Council’s choice for October
A monthly series of bibliography- or book-related links recommended by members of the Society’s Council. A new series initiated by our President, Margaret Ford. http://www.bibsoc.org.uk/news/councils-choice
Council’s choice for September
A monthly series of bibliography- or book-related links recommended by members of the Society’s Council. A new series initiated by our President, Margaret Ford. http://www.bibsoc.org.uk/news/councils-choice
New online publication – Book Owners Online
Book Owners Online is a directory of historical book owners, with information about their libraries, and signposts to further reference sources. It currently covers seventeenth-century English owners, with the potential to be expanded. The database is a development from David Pearson's listing of English book owners of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries available [...]
Council’s choice for August
A monthly series of bibliography- or book-related links recommended by members of the Society’s Council. A new series initiated by our President, Margaret Ford. http://www.bibsoc.org.uk/news/councils-choice
Council’s Choice for July
A monthly series of bibliography- or book-related links recommended by members of the Society’s Council. A new series initiated by our President, Margaret Ford. http://www.bibsoc.org.uk/news/councils-choice
Council’s choice
Bibliography- or book-related links recommended by members of the Society’s Council A new series initiated by Margaret Ford, Past President Posts from previous years: 2022 2021 2020 September 2023 Richard Sharpe’s Libraries and Books in Medieval England During my brief time in Oxford, I got to know the late Richard Sharpe quite [...]
Cathedral Libraries Catalogue
The catalogue records for volume two of the Society's Cathedral Libraries Catalogue have been added to the national Jisc Library Hub Discover service (which has replaced COPAC). Volume Two contains the continental imprints for books printed before 1701 in the libraries of the Anglican Cathedrals of England and Wales. Information about [...]
Coronavirus update
Because of the present restrictions on travel and large gatherings, the Bibliographical Society's events for the rest of this season are cancelled. It is hoped that the lectures will be postponed to a later date in the 2020-2021 season. The Society continues to monitor the situation around the coronavirus outbreak.
Virtual Issue of ‘The Library’ Now Available
The Library is happy to announce the publication of its new annual 'Virtual Issues'. It comprises a retrospective gathering of key articles in a particular field that have appeared in the pages of The Library since the journal’s first appearance. These have been chosen by a guest editor, who has [...]
From College Library to Country House
14–18 September 2020 This intensive residential course is based in the exceptional surroundings of Clare College in the centre of the University of Cambridge. Directed by Dr. Andrew Moore, the programme focuses upon a series of iconic libraries. These include the historic private libraries of Houghton Hall created by Robert [...]
Election of Vice-President
The Society is seeking to appoint a new Vice-President at its AGM on Wednesday, 16 October 2019. Nominations will be considered by Council at its meeting on 3 September, and members of the Society are invited to submit nominations to the Hon. Secretary by the end of Friday, 23 August [...]
Now online: Index to the Court Books of the Stationers’ Company, 1679-1717
The Index to the Court Books of the Stationers' Company, 1679-1717 can now be consulted online. The PDF file for this book is available to read or to download from the Society's electronic web resource at https://zenodo.org/record/3252954. For further information see http://www.bibsoc.org.uk/content/index-court-books-stationers-company-1679-1717.