forward to at #HistDay24. Read the new blog at https://t.co/6szezaDGI7 and keep signing up (for free!) to #HistDay24.

What will you discover? #HistDay24

[Historic Libraries Forum @HistLibForum]

Tickets for our hybrid conference at SOAS on security in historic libraries are selling well. Registration for in-person attendance closes on Monday 28 October - don't miss out! Online tickets also available. https://t.co/4icmGwP8Yi

[Historic Libraries Forum @HistLibForum]

Tickets for our hybrid conference at SOAS on security in historic libraries are selling well. Registration for in-person attendance closes on Monday 28 October - don't miss out! Online tickets also available. https://t.co/4icmGwP8Yi

[Historic Libraries Forum @HistLibForum]

Registration is now open for @WellsCathedral1 symposium "The making of a medieval library - books & reading, teaching & learning at Wells Cathedral in the Middle Ages", 27-28 October:
https://t.co/LfGl5XN9Nd

[Hereford Cathedral @HFDCathedral]

Have you booked your place for Library Treasures: Unexpected Worlds on Thursday 24 October?

To find more information and book your place, visit our website: https://t.co/5MESTMCB15

[Reading the Room @_readingtheroom]

Reading the Room is a new John Fell funded project @UniofOxford exploring what it means to engage with books in a heritage setting, models of interpretation + engagement in libraries & complicating understandings of heritage libraries. https://t.co/W0RDnGp3q5
@ResearchNT

[Gladstone's Library @gladlib]

“Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a flower.”
― Albert Camus

The colours are turning around Hawarden. When the sun shines in just the right way, the leaves light up like stained glass windows.

[Historic Libraries Forum @HistLibForum]

Our next conference will be at SOAS Library in London on Monday 4 November. The theme will be security in historic libraries. We'll release the programme and open registration soon - sign up to our mailing list for further announcements! https://t.co/SbUMFiazg7

[St Davids Cathedral Library /Llyfrgell y Gadeirlan @StDavCathLib]

VERY busy in @StDavidsCath Library this afternoon. Lovely to share our Rare Books collection with visitors from #Italy #Germany #SouthAfrica #Cardiff #Llandaff

& show visiting choir Ferrabosco Singers our Tomkins part books

& so to #ChoralEvensong 6pm
Clucas, Sumsion, Howells

[AMARC @AMARCmss]

Curious about the types of projects we fund?

Check out our 'Past grants' page on our website:
https://t.co/7ENi2BfZP1

Next grant deadline 📅 1 November

[RCP museum @RCPmuseum]

While we’re closed for summer maintenance works, our rare books librarian @girlinthe has been surveying some of the books in the Dorchester Library. 📚🧵

[ZSL Library @ZSLLibrary]

Happy #WorldOysterDay and #MolluscMonday🦪
Chromolithographs of Great Barrier Reef oysters in "The Great Barrier Reef of Australia" by William Saville-Kent, 1893.

[Historic Libraries Forum @HistLibForum]

A chance to see a special display of books from St Paul's Cathedral Library, alongside other activities.

[St Paul's Cathedral @StPaulsLondon]

Book now for our Summer Late on 8th Aug, with spotlight songs from @stpaulschoir's Vicars Choral, talks, expert craft demos, art, and Christian mindfulness. Experience our famous Whispering Gallery and Geometric Staircase in the evening, too!

Book here: https://t.co/eAJsqvjqCa

[St Davids Cathedral Library /Llyfrgell y Gadeirlan @StDavCathLib]

#DiwrnodRhyngwladolMenywod
#InternationalWomensDay
Coloured plates by Augusta Withers "Flower Painter in Ordinary" to Queen Adelaide & Queen Victoria, in "The Botanist" by Maund & Henslow 1878.

Augusta's name does not appear on the publication.
Displayed 2pm-4pm in our Library.

[Norfolk Heritage Centre @NorfolkHC]

This Saturday! Free drop-in event! Join us for 'Bound to Impress: Creativity and the Book', showcasing the skills of printers, book-binders and designers down the centuries.

📅Sat 2 March
⏰10.30am-1pm

#EarlyPrintedBooks

https://t.co/3PxsLxZI2T

[🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Leighton Library, Dunblane 📚 @LeightonLib]

That's more of the scaffolding now down this week from Dunblane's historic Leighton Lubrary, revealing more of the marvellous restoration work which has been going on over the past year. Thanks to Tom Astbury for these photographs.../🧵👇

[The Portico Library @ThePortico]

We're #hiring: want to steer the Portico Library's transformational Reunited project supported by @HeritageFundUK as our new Project Manager?

Get to know the project and the role: https://t.co/IHrymc9RX4

Deadline: Friday 1 March, 12 noon

[Innerpeffray Library @Innerpeffray]

Call for papers! @IndieLibraries Facing the Future conference @ @morrablibrary . We would love to welcome you and help to share your stories about the wonderful world of Independent Libraries! https://t.co/e2seBsLtKo

[Exeter Cathedral @ExeterCathedral]

Tune in to BBC Radio 4 on Tuesday 23 January at 1:45pm to listen to Ian Hislop's Oldest Jokes, featuring The Exeter Book from his visit to the #ExeterCathedral Library and Archives. Listen at https://t.co/xQ7Lx3JlZ6. #1000YearsOfWonder @BBCRadio4 @CofEDevon @ExeterCityofLit