tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-66748549310502296052024-03-19T05:27:03.761-07:00Early British LibrariesJustynahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16320681636867424848noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6674854931050229605.post-67023522496842963762010-10-21T15:26:00.000-07:002010-10-21T16:48:13.719-07:00Post 10: Final Report<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">Abstract</span></u></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The research projects main aim was to collect information on the most prominent libraries with an early date of opening. These all needed to be located in Britain as this a compulsory requirement of the research brief. This was to evaluate and examine differences in libraries services, collection policies and information resources throughout differing time periods. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Conclusions were made on historic developments within the library industry and the features of operation of early public libraries in Britain. The project was aimed at acquiring information in accordance to the outline of the research brief. The research brief also reflected the type’s research methods and scope of resources that would be consulted in relation to the research contemplative. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkBYgJAu3IAfFZJppl3kc5MQpmu8qVN4W1rZK1OmwNEd418_RhQt-traY_Cq8VF1KH2ZY8KGWeq1v9MZgqf5Q3nDLe0MY7t4vvMIxbrm5fP3shmBNBW7nWABt00EgpTwa8-ZsuhHlCrB8/s1600/chetham+library.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="220" nx="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkBYgJAu3IAfFZJppl3kc5MQpmu8qVN4W1rZK1OmwNEd418_RhQt-traY_Cq8VF1KH2ZY8KGWeq1v9MZgqf5Q3nDLe0MY7t4vvMIxbrm5fP3shmBNBW7nWABt00EgpTwa8-ZsuhHlCrB8/s320/chetham+library.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/ae/Guelph_Public_Library_Old.jpg"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">**courtesy of Wikimedia</span></a></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">Introduction</span></u></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">Public libraries in Britain had been in operation from the 17<sup>th</sup> century where procedures have altered significantly for the overall improvement of the information services. Libraries offered information resources as anticipated by the vast community expectations of libraries services.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The libraries in the early time periods had collected valuable and expensive manuscripts but lacked funding and openness to allow residents to take advantage of these educational resources. This report provides an overview of the prolonged development which finally allowed equality in terms of access to a library service with incurring further costs. This is covered further in depth with the discussion of the public library act 1850. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This research report is an interesting insight into the coping mechanisms and logic behind libraries operation. Much speculation has halted the availability to a repository early operation of libraries within the locality of the United Kingdom. Many early libraries had been established in accordance to the viewpoint that education was necessary and should be made available to all. However associated taxes and lack of legislation permitted a fraction of the populace to access information resources. The report highlights the necessity of a library service within the community as the provision of knowledge has been required since early civilisations. Public Libraries allow for lingering problems to be conquered along with poor information literacy and unacceptable crime rates. The availability of the public library allows history and culture to be appreciated and evaluated at greater depth "The Library<span style="font-family: 'Arial', 'sans-serif';"> is a temple of learning, and learning has liberated more people than all the wars of history.”<strong> </strong></span>. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is supported by arguments that illustrate the role of a public library is more prominent and fundamental than meeting an individual’s leisure interests but ensuring an educated and literate population which is an essential tool to be further cultivated for future generations <span style="font-family: 'Arial', 'sans-serif';">“It is, however, not to the museum, or the lecture-room, or the drawing-school, but to the library, that we must go for the completion of our humanity. It is books that bear from age to age the intellectual wealth of the world.”</span><span style="font-family: 'Arial', 'sans-serif';"></span>. </span></span><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiy51JGS64iC3Y2-BaCcTo943GBnZzFSgA3J2G0Ac21rspXBVa_UsYOjBk03L7ic9VAt9lznM7hTzcXTAfxVYW52KmT-8DgRsh0vToFJX50Ono8CYpep9UHgAQzMyg12XKwoRd7tTuPbfA/s1600/bodleian-library.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="320" nx="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiy51JGS64iC3Y2-BaCcTo943GBnZzFSgA3J2G0Ac21rspXBVa_UsYOjBk03L7ic9VAt9lznM7hTzcXTAfxVYW52KmT-8DgRsh0vToFJX50Ono8CYpep9UHgAQzMyg12XKwoRd7tTuPbfA/s320/bodleian-library.jpg" width="213" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.hotelguru.co.uk/images/bodleian-library.jpg"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">**courtesy of HotelGuru</span></a></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">Methods and Materials</span></u></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">The methods with the acquisition of key information for the research project Early British Libraries incorporated research strategies and tools. For example a research strategy was to use the advanced search option to enable for specific information to be used in an advantageous manner to quicken accession of information. Another search strategy was evaluating and assessing information in reference to the research brief as deviation from the outlined guidelines would hinder the goals of the research task.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Methods were highlighted with the addition of a personal comment as continuous improvement was cultivated throughout the progression of the 6 week project. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The research brief was inclusive of using at least three differing information resources, thus increasing the probability of making available thought provoking material to enhance the interest of the readers as a range of sources had been utilized. Another consideration when compiling research was to avoid unnecessary repetition as this is easily an element that can be deleted as it is counterproductive. This strategy was highlighted with different material introduced in every subsequent blog meeting this requirement of the research brief. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I had provided links to adjoining websites and YouTube videos to accommodate a technology savvy audience. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Harvard referencing was used for every individual blog as a professional method of avoiding plagiarism charges due to inadequate referencing technique. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I will further expand on the research techniques cultivated throughout the project. This includes using the advance search options on Googles you can restrict search results by searching within one website, searching by subject and changing language preferences (if neccesary)</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">The areas to be covered as outlined in the research brief were fully incorporated throughout the nine blog postings. I had described and analysed famous historical libraries in England and covered adjoining subjects such as library architecture, social aspects and the significance of these older libraries today.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My technique included accessing the internet and using credible research sources with the addition of visual to make the blog appear more user friendly.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">Results</span></u></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">The research cultivated in the project had been divided into distinct sub topics through blogs. These distinct themes comprised of the following: The British Library, The architecture of the British Library, The Bodleian library, Chetham’s library, King’s library, Francis Trigge Chained library, changes in libraries between time periods, the public library act 1850 and the significance of the public library today. The details of the research compilation will be discussed below.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As listing every individual detail of the research findings here is far too extensive. I am summarising the detailed findings to allow the findings to be expressed in an informative and straightforward <span style="background: white; color: black;">consuetude.</span></span></span><br />
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This is the leading library of the United Kingdom having approximately 15 million items in its collection. The available manuscripts are inclusive of <span style="color: #222222;">Original Beatle manuscripts, Magna Carta, Lindisfarne Gospels, Leonardo da Vinci's Notebook, The Times first edition from 18 March 1788. Material over 3,000 years old (Chinese oracle bones) - and today's newspapers, 310,000 manuscript volumes, Over 4 million maps and over 260,000 journal titles. </span></span></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #222222; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2. </span></span><span style="color: #222222; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">The architecture of the British library was designed by Colin St John Wilson. The fundamental features include principles of 19<sup>th</sup> century architecture, a gothic theme, special interior and features of balconies, stairs and escalators. The architecture is made significant with the feelings that are inflicted on those standing in the enclosure.</span></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #222222; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3. </span></span><span style="color: #222222; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">The Bodleian library is a reference library used at the University of Oxford. The library has over 11 million items collectively and </span><span lang="EN" style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">Manuscript collections: The </span><span style="color: #222222; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"><span lang="EN" style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Ashmole Manuscripts</span></span><span lang="EN" style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">, The </span><span style="color: #222222; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"><span lang="EN" style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Carte Manuscripts</span></span><span lang="EN" style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">, The </span><span style="color: #222222; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"><span lang="EN" style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Douce Manuscripts</span></span><span lang="EN" style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">, The </span><span style="color: #222222; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"><span lang="EN" style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Laud Manuscripts</span></span><span lang="EN" style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">, the letters of the famous poet Percy Bysshe Shelley. Individual manuscripts: The </span><span style="color: #222222; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"><span lang="EN" style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Codex Bodley</span></span><span lang="EN" style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">, The </span><span style="color: #222222; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"><span lang="EN" style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Codex Ebnerianus</span></span><span lang="EN" style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">,The </span><span style="color: #222222; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"><span lang="EN" style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Codex Laudianus</span></span><span lang="EN" style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">, The </span><span style="color: #222222; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"><span lang="EN" style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Codex Laud</span></span><span lang="EN" style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">, The </span><span style="color: #222222; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"><span lang="EN" style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Codex Mendoza</span></span><span lang="EN" style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">, The </span><span style="color: #222222; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"><span lang="EN" style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Codex Tischendorfianus III</span></span><span lang="EN" style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">, The </span><span style="color: #222222; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"><span lang="EN" style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Codex Tischendorfianus IV</span></span><span lang="EN" style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">, The </span><span style="color: #222222; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"><span lang="EN" style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Huntington MS 17</span></span><span lang="EN" style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">, the oldest manuscript with complete text of the four Gospels in </span><span style="color: #222222; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"><span lang="EN" style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Bohairic</span></span><span lang="EN" style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"> (Coptic), The<a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_109717037"> </a></span><span style="color: #222222; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"><span lang="EN" style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Magna Carta</span></span><span lang="EN" style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"> ,The </span><span style="color: #222222; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"><span lang="EN" style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Song of Roland</span></span><span lang="EN" style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">, The </span><span style="color: #222222; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"><span lang="EN" style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Vernon Manuscript</span></span><span lang="EN" style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"> (Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Eng. poet.a.1). The beautiful architecture is featured in the first Harry Potter film.</span><span style="color: #222222; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"></span></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #222222; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">4. </span></span><span style="color: #222222; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">The Chetham’s library was founded in 1653. Henry Chetham’s vision for the foundation if the library was for scholars to progress with their education to a higher level. Books had been chained as an extra security measure before gates were initiated.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The library has an impressive collection overall. This is due to the valuable contents and cultural significance of the collections. This includes broadsides, ephemera, monographs, journals and magazines. Medieval manuscripts featuring </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #222222; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">thirteenth-century <em><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">Flores Historiarum </span></em>of<em><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"> </span></em>Matthew Paris – a chronicle of world and English history; a fifteenth-century Aulus Gellius, bound for Matthias Corvinus and King of Hungary. </span><span style="color: #222222; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">Photographs, prints and drawings including <strong><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">William Hogarth</span></strong></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">, </span><span style="color: #222222; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Phelps Collection</span></span><strong><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"> </span></strong><strong><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">and the</span></strong><strong><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"> </span></strong><span style="color: #222222; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Asheton Tonge Collection</span>. Belle Vue collection, black letter ballads from the sixteenth century, fragments of famous medieval manuscripts and historical songs and music from 1680 to 1750. The strong significance is the amount of materials retained in the collection acquired before 1851.</span></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #222222; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">5. </span></span><span style="color: #222222; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">George III had established the King library with his belief in education and seeing a necessity in making libraries publically available. The King was also solely responsible for Collection development. The libraries information resources encompassed pamphlets made during the World War, Joseph Smith, British consul in Venice and material from the Commonwealth periods. The King also added his preferred materials of paintings, prints and drawings into the collection. The Kings favourite subjects also were well represented within the collection; these subject areas covered Astronomy, science and agriculture. The library’s collection consisted of 19,000 pamphlets and 65,000 volumes of printed books by 1820.</span></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #222222; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">6. </span></span><span style="color: #222222; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">The Francis Trigge Chained library was established by the Rector of Welbourne in 1598. </span><span lang="EN" style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">The collections include two volumes of the church, medical works published from 1528, </span><span lang="EN" style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="color: black;">Cambridge</span> Platonist, Cartesian <span style="color: black;">Henry More</span><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"> Peter Lombards four books of Sentences, Duns Scotos commentary on the Sentences with much discussion and analysis of theology. </span></span><span style="color: #222222; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"></span></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #222222; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">7. </span></span><span style="color: #222222; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Changes in libraries between time periods. The 17<sup>th</sup> century libraries received minimal funding, were dependant on sponsors, restricted access as in most cases passes were required but patrons frequently did get much opportunity to spend much time in the library. In the 18<sup>th</sup> century the Chetham library was the only free library in England during that time period. The upper and middle class relied on subscription libraries. Subscription libraries were popular due to the expense of books and availability of popular fiction. There was a strong push to open more libraries due to the wealth and educational developments within the country.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The 19<sup>th</sup> century the public library act was passed in 1850 and libraries increased their standards.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>20<sup>th</sup> century to present libraries acquired more reliable services with the expansion of convenient digital tools and government funding.</span></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #222222; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">8. </span></span><span style="color: #222222; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">The public library act enabled the United Kingdom gave power to authorise a free public library service. This resulted in increased taxes, decreased crime and increased literacy levels. (which had previously been inadequate)</span></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt 36pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #222222; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">9. </span></span><span style="color: #222222; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">The significance of the public library today shows the important role of a library to the community. This includes providing the public for a quiet space to read and study, appreciation of history and culture, enabling learning of those of various ages and socioeconomic backgrounds. The all-important freedom and access to information. Libraries are crucial and essential to society especially in regards to education.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is point is featured with the use of quotes relating to a libraries prominent importance verified by many famous and influential persons. My argument is strengthened as it is supported by evidence.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">Discussion</span></u></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">The most influential libraries have retained collections that are unavailable to the commonality. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These 5 libraries shared recurring characteristics such as architectural splendour and expanse of material available. The quality and quantity are an important component of what separated these libraries from the common public library. The history and cultivation of a library can also be an important fundamental reason why they retain their famous reputation. The history of public libraries showed the continuous struggle for libraries in Britain’s history to reach the sufficient standards that are currently present in 21<sup>st</sup> century libraries.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These developments particularly throughout the 18<sup>th</sup> and 19<sup>th</sup> century showed how much financial input is required to successfully achieve the information goals that a library seeks to provide, funding is required so the full benefits of a library can manifest.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Security procedures were limited in stark contrast to the current electronic variations of reliable security measures including video cameras and password codes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In earlier time periods the main motivation for opening libraries for to provide for the provision of education, however current libraries expand this further to more than just education. But one of leisure, fast service, recreational reading, entertainment value and social benefits. Libraries have significantly expanded in their versatility to accommodate a large portion of society instead of a minute division of lucky individuals. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">Conclusion</span></u></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The research aim was to investigate early public libraries in Britain. The above discussion highlights how the required research criteria outline was meet via research. The major libraries all shared the uttermost importance of preservation of historical materials and manuscripts. This directly relates to current principles that can be found in collection development polices to acquire materials of historical and cultural significance. As libraries form a repository of knowledge, the future also will benefit greatly from this essential contribution.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>An understanding of these libraries foundation help anyone understand why accelerate the improvement with the provision of library services was necessary. Before the commencement of the 18<sup>th</sup> century libraries had difficult and stagnant obstacles needed to be overtaken to allow all citizens to prosper in the pursuit of information acquisition.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span><br />
