Tag: library history

  • Google Map with a marker on where the Heythrop Library is, next to Mount Street Gardens. Celebrating 100,000 views in August 2026.

    Captain’s log #8

    Captain’s log. 4 September 2026. As the Library has just turned 100, a slightly longer Captain’s log might be in order. The Library’s 100th is measured from the point of it being called Heythrop (College) Library, and your captain is coming up to his anniversary (21 September 2021, when he took his seat at the…

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  • Cataloguing treasures : autumn 2024

    While cataloguing books the past few weeks I have been pleased and at times surprised to find various bits of ephemera within their pages. These treasures range from the meaningful to the ridiculous.

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