Last updated |
24th March 2009 |
Name of library |
Woodbrooke College Library |
Address |
1046 Bristol Road, Birmingham, B29 6LJ |
Telephone |
0121 472 5171 |
Fax |
0121 472 5173 |
E-mail |
library@woodbrooke.org.uk |
Website |
http://www.woodbrooke.org.uk |
Alternative names |
Woodbrooke Quaker Study Centre |
Contact & Job Title |
Ian C. Jackson, Librarian |
Purpose & main user community of the library |
To provide resources for students and staff of the college; Quakers of Britain Yearly meeting |
Terms of access |
By appointment |
Opening hours |
M-F 09.30-16.30 |
Disabled access |
Wheelchair access available to part of library. |
Lending to other libraries & visitors |
By special negotiation. None. |
Number of volumes |
45,000 (15,000 Quaker) |
Periodicals – Back Issues |
35 |
Current Periodicals |
130 |
Other materials |
200 MS (mainly typescripts); 8000 microfiche of Mirgana records; 50 microfiche of Quaker records. |
Volumes added per year |
800 (of which c.150 refer to Quakerism) |
Coverage |
Quakerism (2nd largest collection in Europe). Peace issues, Feminist theology, Social Justice. |
Special Collections |
Bevan-Naish Collection (C17-18 Quaker tracts); Powicke collection: Richard Baxter and Cambridge Platonists. |
Manuscripts |
Typescripts of J Rendel Harris |
Research resource |
Quakerism (C17 origins); Richard Baxter. |
Catalogue Type |
Computer / Card |
URL of catalogue |
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Other facilities |
Photocopying |
Full Time Staff |
1 |
Part Time Staff |
0.3 |
Voluntary Staff |
0.3 |
Changes in next five years affecting the above |
Retrospective catalogue conversion underway – estimated substantially completed by end |
Anything else about the library |
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