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idiosyncratic or unfashionable. In 2019, under pressure for space, the decision was taken to reverse this policy, and to introduce a new strategy of withdrawing from the collections some journal and government publication material now available online, some foreign language journals, duplicate copies of books, and other material considered obsolete; and also to move some low-use material to off-site storage.
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In 1903 the annual membership subscription was £3. During the 1930s it was £4 4s and fees remained at this level into the 1950s. In November 1981 the annual subscription was £60. Following the acquisition of T. S. Eliot House, from 2008 the subscription was significantly increased from £210 to £375.
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granted the Library a new Royal Charter, which revoked both the 1933 and 1968 charters. It has its own byelaws and the power to make or amend its rules. It has a royal patron, an elected president and vice presidents, and is administered by an elected board of a maximum of 15 trustees, including the
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In 2011 the Library launched its Student Prize, a writing competition open to final-year undergraduates at higher education institutions in the UK. The theme was "The future of Britain lies with the right-hand side of the brain", and the winner was announced in March 2012 as Ben Mason, a student at
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as "curiously eclectic". The main reading room is on the first floor; and above this three tall windows light three floors of bookstack. Another four floors of bookstacks were built to the rear. In 1920–22, an additional seven-storey bookstack was built further back still, again designed by Osborne
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The Library now holds more than one million items, and each year, it acquires approximately 8,000 new books and periodicals. 97% of the collection is available for loan, either on-site or through the post. It is the largest lending library in Europe. Members play a central role in the selection and
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The Library's collections, which range from the 16th century to the present day, are strong within the fields of literature, fiction, fine and applied art, architecture, history, biography, philosophy, religion, topography, and travel. The social sciences are more lightly covered. Pure and natural
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In 2004, the Library acquired Duchess House, a four-storey 1970s office building adjoining the north side of the existing site, which increased overall capacity by 30%. The building was renamed T. S. Eliot House in 2008. The opportunity was taken for a major rationalisation and overhaul of the
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were sold. With those exceptions, it was formerly library policy to retain virtually all items acquired since its foundation, on the grounds that, as books are never entirely superseded, and therefore never redundant, the collections should not be weeded of material merely because it was old,
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One of the pleasures and privileges of belonging to the London Library is wandering through its labyrinthine book-stacks with no particular aim in mind. Anyone who wants to find a particular one of the million or so books or 2,500 periodicals can do so easily enough in the catalogue, but
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I hesitated for a moment whether to go to the "C" for chess section first, or the "I" for Iceland section, but chose the former, because it was nearer. There were about twenty to thirty books on chess on the shelves, and the first that caught my eye was a bulky volume with the title,
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commented that "The closing of this most worthy institution would be a tragedy". Financial donations reached £17,000, and an auction of books, manuscripts and artworks on 22 June 1960 raised over £25,000 – enough to clear debts and legal expenses of £20,000. At the sale some
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The senior manager or chief executive of the Library was historically known as the Librarian and Secretary, and later simply as Librarian. With the appointment of Philip Marshall in 2017, the title was changed to Director. The post has been held by the following:
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browsing is what many members find particularly rewarding. ... One of the best places to do this is in the capacious Science and Miscellaneous section, that glorious omnium gatherum subdivided into such widely divergent subjects as
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Smith. (This new stack was notable for its opaque glass floors: an unforeseen drawback of the combination of glass floors and structural metal shelving was that browsers in the stacks were liable to receive periodic jolts of
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greater part of the library's premises. Staff activities were concentrated in T. S. Eliot House (freeing up space in the older buildings for book storage and members' facilities); a new reading room was inserted in a
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95% of the collection is housed on open shelves (the remaining 5% includes rare books held in secure storage). This open access policy – which contrasts with that in many other large libraries, including the
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was inserted within the Art Room in the early 1970s; four floors of bookstack were constructed above the north bay of the reading room in 1992; and in 1995 the Anstruther Wing (named after its benefactor,
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whose sole aim is the advancement of education, learning, and knowledge. It was incorporated by Royal Charter on 13 June 1933, with a supplemental Royal Charter granted on 21 October 1988. On 6 July 2004,
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in 1895 as "admittedly the worst house in the Square". The Library rented the house from 1845, but in 1879 bought the freehold. In the early years, to defray costs, some of the rooms were let to the
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development of the collections, bequeathing their personal libraries, donating copies of their own books, serving on the Books Selection Committee, making suggestions for acquisition and more.
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and annuals on a wide range of subjects are also held in the collections. Special collections include subjects of hunting, field sports, Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, and of Jewish interest.
