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...

Manchester celebrating public libraries - 175 years since the Public Library Act

New merch alert! 🛍️🎉

Celebrate Guildhall Library's 600th anniversary with our new tote bag and postcard.

Tote bag - £5
Postcard - 40p

Both are ready for purchase at the Library.

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

The 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

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!

Hello 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.