Welcome to the Heythrop Library blog. This blog covers a broad range of subjects, from behind-the-scenes information to discoveries in the collection to reflections from the librarians.
You can also explore all posts written by each contributor, by clicking on their name:
Current contributors
- Alison Felstead
- Clemens Gresser
- Laura Johnson
- Amelia Leventhal
- Jane Stevenson
- Sophia Venable
- Katherine Vinten
Previous contributors
- Julian Allen (until 30 April 2025)
- Naomi Hart (until 1 February 2025)
Below are displayed the last 6 blog posts:
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A series problem
About 10 days ago we had an enquiry arrive in our inbox, which almost made my heart stop. Well, not really, but I know if someone asks about a serial in our collection (whether a scholarly journal or a magazine) this could spell trouble, or at least some cumbersome detective work. Indeed, we recently have…
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Subject list : Jesuitica 1
This is another instalment in a series of us providing subject lists of (post-2000) books we have added in the last six months (since 1 October 2025, the beginning of our financial year). The list is sorted by date of publication. We hope that these lists will help to share what we have bought or…
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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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Give to gain : International Women’s Day 2026
You might ask why a man is writing about International Women’s Day (IWD), why the heading is “give to gain”, and what qualifies me as a librarian to write about it on this blog. I’m not going to overpromise here, but my organisation, The Jesuits in Britain, are interested in social justice, not “only” through the Jesuit Fund for Social Justice, but in many other activities and works,…
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Work experience February 2026
For my sixth-form college’s work experience week, I decided to undertake a placement at Heythrop Library, where I gained an insight into what a librarian’s role at a specialist library looks like. During the week, I was immersed into the world of librarianship as I undertook a variety of tasks. These ranged from more typical…
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100,000th record – revisited
We recently catalogued the 100,000th record on our library system, and this was a news item on the Jesuits in Britain web page! The record is a volume of multiple, themed issue of the Concilium journal …
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