Monday, September 29, 2008
Chetham's Library catalogue loaded
Chetham's Library was founded in 1653 and is the oldest public library in the English-speaking world. It holds more than 100,000 volumes of printed books, of which 60,000 were published before 1851. These include rich collections of sixteenth and seventeenth-century printed works, periodicals, broadsides and other ephemera, with strong collections in theology, history, law, medicine, and science.The Library defines its core collection as those works which were acquired from the 1650s up to 1851, but has actually acquired a lot of material since then, including the collection of John Byrom, shorthand writer and linguist; 3,100 broadsides and single-sheet publications; a collection of early maps; a variety of Scrapbooks containing rare ephemera; a significant collection of shorthand material; and c. 7,000 tracts and pamphlets of various dates.
The catalogue has been added as part of the Copac Challenge Fund.
Labels: challenge fund, database updates
Thursday, September 04, 2008
Society of Antiquaries of London catalogue loaded.
The Society's Library is the major archaeological research library in the UK. The Library's present holdings number more than 100,000 books and around 800 currently received periodical titles.It holds British county histories, a collection of eighteenth- and nineteenth-century books on the antiquities of Britain and other countries, and a wide-ranging collection of periodical titles (British and foreign) with runs dating back to the early to mid-nineteenth century.
A wide range of subjects is covered. The focus is on:
• British and European archaeology
• British record publications
• Architectural history
• Decorative arts
• Numismatics, heraldry and genealogy.
The catalogue has been added as part of the Copac Challenge Fund.
Labels: challenge fund, database updates
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