Last updated |
15th January 2009 |
Name of library |
Hull Local Studies Library |
Address |
Central Library, Albion Street, Kingston upon Hull, HU1 3TF |
Telephone |
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Fax |
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E-mail |
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Website |
http://www.hullcc.gov.uk and http://www.historycentrehull.org.uk |
Alternative names |
Hull History Services. Hull History Centre |
Contact & Job Title |
David Alexander Smith, Senior Local Studies Librarian |
Purpose & main user community of the library |
Public |
Terms of access |
Just walk in |
Opening hours |
Temporarily closed whilst we prepare for the move to the Hull History Centre in the autumn of 2009 (see websites above for further details) |
Disabled access |
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Lending to other libraries & visitors |
Normally yes, but temporarily suspended due to above closure. Through ILL. Where duplicates are kept; no original manuscripts are loaned. |
Number of volumes |
35,000 |
Periodicals – Back Issues |
600 |
Current Periodicals |
100 |
Other materials |
Microfilms, maps, videos, DVD, maps |
Volumes added per year |
500 |
Coverage |
History of religion and religious buildings in Hull and East Riding of Yorkshire; architecture; biography |
Special Collections |
Fish Street Chapel 1769-1982. Primitive Methodist Circuit Records 1838-1920. Hull & East Riding Congregational Records 1900-1974. |
Manuscripts |
Forster and Andrews Organ Builders, 1844-1959. Contains the details of organs supplied to religious buildings. Photograph collection including religious subjects and lost churches. |
Research resource |
General historical; architecture; biography |
Catalogue Type |
Computer, Card |
URL of catalogue |
http://www.hullcc.gov.uk (under L for Local Studies in the A-Z listing) |
Other facilities |
Photocopying (self service and by staff), internet access |
Full Time Staff |
3 |
Part Time Staff |
5 |
Voluntary Staff |
1 |
Changes in next five years affecting the above |
The Hull Local Studies Library is currently closed to the public whilst we make the move to the History Centre (see website listed above) due to open in the autumn of 2009. At the moment there is no access to our collections. The History Centre will bring together the Hull Local Studies Library, Hull City Archives and the University of Hull Archives in to one building in the centre of Hull. |
Anything else about the library |
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