Written by Concetta La Spada, library tourist from Cambridge For how to contribute to Library Planet look here: https://libraryplanet.net/contribute/ In early July, I visited Manchester for the CILIP Conference. I had never been to Manchester and, during my free time, I could visit this city of such important history for the UK. During the Industrial Revolution…
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The Oxford Union Society Library – a walled haven
Written by By Elizabeth Piper For how to contribute to Library Planet look here: https://libraryplanetnet.wordpress.com/contribute/ This is the original Debate Chamber of the Nineteenth Century, now the main library, called the Old Library. Right in the heart of a tourist-filled Oxford lies the walled haven that is the Oxford Union Society Library. Surrounded by trees…
The Word wants to transform a visitor’s perception of what a library can be – also they serve beer
Written by Phil Segall For how to contribute to Library Planet look here: https://libraryplanet.net/contribute/ The National Centre for the Written Word, also known simply as “The Word”, opened in October 2016. It sits at the very heart of a major redevelopment of the South Shields area in the North-East of England and has successfully become a cornerstone…
