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The History of Libraries seminar at the Institute of Historical Research

School of Advanced Study, University of London

Oct 5, 2015 LATEST EPISODE
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Private collections and public libraries in ancient book culture

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 5, 2015

Institute of Historical Research Private collections and public libraries in ancient book culture Professor Greg Woolf (Director , Institute of Classical Studies, University of London) The history of ancient libraries has traditionally be wr...

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The Archival Research Library in the West: from the Alexandrian Library to the Present Day

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 20, 2013 61:43

Ian Willison, C.B.E. (Institute of English Studies) 9 November 2013 History of Libraries Institute of Historical Research

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Adaptees aux milieux canadiens-francais et catholiques: Educating Librarians to be Censors at the Universite de Montreal, 1937-61

Play Episode Listen Later May 6, 2013 33:58

Institute of Historical Research Adaptees aux milieux canadiens-francais et catholiques: Educating Librarians to be Censors at the Universite de Montreal, 1937-61 Geoffrey Little (Concordia University Libraries) The narrative of North America...

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Seventeenth-Century Library Benefactors Books in Oxford Colleges: Some Examples and Some Uses

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 4, 2013 62:34

Institute of Historical Research Seventeenth-Century Library Benefactors Books in Oxford Colleges: Some Examples and Some Uses Dr William Poole (New College, Oxford) This talk will concern the rise of the genre following the opening of the Bo...

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'The necessity of clear expression' home-grown writing, organisational learning and the library staff magazine in Britain in the first half of the twentieth century

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 2, 2012 38:17

Institute of Historical Research 'The necessity of clear expression' home-grown writing, organisational learning and the library staff magazine in Britain in the first half of the twentieth century Professor Alistair Black (University of Illinoi...

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The Invisible Library; Books, Book Rooms and Inventories at a Northamptonshire Manor House

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 5, 2011 33:24

Institute of Historical Research The Invisible Library; Books, Book Rooms and Inventories at a Northamptonshire Manor House Mark Purcell (National Trust) First founded as an Augustinian Priory in the twelfth century, Canons Ashby was for over...

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The Cambridge History of Libraries in Britain and Ireland - Five years on: a review - Ian Willison

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 10, 2011 11:28

Institute of Historical Research The Cambridge History of Libraries in Britain and Ireland - Five years on: a review Ian Willison (CBE) Peter Hoare was not there at the very beginning but not long after – in fact he became editor very soon ...

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The Cambridge History of Libraries in Britain and Ireland - Five years on: a review - Peter Hoare

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 10, 2011 44:31

Institute of Historical Research The Cambridge History of Libraries in Britain and Ireland - Five years on: a review Peter Hoare (Nottingham) Peter Hoare was not there at the very beginning but not long after – in fact he became editor very...

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Libraries at risk

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 29, 2010 40:50

Institute of Historical Research Libraries at risk Professor David McKitterick (Trinity College, Cambridge) Several recent cases have drawn attention to the fragility of libraries as we know them - both large and small. In a world of changing...

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