Last updated |
7th November 2012 |
Name of library |
The Chapter Library |
Address |
The College, Durham, DH1 3EH |
Telephone |
0191 386 2489 |
Fax |
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E-mail |
library@durhamcathedral.co.uk |
Website |
http://www.durhamcathedral.co.uk/library |
Alternative names |
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Contact & Job Title |
Mrs Gabriel Sewell |
Purpose & main user community of the library |
Serves the Chapter of Durham, members of the University of Durham and bona fide students. |
Terms of access |
By arrangement with the Librarian |
Opening hours |
9.30am – 4.45pm Monday – Friday |
Disabled access |
Stairs |
Lending to other libraries & visitors |
Permission may be given to borrow only the modern books. No inter-library loans. |
Number of volumes |
40,000 |
Periodicals – Back Issues |
50 |
Current Periodicals |
20 |
Other materials |
3,000 mss., plus transparencies, microfilms, negatives and maps. |
Volumes added per year |
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Coverage |
Bibliography, History, Palaeography, Local History, Monasticism, medieval manuscripts, early printed books and antiquarian manuscript collections. |
Special Collections |
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Manuscripts |
A collection of over 300 m. books from the medieval Benedictine house and the earliest foundations at Wearmouth and Jarrow. Mss. of James Raine Snr., W. H. Longstaffe, Sir Cuthbert Sharp, Robert Surtees, Thomas Romans, Christopher Hunter, George Allen, Thomas Randall, J. B. Lightfoot, A. R. Tucker, W. Van Mildert, H. H. Henson and I. T. Ramsey. |
Research resource |
History of the Church of England; Monasticism; Anglican theological thought; History of church music. |
Catalogue Type |
Sheaf binder; published catalogue of printed music (1968) and mss. music (1986). |
URL of catalogue |
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Other facilities |
Microfilms are available of all the medieval mss. and an increasing amount of music. |
Full Time Staff |
1 |
Part Time Staff |
1 |
Voluntary Staff |
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Changes in next five years affecting the above |
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Anything else about the library |
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