Heythrop Library

A theology and philosophy collection

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Author: Amelia Leventhal

  • Second officer’s log #1

    Training new crew members (or in our case, work experience volunteers) comes with its own trials and tribulations. In my case, as Second Officer but primarily Cataloguer, I am tasked with breaking down cataloguing to its basic and most simple form. I have discovered that this can be way more difficult than it sounds! I…

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  • Our Journals : Biblische Zeitschrift

    In Our journals we introduce you to all our journals; currently, there are over 140 live journals we subscribe to. If you would like to explore this series, please click on https://heythroplibrary.co.uk/tag/our-journals/.  Title of journal  Biblische Zeitschrift Published since  1957  ISSN  0006-2014 (print) & 2589-0468 (online) Held at the Heythrop Library since  1998  Our catalogue record  https://hey.koha.openfifth.net/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=43022 Subject(s) covered  Theology and…

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  • Appreciating unconventional rare books

    It is common to think that the only ‘rare’ books in the Heythrop Library collection are pre-1800 or early print books. While this is partially true, some books are ‘rare’ because of their uniqueness and what they can teach us about scholars’ research. I recently encountered an interesting book from 1911 while cataloguing a group…

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