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Bibliographical Society Petition Key in Preventing Senate House Sale: A Statement from the President

Submitted by Christopher Adams on 6 September 2013 - 3:32pm

Friday, September 06, 2013

The Bibliographical Society is delighted that the University of London has announced that it is abandoning the proposed sale of four of its Shakespeare Folios. I would like to thank everyone involved in the campaign to raise awareness of the sale, and all those who signed the online petition.

Society Opposes Proposed Sale of University of London Shakespeare Folios

Submitted by Christopher Adams on 4 September 2013 - 11:41am

Senate House Library, University of London, is proposing to sell copies of the Library’s first four Shakespeare folios. These folios form a critical part of the collection left to the University of London by Sir Louis Sterling in 1956, on condition that they remain permanently in the University Library.   

The Bibliographical Society is firmly against the proposed sale.

Call for Papers: Community Libraries: Conntecting Readers in the Atlantic World, 1650-1850

Submitted by Christopher Adams on 27 June 2013 - 10:30am

A new AHRC-funded international research network on Community Libraries aims to establish a dynamic, interdisciplinary research forum to investigate the role of libraries in shaping communities in the long eighteenth century. Developed by Dr Mark Towsey (University of Liverpool) together with partners at Loyola University Chicago, the Newberry Library, and Dr Williams's Library (London), the Network will explain the emergence of libraries in the 'public sphere' between 1650 and 1850.

New Bibliographical Society web site

Submitted by David Shaw on 21 May 2013 - 9:31pm

The Bibliographical Society's new web site went live on 21 May 2013.

The site has been designed and implemented by Adaptive Technologies Ltd, in conjunction with the Society's Honorary Editor of Monographs, Dr David Shaw.

Facebook page for the Bibliographical Society

Submitted by David Shaw on 10 May 2013 - 9:31am

A new Facebook page has been created for the Bibliographical Society at https://www.facebook.com/BibSoc.

For comments and suggestions, contact socialmedia@bibsoc.org.uk.

2013-2014 lecture programme

Submitted by admin on 29 April 2013 - 4:52pm

The Bibliographical Society’s lecture programme, 2013-2014

The series of lectures for the 2013-2014 season will take place at the Society of Antiquaries, Burlington House, London, on the third Tuesday of the month, starting in November. Full details will be issued in August.

New Editors of The Library

Submitted by admin on 29 April 2013 - 4:48pm

Dr Will Poole and Dr James Willoughby have been appointed as the new Editors of The Library
 
The Society’s Council is pleased to announce that Dr Will Poole and Dr James Willoughby (both of New College, Oxford) have accepted appointment as joint editors of the Society’s quarterly journal The Library. They will take over from Dr Bill Bell during the course of 2013.

Fellowships and Bursaries for 2012–2013

Submitted by admin on 29 April 2013 - 4:43pm

Award of Fellowships and Bursaries for 2012–2013
 
The Society’s Council is pleased to announce that it has approved the award of Fellowships and Bursaries for the current year. A full list of the awards can be seen at http://www.bibsoc.org.uk/fellowships/grants-2012-2013

Bibliographical Society’s Gold Medal

Submitted by admin on 29 April 2013 - 4:38pm

Call for Nominations for the Society's Gold Medal

The Society awards a Gold Medal for distinguished services to bibliography to individuals who have made an outstanding contribution to the development of the subject and the furtherance of the Society's aims.

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