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Library websites can offer: [1] Interaction with the library catalog. An Online Public Access Catalog (OPAC) provides the ability log into a library account to renew or request items. Gateway to electronic resources. Libraries may organize the various periodical indexes, electronic reference collections, and other databases they subscribe to.
Accrington Library is a Carnegie library located in the town of Accrington, Lancashire. In 1904 a sum of £7,500 was offered to the town by the industrialist and philanthropist Andrew Carnegie for the building of a new library. Following an application for more funds this offer was increased to £10,000. The building itself was opened in ...
The library was designed by the partnership of Briggs and Wolstenholme. It occupies a site at the fork of two roads and at the narrowest part features a turret with a clock and a conical roof. Historic England and the architectural historian Pevsner describe the style as "Loire" (referring to the Châteaux of the Loire Valley).
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Councillor L S Stott, Chairman of St Anne's on the Sea Urban District Council had been in communication with the American Philanthropist and benefactor of public libraries, Andrew Carnegie and Council Minutes (General Purposes Committee) of 29 June 1903 report that he received "an intimation from Mr Carnegie's private secretary that he would give the sum of £3,500 for the erection of a library".
Darwen Library is a Carnegie library in Darwen, Lancashire, England. It opened in 1908 and is located on Knott Street. It opened in 1908 and is located on Knott Street. History
The Ruskin – Library, Museum and Research Centre is an archive, museum, [1] and research centre at Lancaster University, [2] in the north of England. The Director of The Ruskin is Professor Sandra Kemp. [3] Prior to 2019, The Ruskin – Library, Museum and Research Centre was known as the Ruskin Library.
[2] [5] The library occupies the corner part of the building; the west and south walls have flanking pylons on plinths made of stone. [2] The corner entrance is flanked by three ionic columns on each side. [2] Over the doorway is a large, rectangular window, and above that, a frieze carved with the words "Central Public Library".