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mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"> Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia, </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">viewed 3 September 2010, < http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bodleian_Library >.</span><span style="color: #222222; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">Chetham's Library</span></i><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">, 2010, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Chetham's Library</i>, Chetham's Library, viewed 1 October 2010, <http://www.chethams.org.uk/<span class="MsoHyperlink"><u><span style="color: black;">></span></u></span></span><span style="color: #222222; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN" style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">Wikipedia, 2010</span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">, </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN" style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Chetham's Library</span></i><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">, The Wikimedia Foundation, viewed 1 October, < http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chetham's_Library></span><span style="color: #222222; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN" style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">Wikipedia, </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>2010, </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN" style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">King’s Library</span></i><span lang="EN" style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"> , </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">The Wikimedia Foundation, viewed 1 October 2010, <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King's_Library></span><span style="color: #222222; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">Kings Library,</span></i><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"> 2010, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Kings Library</i>, </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">Trustees of the British Museum</span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">, viewed 1 October 2010, < http://www.britishmuseum.org/the_museum/history_and_the_building/kings_library.aspx></span><span style="color: #222222; 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Door</span></i><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">, The King's Library at The British Museum : An Exemplar of the 18th Century Enlightenment, viewed 1 October 2010, <http://www.suite101.com/content/the-kings-library-at-the-british-museum-a217274></span><b><span style="color: #222222; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN" style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">George III Collection: the King's Library</span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">, 2010, </span><span lang="EN" style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">George III Collection: the King's Library</span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">, The British Library Board, viewed 1 October 2010, <http://www.bl.uk/reshelp/findhelprestype/prbooks/georgeiiicoll/george3kingslibrary.html></span><span style="color: #222222; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN" style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">Wikipedia, 2010</span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">, Public Library, The Wikimedia Foundation, viewed 1 October 2010, <http://www.kunstpedia.com/articles/the-map-collections-of-the-british-museum-library.html></span><span style="color: #222222; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">Timeline 2010, <i>Timeline</i>, Google, viewed 1 October 2010, <http://www.google.com.au/#q=history+of+libraries+britain&hl=en&biw=1347&bih=538&tbs=tl:1&tbo=u&ei=vxKpTKX7O5OjcYu5pJkN&sa=X&oi=timeline_result&ct=title&resnum=11&ved=0CEkQ5wIwCg&fp=1&cad=b></span><span style="color: #222222; 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mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Twait<b>,</b></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"> 2001, Favourite Library Quotes, Gustavus Adolphus College, viewed 1 October 2010, <http://homepages.gac.edu/~mtwait/favquotes.htm></span><span style="color: #222222; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">Woodhead, 2010, The incalculable cultural significance of The Library, MeanLand, viewed 1 October 2010, < http://meanland.com.au/blog/post/the-incalculable-cultural-significance-of-the-library></span><span style="color: #222222; 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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 115%;">1. Refers to the library as a temple of learning. </span><span style="color: black; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: text1;">(Rowan 2000)</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: text1;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: text1;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: text1;">2. An inspirational quote which refers libraries as important on a world wide scale. </span><span style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;">(</span><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Meredith</span><span style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;"> 2010)</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">The United Kingdom gave power to authorise a free public library service commencing from 1850. This was as a result of ruling government legislation. This of course was an exciting and necessary step forward in the library industry. AS universal access was now becoming available it was a huge benefit to those unable to attend their local public library or pay for a private or commercial subscription library. This move also enabled the lower classes to spend more time on pleasurable activities such as reading. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">When this act was enforced it was criticized by local residents for enforcing unwanted taxes, <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>the new laws provided a large multitude of benefits to the local community including lower crimes rates, self improvement, improvement of literacy and reading levels, improvement with obtaining information for education pursuits the benefits outweighed to objectives to the move during the 19<sup>th</sup> century. </span><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEio9P-XlRUkEW5PO6_cgnV7Rk1bikonQZR2nAWpRyPEkycpbyJC_lsNWyQjWUxkvvybugSZ7tXTTMzghpp78zN3rhyphenhyphenFwgRAReSBv8v5r8z_60TgDwa03sw3X5nMo_MXiMBIZpB6AGniszQ/s1600/Blog+9.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ex="true" height="220" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEio9P-XlRUkEW5PO6_cgnV7Rk1bikonQZR2nAWpRyPEkycpbyJC_lsNWyQjWUxkvvybugSZ7tXTTMzghpp78zN3rhyphenhyphenFwgRAReSBv8v5r8z_60TgDwa03sw3X5nMo_MXiMBIZpB6AGniszQ/s320/Blog+9.jpg" width="320" /></a></div> <a href="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/ae/Guelph_Public_Library_Old.jpg"><span style="color: #999999;">**courtesy of Wikimedia</span></a> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Other legislation was passed following the establishment of The public library act 1850 comprising of </span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-ansi-language: EN;">The Public Library Acts of 1855 this was pushed by William Ewart. Thus allowed for population limits to become obsolete as small towns were prevented from establishing their own public libraries due to the lack of numbers, this was a fair and legitimate request that access to information and literacy should not be confiscated if one was living in an isolated and small area.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-ansi-language: EN;">The funding was continuously inadequate and required help from donors such as Henry Tate, Andrew Carnegie and John Passmore Edwards to ensure that The public act 1850 could flourish. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Reflection on blogging experience</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Research skills are required to accelerate the process of research this includes looking for credible reference points, using the advanced search options, and ruling out irrelevant detail or spend too much elaborating on a subject that wasn’t that important in the first place. My research strategy comprised of reading through resources before actually considering to use those resources as past of the research process.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">References</span></b></div><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"><span style="color: #666666;"></span></span></span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-themecolor: text1;">The Public Libraries Act</span></i><b><span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-themecolor: text1;"> </span></b><span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-themecolor: text1;">1850</span><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-themecolor: text1;">, 2010, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The Public Libraries Act 1850</i>, Wikimedia Foundation, viewed 12 October 2010, < http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_Libraries_Act_1850></span></div>Justynahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16320681636867424848noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6674854931050229605.post-56382171341235731262010-10-11T22:57:00.001-07:002010-10-11T23:21:50.330-07:00Blog 8: Francis Trigge Chained Library<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-themecolor: text1;">This was a library that came into existence in 1598. The Francis Triggee Chained Library was established by the Rector of Welbourne. The library was intended for use by the genera public and the clergy who resided in the local area. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The library had sometimes been called the first public library in Britain; however access was restricted to the public as approval was required before entrance. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-themecolor: text1;">The libraries collection at the time where mainly sourced from Cambridge. Monographs were usually in poor condition and needed to be repaired, work on the collection was done between 1893 to 1984. However conservation did not receive much funding from the library.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-themecolor: text1;">The name of the library came from the practice that the library held which was to chain books, as books were expensive to purchase in the past, in many instances books would have torn out pages or go missing from the collection if this procedure was not followed. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The World War saw many items destroyed however a minuscule portion of the collection was recovered with the assistance of professional conservators. </span><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgffdWcMgv_rXq8PzxaQdxypuzy0Nf3D6iOsSgSrmNzSI6yEcwVFpMSdpdJFpRdsVVrYuQspaicjoJO14xo4aGGHPzELTN5fxxl3uBabTy5qFA546M_X7v7aTKE0-ZYBPo1jzX3c6IIIyA/s1600/BLog+10.