Last updated |
24th March 2009 |
Name of library |
Dominican Priory of St Albert the Great |
Address |
25 George Square, Edinburgh, EH8 9LD |
Telephone |
0131 650 0900 |
Fax |
0131 650 0902 |
E-mail |
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Website |
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Alternative names |
Blackfriars; Catholic Chaplaincy to Edinburgh University |
Contact & Job Title |
Richard Conrad, Librarian |
Purpose & main user community of the library |
Theological study by the Dominican Friars |
Terms of access |
By appointment |
Opening hours |
As arranged with the librarian |
Disabled access |
Occupies several different rooms; steps up to front door. |
Lending to other libraries & visitors |
Would supply ILL if asked, but no requests recollected. Personal loans rare, by special arrangement with librarian |
Number of volumes |
13,000 |
Periodicals – Back Issues |
26 |
Current Periodicals |
15 |
Other materials |
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Volumes added per year |
40-50 |
Coverage |
Usual spread of subjects in a Catholic theological library. More older material on Scripture and Church history than might be expected, but only average holdings of more recent works. Large collections of works on Scottish history and literature, including Scottish Catholic history. Quite good collection of Dominican history, legislation and spirituality. Much of the standard literature by and on St. Thomas Aquinas |
Special Collections |
Complete set of Migne’s Patrologia Graeca and Latina. Dictionnaire de Theologie Catholique. Works of Albert the Great and Thomas Aquinas Periodicals include Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Concilium (incomplete), Espirt, Blackfriars/New Blackfriars, Life of the Spirit, Revue Thomiste, The Tablet. |
Manuscripts |
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Research resource |
Albert the Great; Dominicana; Scottish Catholic History |
Catalogue Type |
Card |
URL of catalogue |
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Other facilities |
Photocopying |
Full Time Staff |
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Part Time Staff |
yes |
Voluntary Staff |
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Changes in next five years affecting the above |
Computerise catalogue; take over more room to create more space for books. |
Anything else about the library |
Priory established 1230 and dissolved at Reformation. Re-established as Catholic Chaplaincy at Edinburgh University in 1931. Now also a full priory and the novitiate house for the English Dominican Friars. |