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The property in St James's Square first occupied by the Library was a house, Beauchamp House, built in 1676 and renovated at later dates. A proposal in the 1770s (when it was owned by
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was abandoned, but it was refronted shortly afterwards. It was located in the north-west corner of the square, and had a much smaller frontage than its neighbours, being described by
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sciences, technology, medicine and law are not within the library's purview, although it has some books in all of those fields; books on their histories are normally acquired.
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In 1896–98 the premises were completely rebuilt to the designs of James Osborne Smith, and this building survives as the front part of the present library complex. The
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Following the war, the Library continued to experience a need for increased space, although the practical possibilities for expansion were limited. A
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also became involved. At that time, most publishers donated free copies of their books to the library. A final appeal was turned down by the
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remembered his first visit to the library in the mid 1960s: "I have always had an obsession about books, and in this place I felt like a
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In the 1990s, the Library was one of a number of academic and specialist libraries targeted by serial book thief
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Anon. (2020). "Corner of the Library: the 'shocking' story of one of the Library's most secluded spots".
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Following its foundation in 1841, the Library spent four years occupying rooms on the first floor of 49
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inadequately catalogued. In particular, he developed an antipathy for the Keeper of Printed Books,
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acting as consulting structural engineers; while the toilets were designed in collaboration with
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In May 2016 the Library marked the 175th anniversary of its foundation with a three-day
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sat on the first committee. The Belgian freedom fighter and former Louvain librarian
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visits the Library in order to gain sufficient expertise to pose as an authority on
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O'Neill, Helen (2015). "Telling stories: the novelisation of the London Library".
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In 1944, the Library lost some 16,000 volumes to bomb damage, and in 1970 its few
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Library Book: an architectural journey through the London Library, 1841–2006
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The London Library is a self-supporting, independent institution. It is a
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The Library has featured in a number of works of literature and fiction.
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Quoted in Wells 1991, pp. 224–5: name corrected from "Williard Friske".
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The office of President of the Library has been held by the following:
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agreed to serve as its patron. Subsequent royal patrons have been King
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Parker, Peter (2008). "A horticultural ramble in the London Library".
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was a vice-president from 1848 to 1874. (Van de Weyer's father-in-law
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As of September 2024 the annual fee for standard membership is £615.
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in London, established in 1841. It was founded on the initiative of
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A vigorous and long-serving presence in later Victorian times was
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The Parish of St James Westminster: Part One: South of Piccadilly
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fetched only £200, which Hart-Davis thought "shamefully little".
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List of organisations in the United Kingdom with a royal charter
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Gothaisches Genealogisches Taschenbuch der Freiherrlichen Häuser
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Further references are noted in Grindea 1978, pp. 64–5; and in
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Organisations based in the United Kingdom with royal patronage
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from the Library in order to pose as a representative of the
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Catalogue of the London Library, St. James's Square, London
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A Presidential Address to the Members of the London Library
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Entrance Hall of the London Library with bust of President
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Wiener Library for the Study of the Holocaust and Genocide
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Conan Doyle, Sir Arthur (1928). "The Illustrious Client".
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In 1957 the Library received an unanticipated demand from
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Halfway to Heaven: concluding memoirs of a literary life
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Rude Words: a discursive history of the London Library
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items donated by his brother fetched £3,800, Eliot's
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was among the founder members. In more recent times,
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The chief instigator in the Library's foundation was
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Grade II listed buildings in the City of Westminster
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recorded how in 1972, commissioned to report on the
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Entrance to the London Library in St James's Square
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A subsequent letter from 366:of 5 November from the President and Chairman ( 2554:, and other illustrations include drawings by 3214:Francis Skaryna Belarusian Library and Museum 2777: 1004:) uses the Library to research her study of 2243:Sherlock Holmes: the Complete Short Stories 2240: 2221: 1321: 1141:Richard Monckton Milnes, 1st Baron Houghton 2784: 2770: 2669:: CS1 maint: location missing publisher ( 2641:: CS1 maint: location missing publisher ( 1679:. New York, New York: Skyhorse Publishing. 1613: 773: 196: 34: 1690:Phipps, C. (2006). "The London Library". 1586: 506:Chess in Iceland and Icelandic Literature 3423:Research libraries in the United Kingdom 2624: 2613: 2565: 1889: 1797: 1472:Charity Commission for England and Wales 1111: 1080:Shortly after the Library's foundation, 866: 716: 614: 429: 258: 218: 3408:Private libraries in the United Kingdom 2416: 1555:. London Library. 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