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ex="true" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgffdWcMgv_rXq8PzxaQdxypuzy0Nf3D6iOsSgSrmNzSI6yEcwVFpMSdpdJFpRdsVVrYuQspaicjoJO14xo4aGGHPzELTN5fxxl3uBabTy5qFA546M_X7v7aTKE0-ZYBPo1jzX3c6IIIyA/s320/BLog+10.jpg" width="240" /></a></div> <a href="http://www.discoverstwulframs.org.uk/media/11136/100_0794.jpg"><span style="color: #999999;">**courtesy of The Friends of St. Wulfram’s Church</span></a> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-themecolor: text1;">The collections include two volumes of the church, medical works published from 1528, </span><span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-themecolor: text1;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cambridge" title="Cambridge"><span style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Cambridge</span></a> Platonist, Cartesian <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_More" title="Henry More"><span style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Henry More</span></a><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"> Peter Lombards four books of Sentences, Duns Scotos commentary on the Sentences with much discussion and analysis of theology.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Many texts are useful for those pursuing to study religious beliefs. </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-themecolor: text1;">Reflection on bloging experience </span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-themecolor: text1;">There was not much content available in stark contrast to other libraries that had been researched in the past. However despite feeling disappointed I was able to uncover the key points in regards to the libraries history.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-themecolor: text1;">References</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-themecolor: text1;">Francis Trigge Chained Library</span></i><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-themecolor: text1;"> 2010, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Francis Trigge Chained Library</i>, Wikimedia Foundation, viewed 12 October 2010, < http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Trigge_Chained_Library></span></div>Justynahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16320681636867424848noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6674854931050229605.post-16674984141099213882010-10-11T19:06:00.001-07:002010-10-11T19:06:46.009-07:00Blog 7: The significance of the public library today<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif";">The significance of the public library today</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif";">There has been a need for a repository of knowledge; this term has been gradually changed to library. Ancient civilisations saw a need to create these repositories.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> T</span>his is only one stepping stone to further developments down the track of innovative developments within the library world. </span><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaj88tikaYzMZBAgtBhihra8iTkYjl7RiWUsCvytsYwHOaSuvp8Wl1FMnxtQjpFKdN5d5XuLXCO42yl74arL4WEGlRz275rPgK7ZtBsYbf4X0t_msUR6m5f1vu9VLbessihUf0_mYgRzw/s1600/blog6rrr.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ex="true" height="251" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaj88tikaYzMZBAgtBhihra8iTkYjl7RiWUsCvytsYwHOaSuvp8Wl1FMnxtQjpFKdN5d5XuLXCO42yl74arL4WEGlRz275rPgK7ZtBsYbf4X0t_msUR6m5f1vu9VLbessihUf0_mYgRzw/s400/blog6rrr.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://library.thinkquest.org/J001570/LOCreadingroomsbiggerview.html"><span style="color: #999999;">**image courtesy of ThinkQuest</span></a></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif";">“The libr</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif";">ary is a temple of learning, and learning has liberated more people than all the wars of history.” Carl Rowan</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif";">Libraries provide information from every subject in the world, knowledge is wisdom. Wisdom is a valuable tool in moving forward in society to unravelling understanding and insight. Learning is appreciated by individuals from different backgrounds, ages and experiences and always will be. Reading, exploration is and recreational reading is avenue of interest for many. The government has an obligation to provide this service to the public. Libraries allow you to immerse yourself in research and endless discovery. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Librarians can provide you with a professional reference service, which can provide you with access points to your enquiry.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif";">“A library is not a luxury but one of the necessities of life. “ Henry Ward Beecher</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif";">Libraries offer a space where you can study, read books, spend a few hours without interruption. Libraries are crucial underpinning establishments of education and community. A library offers more than meets the eye and should be treated as such; the libraries of the past and present have always provided valuable contributions to the camaraderie. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif";"><span style="text-decoration: none;"></span></span></u></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif";">Reflection on blogging experience</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif";">I found the more resources I consulted the deeper my understanding and unravelling of the subject was. My research strategy was where I was looking for key points and expanding on those chosen key points to at least one paragraph. I began to understand the all-important role of the library; I also spend time reading before actually writing down any thoughts. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Research is a time consuming activity but if you narrow down to specific topics one by one it can be completed at a faster rate. Searching for broad terms did get results; however overlooking all the findings may be too extensive. I always found it useful to use an advanced search option if possible. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif";"><strong>References:</strong></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-themecolor: text1;">Wikipedia, 2010</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; mso-themecolor: text1;">, Public Library, The Wikimedia Foundation, viewed 1 October 2010, <http://www.kunstpedia.com/articles/the-map-collections-of-the-british-museum-library.html></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; mso-themecolor: text1;">Timeline 2010, <i>Timeline</i>, Google, viewed 1 October 2010, <http://www.google.com.au/#q=history+of+libraries+britain&hl=en&biw=1347&bih=538&tbs=tl:1&tbo=u&ei=vxKpTKX7O5OjcYu5pJkN&sa=X&oi=timeline_result&ct=title&resnum=11&ved=0CEkQ5wIwCg&fp=1&cad=b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; mso-themecolor: text1;">History Magazine, 2010, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Survivor: The History of the Library</span></i>, History Magazine, viewed 1 October 2010, <http://www.history-magazine.com/libraries.html></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-themecolor: text1;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Twait<b>,</b></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; mso-themecolor: text1;"> 2001, Favourite Library Quotes, Gustavus Adolphus College, viewed 1 October 2010, <http://homepages.gac.edu/~mtwait/favquotes.htm></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; mso-themecolor: text1;">Woodhead, 2010, The incalculable cultural significance of The Library, MeanLand, viewed 1 October 2010, < http://meanland.com.au/blog/post/the-incalculable-cultural-significance-of-the-library></span></div>Justynahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16320681636867424848noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6674854931050229605.post-7188207175860864202010-10-06T02:43:00.000-07:002010-10-11T21:11:47.712-07:00Blog 6: Changes in libraries between time periods<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif";">17<sup>th</sup> century</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif";">Libraries have grown into existence spanning for at least 1000 years. In the United Kingdom during the 17<sup>th</sup> century a few major public libraries were opened to the public including the</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-themecolor: text1;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif";"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Trigge_Chained_Library" title="Francis Trigge Chained Library"><span lang="EN" style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-themecolor: text1; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Francis Trigger Chained Library</span></a></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN;"> of St. Wulfram's Church, Norwich city library in 1608, Bodleian library, Chatham’s library and the Shrewsbury School made their public library available to the broad community. These libraries in the earlier establishment differed significantly in their library practices. Early established libraries were usually founded by leaders. These libraries and received almost no public funding from taxes and security involved chaining books to the desk and threatening curses written up on the wall to warn<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>thieves. Even though these public libraries had been established it carried restricted access to citizens, access in some circumstances depended on passes. Most individuals were only allowed to browse the library for a short period of time, and then quickly escorted out of the library when their time was up. In contrast to the current 21<sup>st</sup> century libraries uphold the legislation of “The Public Library Act” where access is available for all. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif";">18<sup>th</sup> century </span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif";">Public libraries were losing their touch; old practises such as chaining books and limited access to the library were slowly dissipating. The large library at the British Museum contained over 50,000 books but a minority of the population could access the library’s resources. The Chetham library in Britain was the only public library that was fully accessible to the public free of charge. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif";">The Upper and Middle class relied on private or commercial subscription libraries. As these libraries provided persons with material on a variety of subjects. At the time the demand was escalating for literature and the majority of the texts that had been lend out, were primarily used for pleasure rather than academic engagement. Libraries were commonly used as social meeting areas as reading was considered a social activity. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif";">In the 18<sup>th</sup> century commercial libraries were very popular among the community; there were at least 600 libraries and over 50,000 paid subscribers. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Fiction was climbing in popularity and was even frown upon in society, many fiction novels were viewed as obscene or corrupting to the minds of young women.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Libraries also did not see preservation of texts important, and manufacturers endeavoured to print books with the cheapest materials.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Books circulated unbound and it’s the highest quantities.