Theological and Religious Studies Collection Directory

Name of Library: Woodbrooke College Library Address: 1046 Bristol Road, Birmingham, B29 6LJ Town: Birmingham 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 Ian C. Jackson Job Title Librarian Purpose and 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 By special negotiation. None. Volumes 45,000 (15,000 Quaker) Periodicals - Back Issues 35 Current Periodicals 130 Other 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. Manuscript Typescripts of J Rendel Harris Research resource Quakerism (C17 origins); Richard Baxter. Catalogue Type Computer / Card URL of catalogue Other facilities Photocopying Full Time Staff 1 Part Time Staff 0.3 Voluntary Staff 0.3 Future plans Retrospective catalogue conversion underway - estimated substantially completed by end

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