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
Previous contributors
- Julian Allen (until 30 April 2025)
- Naomi Hart (until 1 February 2025)
- Katherine Vinten (until 15 February 2026)
Below are displayed the last 6 blog posts:
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Work Experience Reflection: Zoe, UCL
I was fortunate enough to enjoy a 2 week work placement with the Heythrop Library team in April/May this year. Arranged by the UCL Library and Information Studies department, I had asked for a placement which would have lots of variety and that is precisely what I got. It is a common misconception that librarians…
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Sorting out the Popes!
This is not an attempt to criticize the Catholic Church or the Popes. It is merely a data quality project. Please let me explain this further. Every catalogue record should have so-called “authorities”, these are bits in the record which are highly-controlled forms of a name or a subject; if we do our job properly…
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Subject list : Spirituality 1
This is another instalment in a series of us providing subject lists of (post-2000) books we have added in the last seven 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 added in…
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Our Journals : Bulletin de littérature ecclésiastique
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 Bulletin de littérature ecclésiastique Published since 1899 ISSN 0007-4322 (print) Held at the Heythrop Library since 1901 Our catalogue record https://hey.koha.openfifth.net/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=43031 Subject(s) covered Theology, philosophy, Canon law,…
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Donation highlights #1
In Donation highlights we introduce you to specific collections the Heythrop Library has received as a donation, and that we have added to our holdings. Each post will focus on a different donor, and the books they have kindly gifted to us. In this first post in the series, we are highlighting books from the…
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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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