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The Philip Robinson Library is the main library for Newcastle University, and is located on Jesmond Road West. It was named after Philip Robinson, a bookseller in the city and benefactor to the library, in 1989. The subsequent £8 million bequest in the will of his widow Marjorie remains the largest sum donated to a UK university library. [6]
The Consortium of University Research Libraries (CURL) started in 1983 as an informal grouping of the seven largest university research libraries (the university libraries of Cambridge, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Leeds, London, Manchester, and Oxford) to "explore the possibilities of closer co-operation, particularly, but not exclusively in the use of ...
The Newcastle City Library officially opened in the Cultural Centre on 21 October 1957. [10] [11] The library initially functioned solely as a reference library, the collection built out primarily of donations, such as those by C. Barrington Darley, [12] a donation of the entirety of the Women's Club's children's library, [13] and eventually ...
Centre of West African Studies (CWAS) is a division of the School of Historical Studies at the University of Birmingham, England.The centre provides teaching and research into issues of African development, culture, anthropology, sociology, politics, history, and the legacies of the African diaspora, particularly in the UK, the Caribbean, and North America.
Birmingham Central Library was the main public library in Birmingham, England, from 1974 until 2013, replacing a library opened in 1865 and rebuilt in 1882. For a time the largest non-national library in Europe, [ 1 ] it closed on 29 June 2013 and was replaced by the Library of Birmingham .
The Manor of Aston became a borough in 1903, with council offices in the building. From 1911, Aston was part of the city of Birmingham. [1] [2] The building is now a public library of Birmingham City Council. [3] The weather vane at the top of the corner turret. It is described in the listing text as designed in "a loosely Jacobean style". The ...
Birmingham City host Newcastle United in the fourth round of the FA Cup tonight, with the League One leaders looking to bring an upset at St Andrew’s. Chris Davies’ side lead the third ...
The Library of Birmingham is a public library in Birmingham, England. It is situated on the west side of the city centre at Centenary Square, beside the Birmingham Rep (to which it connects, and with which it shares some facilities) and Baskerville House. Upon opening on 3 September 2013, it replaced Birmingham Central Library.