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif";">Subscription libraries were in demand because books were expensive, and because of the high clientele and the fact that books were difficult to move around in large quantity across the country. This meant that commercial libraries were very successful in gaining profits from the general public. The United States during the 18<sup>th</sup> century had a strong push to open libraries due to the wealth of the country. And the aspiring visions for education and share knowledge lead to the establishment of many fantastic libraries such as the Library of Congress.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif";">19<sup>th</sup> century</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif";">This revolutionary period was during the 19<sup>th</sup> century, there was conjunctively a push for true public libraries throughout the world especially in America, Europe and the United Kingdom.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Progress was made to increase the standards of Britain’s public libraries, legislation has been passed to enable long term changes.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN;">The public library act was passed in 1850 in the United Kingdom; this ensured free public libraries in interest of upholding literacy and education. The public libraries running in 2010 still run under the core principles of this act.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN;"><a href="http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/Llibrary.htm">History of the Public library act, is available</a> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN;"></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif";">20<sup>th</sup> century – present</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif";">Especially during the latter part of the 20<sup>th</sup> century, libraries began to take on new trends relating to digital advances in the era. This meant that libraries that used to rely on paper records and filing had transformed into one of moving with a swift pace to accommodate technology. Technology had revolutionised the convenience of accessing information. No longer are library establishment a warehouse of dusty old books, but one of innovation and learning. Mother and children can gather for story time and community events held in the library. You can loan computers with internet access or even make reserves, extend loan periods and have an online chat with a librarian. Reference desk jobs can be done by telephone interview and likewise you can sign up to some public libraries such as the State Library of Victoria online and have the library card sent conveniently to your residence.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is not uncommon to see homework help available for students, resources to assist language learning, large print books, and audio tapes for those with a disability. The public libraries have generally taken on provisions to enable the wider community to enjoy their information services. Currently in many public libraries there is home delivery, email notification, mobile libraries and the speedy access to inter-library loans. Books, magazines and newspapers are available to be accessed online in addition to the raw materials available from public libraries. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif";">Libraries have come a lingering way since humble beginnings. </span><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial', 'sans-serif';"><strong>References:</strong></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial', 'sans-serif'; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-themecolor: text1;">Wikipedia, 2010</span><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial', 'sans-serif'; mso-themecolor: text1;">, Public Library, The Wikimedia Foundation, viewed 1 October 2010, <http://www.kunstpedia.com/articles/the-map-collections-of-the-british-museum-library.html></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial', 'sans-serif'; mso-themecolor: text1;">Timeline 2010, <i>Timeline</i>, Google, viewed 1 October 2010, <http://www.google.com.au/#q=history+of+libraries+britain&hl=en&biw=1347&bih=538&tbs=tl:1&tbo=u&ei=vxKpTKX7O5OjcYu5pJkN&sa=X&oi=timeline_result&ct=title&resnum=11&ved=0CEkQ5wIwCg&fp=1&cad=b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial', 'sans-serif'; mso-themecolor: text1;">History Magazine, 2010, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Survivor: The History of the Library</span></i>, History Magazine, viewed 1 October 2010, <http://www.history-magazine.com/libraries.html></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial', 'sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-themecolor: text1;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Twait<b>,</b></span><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial', 'sans-serif'; mso-themecolor: text1;"> 2001, Favourite Library Quotes, Gustavus Adolphus College, viewed 1 October 2010, <http://homepages.gac.edu/~mtwait/favquotes.htm></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial', 'sans-serif'; mso-themecolor: text1;">Woodhead, 2010, The incalculable cultural significance of The Library, MeanLand, viewed 1 October 2010, < http://meanland.com.au/blog/post/the-incalculable-cultural-significance-of-the-library></span></div></div>Justynahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16320681636867424848noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6674854931050229605.post-21443312889469776322010-10-06T02:40:00.000-07:002010-10-07T06:13:40.162-07:00Blog 5: King’s Library<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif";"></span></b></div><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif";">The old library was established by George III (1738-1820, reigned 1760-1820). He was a Prince of Wales who had enthusiasm for learning he had also simultaneously completed a well-rounded education. In 1760 King George was disappointed to uncover there was no Royal library, however sought to find a library and administer his collection development policy and protocol conjunctively. </span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif";">The Old Royal library has been operating from the 15<sup>th</sup> century, however during the 17<sup>th</sup> century was left deprecated. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This meant that immediate initiative needed to be taken; the King began hiring the best librarians from the country. The King had also chosen several collections to be added including: pamphlets made during the World War, Joeseph Smith, British consul in Venice and material from the Commonwealth periods. The King also added his preferred materials of paintings, prints and drawings into the collection. The Kings favourite subjects also were well represented within the collection; these subject areas covered Astronomy, science and agriculture.</span><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZyzP8UqZn5xKRyDy6wtuFQNTHJxn0nbR0iiLElKYJa8H5I3pw0aDUQ76kc3HZRjA2mkQNxrHIp6KWhKDSJIraSGUQKhArYVOeSdBP4pRoyV_Drnw9qk7D-PfNeD3-rAkmI0EYzwmOLAQ/s1600/KingsLibrary.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ex="true" height="274" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZyzP8UqZn5xKRyDy6wtuFQNTHJxn0nbR0iiLElKYJa8H5I3pw0aDUQ76kc3HZRjA2mkQNxrHIp6KWhKDSJIraSGUQKhArYVOeSdBP4pRoyV_Drnw9qk7D-PfNeD3-rAkmI0EYzwmOLAQ/s400/KingsLibrary.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King's_Library"><span style="color: #cccccc;">**courtesy of Wikipedia</span></a></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif";">The library used to be called The Royal library, and had entrance requirements for anyone who wished to use its resources. The King required that scholars and those with credentials are to be admitted. A little but of leniency was allowed, an example of this was John Adams (1735-1826) an enemy of King George III. John Adams who loved spending time in the library, but regretted not having more time to spend in the intellectual dwelling.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Library was meant to a Universal library and was funded from the King’s own expense. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif";">The library’s collection consisted of 19,000 pamphlets and 65,000 volumes of printed books by 1820.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The intent was put forward that the library is to be used as national resource by the creator. Even when the King has passed away in 1820, his son immediately took over the thriving library. His sons name was </span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN;">George IV, Prince Regent. The new king made arrangements to relocate the library after consultation with the government; the library was then moved to the British Museum around 1828.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN;"></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif";">The significance of the King’s Library today</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif";">Conveniently the King’s library is still operating now, as part of the building of the Kings Library Tower.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Since 1997 it has been enjoyed by the public as general library. The library has been recorded as a historical unravelling provoked by an individual’s vision to share education among the community. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Despite the libraries establishment being one as many centuries ago there is still an existing fragment of the library and the manuscripts of that time period. This is impressive to find, Britain’s oldest public libraries can offer a multitude of resources which can spark much interest in educational projects and discussions among the public. </span><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif";">Reflection on Blogging experience:</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif";">I found that I was disappointed; I did not find as much information as I have previously expected. The research strategy included using a trusted website source. I did not use for example a blog post as a research point but rather researched published written articles or reports on the subject. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I found that the King’s library has conjunctively had much relation with other public libraries in Britain especially the current leading British library.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif";"><strong>References:</strong></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN" style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-themecolor: text1;">Wikipedia, </span><span style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>2010, </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN" style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-themecolor: text1;">King’s Library</span></i><span lang="EN" style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-themecolor: text1;"> , </span><span style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;">The Wikimedia Foundation, viewed 1 October 2010, <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King's_Library></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;">Kings Library,</span></i><span style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;"> 2010, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Kings Library</i>, </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-themecolor: text1;">Trustees of the British Museum</span><span style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;">, viewed 1 October 2010, < http://www.britishmuseum.org/the_museum/history_and_the_building/kings_library.aspx></span></span></div><h1 style="margin: auto 0cm;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-themecolor: text1;">M. Door</span></i><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-themecolor: text1;">, The King's Library at The British Museum : An Exemplar of the 18th Century Enlightenment, viewed 1 October 2010, <http://www.suite101.com/content/the-kings-library-at-the-british-museum-a217274></span></span></span></h1><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN" style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1;">George III Collection: the King's Library</span><span style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;">, 2010, </span><span lang="EN" style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1;">George III Collection: the King's Library</span><span style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;">, The British Library Board, viewed 1 October 2010, <http://www.bl.uk/reshelp/findhelprestype/prbooks/georgeiiicoll/george3kingslibrary.html></span></span></div>Justynahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16320681636867424848noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6674854931050229605.post-60227662995633562732010-10-06T02:38:00.000-07:002010-10-07T06:11:23.215-07:00Blog 4: Chetham's library<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif";"></span></b></div><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; mso-themecolor: text1;">About the Chetham Library</span></b> <br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif";">The Chetham library is unique library standing as one of the oldest public libraries in Britain, founded in 1653. