Katie Sambrook, Head of Special Collections at King’s College London, tells us about the collections in her charge and how she and her colleagues are promoting them. The Foyle Special Collections Library at King’s College London holds over 180,000 items – mainly printed books, periodicals and pamphlets, but also maps, manuscripts and photographs – in […]
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We’re pleased to welcome a new contributor to Copac, the library of the Royal College of Physicians of London. The Royal College of Physicians of London (RCP) is the professional body for physicians, with over 30,000 members and fellows across the globe. The RCP has an extensive library, supporting the needs of its members and […]
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Celebration of Christmas
For Christmas, we’re highlighting a selection of seasonal books, music and other material from some of our contributing libraries. Carols and Music In amongst the many works of Christmas Carols on Copac I’ve picked out a few that particularly appealed. Chetham’s Library and the National Library of Scotland hold a song sheet entitled ‘The twelve […]
Renae Satterley, Deputy Librarian at Middle Temple Library, writes about their forthcoming exhibition. Middle Temple Library will be hosting an exhibition from Lillian Goldman Law Library, Yale Law School to commemorate the 250th anniversary of the publication of Sir William Blackstone’s Commentaries on the Laws of England. This exhibition was curated by Mike Widener, Rare […]
Afzal Hasan, Subject Specialist Librarian for Arabic and Islamic Studies at the University of Exeter, explains his role and describes their Middle East collections. I look after the Middle East, Politics and Security Studies Collections at the University of Exeter. My official role is Academic Support Consultant – or Subject Librarian. This is a fairly […]