Table of contents
Mapping the library landscape
Geoffrey ForsterOutlines the aims and history of the Association of IndependentLibraries (AIL) since its foundation in 1989. Describes the backgroundto the conference, “Mapping the library…
History of the Bradford Mechanics′ Institute Library
David VerityDescribes the history of the Bradford Mechanics′ Institute Library,which was founded in 1832, in relation to prevailing educational andsocial circumstances. Discusses changes…
The Leeds Library
Dennis CoxDiscusses the foundation of Leeds Library in 1768 (which was a timeof expansion in the wider world) and its founders. Describes thesubsequent history and growth of the library…
British Book Trade Index: development and progress
Peter IsaacProvides a brief outline of the background of British Book TradeHistory studies as an introduction to the establishment of the BritishBook Trade Index within the relevant library…
The BCMSV database: a progress report and a case study
Oliver PickeringBCMSV is a computer database of information about individual itemsof seventeenth and eighteenth‐century manuscript English verse in theBrotherton Collection of Leeds University…
Some eighteenth‐century English provincial book advertisements
Frank FelsensteinDescribes a research project to identify, record and analyse bookadvertisements in eighteenth‐century English provincial books. Discussesthe conduct of the research and examines…
Mute testimony: Yorkshire′s historic library buildings
Bob DuckettDiscusses the importance of recording surviving library buildingsas a contribution to architectural and library history research,illustrated by a selection of photographs of…
A history of the book in Britain
John BarnardDescribes the proposed “a history of the book inBritain” project to be published in seven volumes by CambridgeUniversity Press. Describes the background to the project in relation…