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The libraries have been continuously acquiring books from August 1655. The library was established by Henry Chetham who wished to help scholars and educational pursuits alike. Currently visitors can enjoy the learning enclosure free of charge. Interestingly in the 18<sup>th</sup> century there was a practise to prevent theft by chaining books, this procedure was swiftly dropped when gates were put up. </span><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiES8c-fkeSvFDmR_zuDWQIiRUaUOUxPQQ89t3kzUZYUclCXs8jV3FawqwQwcgAU5wj_tlHrIVSyErio4SZ8oSWoOqgJN6ddcwT-Myk-_sNpIFvfecmH4p4kODoPuDvirXhsMPy8obIJfM/s1600/Chethamslibrary.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ex="true" height="205" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiES8c-fkeSvFDmR_zuDWQIiRUaUOUxPQQ89t3kzUZYUclCXs8jV3FawqwQwcgAU5wj_tlHrIVSyErio4SZ8oSWoOqgJN6ddcwT-Myk-_sNpIFvfecmH4p4kODoPuDvirXhsMPy8obIJfM/s320/Chethamslibrary.jpg" width="320" /></a></div> <a href="http://www.chethams.org.uk/"><span style="color: #cccccc;">**<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">courtesy of <span style="background-color: white;">Chetham's</span> Library</span></span></a> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif";">Collections:</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif";"><a href="http://www.chethams.org.uk/collections_print.html"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Printed Books & Ephemera</span></b></a><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;"></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif";">A rich collection of texts published prior to 1851. The collection also contains broadsides, ephemera, monographs, journals and magazines. The collection is contains approximately 100,000 volumes.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif";">Archives and Manuscripts</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif";">Manuscripts and archives have been collected from 1650. The majority of this collection is based on records and repositories from the local region; this move was to ensure adequate access to community resources at that time. The multitude of medieval manuscripts is quite impressive with many older texts retained for their intrinsic value. Presently there are over 1,000 volumes within this collection; many archival holdings came from the Chetham Society in the second half of the nineteenth century. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif";">Featured Medieval manuscripts: </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">thirteenth-century <em><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif";">Flores Historiarum </span></em>of<em><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif";"> </span></em>Matthew Paris – a chronicle of world and English history; a fifteenth-century Aulus Gellius, bound for Matthias Corvinus, King of Hungary.</span><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif";"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif";">Prints and Photographs</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif";">The collection contains thousands of photographs, prints and drawings. These three collections are featured <span style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;">including<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"> </b></span><a href="http://www.chethams.org.uk/collections_hogarth.html"><strong><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-themecolor: text1; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">William Hogarth</span></strong></a><span style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;">, </span><a href="http://www.chethams.org.uk/collections_phelps.html"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-themecolor: text1; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Phelps Collection</span></a><strong><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; mso-themecolor: text1;"> </span></strong><strong><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-themecolor: text1;">and the</span></strong><strong><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; mso-themecolor: text1;"> </span></strong><a href="http://www.chethams.org.uk/collections_asheton.html"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-themecolor: text1; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Asheton Tonge Collection</span></a><strong><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-themecolor: text1;"> <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>retained from the 18<sup>th</sup> – 19<sup>th</sup> century.</span></strong><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-themecolor: text1;"></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Printed books</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Over 120,000 printed books in the collection, there is a fantastic representation of works published before 1850 which comprise of at least 50% of the collection. Printed books were treated as valuable despite the cheap materials used in the manufacturing process.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">There is a fine collection of theology from St Augustine, Ben Jonson’s copy of Plato, English literature, drama and poetry, Prosper of Aquitaine and patriotic reformation theology, church history and liturgy. These rare collections were relatively cheap in contrast to purchasing a standard bible.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Documents of everyday life</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif";">Ephemera is held in large esteem with the variations of bookplates, postcards, chapbooks, broadsides, ballads, theatre programmes, posters, trade cards and bill heads well represented within the collection.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There is also famous collection comprising of 3,100 items. This was kindly donated by James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps an Shakesperean Scholor. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This collection highlight include of black letter ballads from the sixteenth century, fragments of famous medieval manuscripts and historical songs and music from 1680 to 1750. <strong><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-themecolor: text1;"></span></strong></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif";">Belle Vue</span></b><strong><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-themecolor: text1;"></span></strong></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-themecolor: text1;">A large and significant collection based on the entertainment centre </span></strong><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Belle Vue Zoo and Gardens</span><strong><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-themecolor: text1;">. This important and popular entertainment venue was closed down after 1970. The faculty was founded in 1836 by </span></strong><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">John Jennison. The attractions of Belle Vue were old style entertainment such as the circus, amusement park, ballroom dancing, beautiful firework displays and political gatherings were held there also.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">The Belle Vue archive at the Chetham library features financial and business papers by owners and business managers from when the venue was still in motion. There is also an interesting array of photographs, posters and programs contained in the collection. </span><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4yweCXTq57EPUR8AbKOM2kkqVZBevlYDdPdsX_h5PLGg80i8HYFqCAElqY7wq2v4-Jxoc4y_uh14CpYCHwe_Gdu4lzznayZbve5iIB2etGGJ1huFjPgHCO3VoV6wvI8ejirkaIFWFEzE/s1600/Chethamslibrary2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ex="true" height="204" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4yweCXTq57EPUR8AbKOM2kkqVZBevlYDdPdsX_h5PLGg80i8HYFqCAElqY7wq2v4-Jxoc4y_uh14CpYCHwe_Gdu4lzznayZbve5iIB2etGGJ1huFjPgHCO3VoV6wvI8ejirkaIFWFEzE/s320/Chethamslibrary2.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-themecolor: text1;"> <a href="http://www.chethams.org.uk/"><span style="color: #cccccc;">**<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">courtesy of Chetham's Library</span></span></a><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; mso-themecolor: text1;">Significance of The Chetham library Today</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif";">How can we describe the significance of the library’s asset value to the community? </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif";">“It is impossible to enter a large library... without feeling an inward sensation of reverence, and without catching some sparks of noble emulation, from the mass of mind which is scattered around you.”</span></i></b><b><span style="color: #cccc99; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif";"><br />
</span></b><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; mso-themecolor: text1;">James Crossley</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif";"></span></i></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif";">A library represents a vast range of knowledge to fill the mind. Libraries are designed to give insight and knowledge. In this context the library offers information resources that may not be available elsewhere as the collections contain unique and rare texts, advantageous to research and preservation of historical document and manuscripts. The various texts, manuscripts and photos provide an educational investment for future generations. As the history and culture of the world can be studied and examined at greater depth.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; mso-themecolor: text1;">Owen Meredith</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; mso-themecolor: text1;"> </span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif";">“It is, however, not to the museum, or the lecture-room, or the drawing-school, but to the library, that we must go for the completion of our humanity. It is books that bear from age to age the intellectual wealth of the world.”</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif";"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif";">With resources dating back from the 16<sup>th</sup> century, items have been preserved and kept available to the public. The vast and impressive collection allows for intellectual wealth and knowledge to pass through the minds of anyone wanting to ignite further investigation of When, what and why?</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>With the Past’s treasures available to be known in the world, the appreciation of culture is raised to new heights. As history can be a valuable commodity to understanding how a country was shaped, the values of the society, and important and significant events which may of occurred along the way. Truly I do believe that some old, withering books do contain much more value and thought provoking material than the public would have previously stipulated. Libraries are more than just a warehouse of books but a place of learning and research. A library is also a place for the community to gather, share experiences and ideas.