Latest Library News
Copac - Sion College Exhibition - Printed Books - Conservation - Archives and Manuscripts - Annual Reports - Previous Stories
Lambeth Palace Library records on Copac
The
records representing the Library's printed book collection are now available on
Copac, a freely-available catalogue of the merged
holdings of the major research libraries in the UK. This has been made possible
through the Library's successful application to the Copac Challenge Fund, an
initiative funded by the
Consortium of Research Libraries
(CURL), the Research
Information Network (RIN) and the
British
Library. The aim of the Challenge Fund is to
expose more of the wealth of UK library holdings for the benefit of researchers
of all types in the UK and beyond.
Lambeth Palace Library and King's College London jointly house the library of Sion College, and in conjunction with Guildhall Library staged an exhibition of works from the the library in 2007, supported by the Museums, Libraries and Archives Council through its Routes to Knowledge programme.
Click here for an online version of the exhibition.
The latest list of accessions
of printed books (July-December 2007) can now be
viewed.
Retrospective conversion of the Prints collection in Lambeth Palace Library
is nearing completion. This is the last section of the
Lambeth printed holdings which still had
to be undertaken. It comprises several thousand prints dating from the 17th to
the 20th century, including some photographs and sketches. The main interest
lies in the extensive coverage of Anglican clerical portraiture and
ecclesiastical architecture. To access the collection, which is indexed by
subject, go to the on-line
catalogue of printed books and consult the Prints Index or the
Subject Index from the drop down menu.
View images of recent work in conservation.
Read more about the Appeal to raise funds for the conversion of the catalogues and indexes to archives and manuscripts to electronic format.
View the Annual Reports of the Library