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BkLI8msboJc">Watch a video on YouTube touring the Chetham's library</a></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif";"></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif";">Reflection on blogging experience:</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif";">I absolutely loved researching the Chetham’s library; I found the content of information very detailed and lengthy so when I was writing up the blog, some irrelevant elements needed to be omitted. Studying the various collections was exhaustive however I was impressed with the knowledge that was acquired from the research process and I made a good number of summaries. The Chetham library was one which I haven’t previously heard of but from my research findings, I discovered it as a very relevant to include in this assignment. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">References:</b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; mso-themecolor: text1;">Chetham's Library</span></i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; mso-themecolor: text1;">, 2010, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Chetham's Library</i>, Chetham's Library, viewed 1 October 2010, <http://www.chethams.org.uk/<u><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;">></span></span></u></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-themecolor: text1;">Wikipedia, 2010</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; mso-themecolor: text1;">, </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-themecolor: text1;">Chetham's Library</span></i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; mso-themecolor: text1;">, The Wikimedia Foundation, viewed 1 October, < http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chetham's_Library></span></div>Justynahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16320681636867424848noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6674854931050229605.post-13674409974454031102010-10-06T02:35:00.000-07:002010-10-07T06:09:23.315-07:00Blog 3: The Bodleian Library<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; mso-themecolor: text1;">The Bodleian is the second largest library in England a famous library, which is one of the oldest libraries in Europe. It is used as a research library at Oxford University and simultaneously acts as a legal deposit library. Similar to the State Library of Victoria having the staggering range and value of their resources, items cannot be borrowed and are used as reference tools only.</span> <br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; mso-themecolor: text1;">This academic library was established in 1602. The library follows strict procedure one that caught my interest, which reinforces that items must be kept in its original enclosure</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; mso-themecolor: text1;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i><span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-themecolor: text1;">I hereby undertake not to remove from the Library, nor to mark, deface, or injure in any way, any volume, document or other object belonging to it or in its custody; not to bring into the Library, or kindle therein, any fire or flame, and not to smoke in the Library; and I promise to obey all rules of the Library.”</span></i></b><br />
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The library has retained an impressive array of resources.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU; mso-themecolor: text1;">Manuscript collections: The </span><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif";"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ashmole_Manuscripts&action=edit&redlink=1" title="Ashmole Manuscripts (page does not exist)"><span lang="EN" style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU; mso-themecolor: text1; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Ashmole Manuscripts</span></a></span><span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU; mso-themecolor: text1;">, The </span><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif";"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carte_Manuscripts" title="Carte Manuscripts"><span lang="EN" style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU; mso-themecolor: text1; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Carte Manuscripts</span></a></span><span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU; mso-themecolor: text1;">, The </span><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif";"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Douce_Manuscripts&action=edit&redlink=1" title="Douce Manuscripts (page does not exist)"><span lang="EN" style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU; mso-themecolor: text1; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Douce Manuscripts</span></a></span><span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU; mso-themecolor: text1;">, The </span><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif";"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laud_Manuscripts" title="Laud Manuscripts"><span lang="EN" style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU; mso-themecolor: text1; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Laud Manuscripts</span></a></span><span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU; mso-themecolor: text1;">, the letters of the famous poet Percy Bysshe Shelley. Individual manuscripts: The </span><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif";"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Codex_Bodley" title="Codex Bodley"><span lang="EN" style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU; mso-themecolor: text1; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Codex Bodley</span></a></span><span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU; mso-themecolor: text1;">, The </span><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif";"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Codex_Ebnerianus" title="Codex Ebnerianus"><span lang="EN" style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU; mso-themecolor: text1; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Codex Ebnerianus</span></a></span><span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU; mso-themecolor: text1;">,The </span><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif";"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Codex_Laudianus" title="Codex Laudianus"><span lang="EN" style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU; mso-themecolor: text1; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Codex Laudianus</span></a></span><span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU; mso-themecolor: text1;">, The </span><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif";"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Codex_Laud" title="Codex Laud"><span lang="EN" style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU; mso-themecolor: text1; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Codex Laud</span></a></span><span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU; mso-themecolor: text1;">, The </span><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif";"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Codex_Mendoza" title="Codex Mendoza"><span lang="EN" style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU; mso-themecolor: text1; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Codex Mendoza</span></a></span><span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU; mso-themecolor: text1;">, The </span><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif";"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Codex_Tischendorfianus_III" title="Codex Tischendorfianus III"><span lang="EN" style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU; mso-themecolor: text1; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Codex Tischendorfianus III</span></a></span><span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU; mso-themecolor: text1;">, The </span><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif";"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Codex_Tischendorfianus_IV" title="Codex Tischendorfianus IV"><span lang="EN" style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU; mso-themecolor: text1; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Codex Tischendorfianus IV</span></a></span><span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU; mso-themecolor: text1;">, The </span><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif";"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huntington_MS_17" title="Huntington MS 17"><span lang="EN" style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU; mso-themecolor: text1; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Huntington MS 17</span></a></span><span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU; mso-themecolor: text1;">, the oldest manuscript with complete text of the four Gospels in </span><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif";"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coptic_language" title="Coptic language"><span lang="EN" style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU; mso-themecolor: text1; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Bohairic</span></a></span><span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU; mso-themecolor: text1;"> (Coptic), The </span><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif";"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magna_Carta" title="Magna Carta"><span lang="EN" style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU; mso-themecolor: text1; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Magna Carta</span></a></span><span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU; mso-themecolor: text1;"> ,The </span><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif";"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Song_of_Roland" title="Song of Roland"><span lang="EN" style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU; mso-themecolor: text1; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Song of Roland</span></a></span><span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU; mso-themecolor: text1;">, The </span><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif";"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Vernon_Manuscript&action=edit&redlink=1" title="Vernon Manuscript (page does not exist)"><span lang="EN" style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU; mso-themecolor: text1; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Vernon Manuscript</span></a></span><span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU; mso-themecolor: text1;"> (Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Eng. poet.a.1).</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">As the library has over 11 million items and growing in numbers are facing problems with storage space, the handling of older and decaying resources was worrisome. The architecture is stunning and filmmakers have taken advantage of their scenery. An example is </span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Duke Humfrey's Library acting as the Hogwarts library in the first Harry Potter movie.</span><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" ex="true" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiy51JGS64iC3Y2-BaCcTo943GBnZzFSgA3J2G0Ac21rspXBVa_UsYOjBk03L7ic9VAt9lznM7hTzcXTAfxVYW52KmT-8DgRsh0vToFJX50Ono8CYpep9UHgAQzMyg12XKwoRd7tTuPbfA/s320/bodleian-library.jpg" width="213" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.hotelguru.co.uk/images/bodleian-library.jpg"><span style="background-color: white; color: #cccccc;">**sourced from HotelGuru</span></a></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Reflection</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN;">It can be difficult when you are researching on your chosen topic and you are bombarded with excessive information and want to include every meticulous detail however I aimed to focus on key information which allured my interest. In the research process I used a popular encyclopedia available online.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HNUuiVXYpQw">Watch a a video on YouTube about the Bodleian Library</a></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; mso-themecolor: text1;">References:</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-themecolor: text1;">Bodleian Library</span></i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; mso-themecolor: text1;">, 2010, </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-themecolor: text1;">Bodleian Library</span></i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; mso-themecolor: text1;">,</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-themecolor: text1;"> </span><span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU; mso-themecolor: text1;">Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia, </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; mso-themecolor: text1;">viewed 3 September 2010, < http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bodleian_Library >.</span><span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU; mso-themecolor: text1;"></span></div>Justynahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16320681636867424848noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6674854931050229605.post-68637453326877095712010-10-06T02:34:00.000-07:002010-10-07T06:04:11.835-07:00Blog 2: Behind the Architecture of the British Library<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif";"></span></b></div><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif";">The long winded development of the British Library was completed in 1997. The architect who had skilfully planned this outstanding architecture for this famous library was Sir Colin St John Wilson.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The design principles are based on the principles of 19<sup>th</sup> century architecture with an underlying gothic theme.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The design has been meticulous in its details and contains an overwhelming amount of space within the library and includes features of balconies, stair cases and escalators. </span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif";">It took a total of 35 years to get the library built and unlike most projects which would be completed in a shorter duration. Many critics where put forward against the library, this surprised me as I see it is a fantastic faculty with a great multitude of materials which serve the information needs of millions of people. However the plans needed approval of the government client body which involved much struggle.</span><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuEuhyphenhyphenNaNJzjkHSpd-0xU4Eay8ChrZ1X_rmlfj-4SLV32NLsqS3SSZoa86t_mrFo3et1AmQeivZujp-oNTx89y5fWbcEDAQaO79TQgQCsMipbezKxAa6I9qungM140ZB-5A5NXs5sqcKk/s1600/britishlibrary1mm.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ex="true" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuEuhyphenhyphenNaNJzjkHSpd-0xU4Eay8ChrZ1X_rmlfj-4SLV32NLsqS3SSZoa86t_mrFo3et1AmQeivZujp-oNTx89y5fWbcEDAQaO79TQgQCsMipbezKxAa6I9qungM140ZB-5A5NXs5sqcKk/s320/britishlibrary1mm.jpg" width="320" /></a></div> <span style="color: #cccccc;"> </span><a href="http://www.urban75.org/london/british-library.html"><span style="color: #cccccc;">**sourced from Urban75</span></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif";">This library has been positively described as being “invigorating” and “uplifting” this incorporates one of the key measures of success of architecture, the feelings which are brought about in the people that dwell there. The building has a sense of enclosure even despite its large size.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The architecture of the British library is considered unique for retaining “The older tradition of Modern Architecture” it has an unconventional structure and upholds a high quality finish. With careful engineering this treasure can be appreciated for many years to come.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif";">The key to designing architecture is firstly to examine what will be used there, in this instance the architecture has inflicted feelings of comfort and impression on those who work there, the key ideas where never fully described by the architect but has lead sceptics to evaluate the intentions of the quiet but magnificent architecture. Furthermore the British library was intended to be a great international library and simultaneously has attracted researchers throughout the world visiting the library within its existence.</span><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YirAnjXpY4U">Treasures of the British Library watch the video on YouTube</a></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif";">References: </span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; mso-themecolor: text1;">The British Library, London<span style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> 2008, </span>The British Library</span></i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; mso-themecolor: text1;">, London<span style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">,</span> Galinsky, viewed 20 August 2010, < http://www.galinsky.com/buildings/British%20library/index.htm ></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; mso-themecolor: text1;">Stonehouse & Stromberg, 2004, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The Architecture of the British Library at St. Pancras</i>, </span><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif";"><a href="http://www.globalbooksinprint.com.ezproxy.lib.swin.edu.au/merge_shared/Search/SearchResult.asp?navPage=1&SortOrder=&SortField=&collection=GLBCOLL&QueryMode=Simple&ScoreThreshold=0&ResultCount=25&SearchLink=Yes&ebip=&srchFrm=TITLEDTL&QueryText=ipu%3D81154&boolean_search=1&altdesc=Routledge&"><span style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;">Routledge</span></a><span style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;">, United States, < http://books.google.com.au/books?id=TBPfzd8kWBgC&printsec=frontcover&dq=Architecture+of+british+library&source=bl&ots=2CTKRqwwqh&sig=1r3UiSs5cy8l-_6Uc8XgMIeKRVQ&hl=en&ei=x6uATM3PPIqfcaCf_LQL&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=4&ved=0CCYQ6AEwAzgK#v=onepage&q&f=false></span></span></div>Justynahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16320681636867424848noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6674854931050229605.post-14899306103156934442010-10-06T02:26:00.001-07:002010-10-07T05:11:09.133-07:00Blog 1: Introduction to the British Library<b><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"></span></b><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">Today I solely utilized web resources for the first 3 posts which describe the key information on the history, construction and architecture of the British Library.<br />
One of the dominant libraries in Britain is the British Library located at Euston Road in London, England. The library has been known for having millions of items within its collection and enabling millions of inter library loan requests. </span><br />
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</span>The collection contains several unique collections including: Original Beatle manuscripts, Magna Carta, Lindisfarne Gospels, Leonardo da Vinci's Notebook, The Times first edition from 18 March 1788. Material over 3,000 years old (Chinese oracle bones) - and today's newspapers, 310,000 manuscript volumes, Over 4 million maps and over 260,000 journal titles.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">The British library came into existence on the 1st of July in 1973 and In 1972 The British library was declared by Parliament as a single entity well after the established building plans had been completed. The library also easily assessable from various forms of transport. <br />
The British Library has consistency been an impressive facility with a systematic approach to its services and has been frequently compared to leading libraries around the world such as the library of Congress.<br />
Building was designed by architect Colin St John Wilson, the key features of this masterpiece have been published in London in 2007, the title is conveniently named "The British Library"</span><br />
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<b>Reflection on blogger experience: </b><br />
I did not find all the required information from one website which was my original expectation. I used the Google search to search for The British library. I had found many websites with similar content. However I aim to incorporate a good scope of resources which provided a well-rounded view (in my opinion) on the same subject. I learned how to edit blog posts, insert a picture and place hyperlink to provide ease of access to my blog readers. <br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; mso-themecolor: text1;">References:</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; mso-themecolor: text1;"> <br />
1.Welch and Lomholt, 2006, <em><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif";">British Library Building : Information + Photos</span></em>, E-architect, viewed 20 August 2010, http://www.e-architect.co.uk/london/british_library.htm.<br />
2. <em><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif";">British Library</span></em>, 2010, <em><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif";">British Library</span></em>, Wikipedia the free encyclopedia, viewed 20 August 2010, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Library.</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU; mso-themecolor: text1;"></span></div></div>Justynahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16320681636867424848noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6674854931050229605.post-40044055006074009752010-10-06T02:23:00.001-07:002010-10-06T02:23:56.814-07:00Research brief<a href="" name="6964219567630340428"></a> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><strong><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif";">This research plan outlines the requirements for assessment submission; sub topics which I intend to cover and overall aim to enhance the assignments scope and quality.</span></strong><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif";"><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif";">Areas to be covered:</span></strong><br />
• Describe and analyse famous historical libraries in England<br />
• The historical backgrounds of the libraries<br />
• The significance of these older libraries today<br />
• Changes within time periods eg. 1700 – 1800<br />
• Describe Literacy works<br />
• Social aspects of public libraries<br />
• Library architecture<br />
• Culture and history of Britain oldest libraries<br />
• Other adjoining topics <br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif";">Resources that may be utilized:</span></strong> <br />
• Websites <br />
• Online encyclopaedias and dictionary<br />
• Monographs<br />
• Serials<br />
• Journals<br />
• Reference books <br />
• DVDs and video recordings<br />
• Newspapers<br />
• EBSCO Host<br />
• Informit<br />
• Other online databases<br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif";">Strategy for Assignment:</span></strong><br />
• Incorporate at least 3 differential information resources <br />
• Aim to provide with readers with thought provoking and informative material <br />
• Avoid unnecessary repetition <br />
• Provide links to articles on the topic<br />
• Use Harvard Referencing to cite resources used </span></div>Justynahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16320681636867424848noreply@blogger.com0