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National and specialist libraries in the United Kingdom.

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Resources in This Category

• Association of Independent Libraries

  http://independentlibraries.co.uk/
  Directory and guide to the history and collections of independent subscription libraries.

• Bodleian Library

  http://www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/bodley
  One of the world's oldest and most famous libraries at Oxford University.

• British Jigsaw Puzzle Library

  http://www.britishjigsawpuzzlelibrary.co.uk/
  Lending library of handmade wooden jigsaw puzzles. 3,500 puzzles in current circulation. The club has been in existence since 1933.

• British Library of Political and Economic Science

  http://www.lse.ac.uk/library/
  As well as being the working library of the London School of Economics (LSE), the library serves as a national collection of material for research on Social Sciences.

• British Library Public Catalogue

  http://explore.bl.uk/primo_library/libweb/action/search.do?vid=BLVU1
  A free service to allow you to find out what material is held in the major Reference and Document Supply collections of the British Library.

• Chawton House Library & Study Centre

  http://www.chawton.org/
  Centre for the Study of Early English Women's Writing, 1600-1830, in Jane Austen's former home. Online texts, history and access.

• Chetham's Library

  http://www.chethams.org.uk/
  Founded in 1653 in Manchester, England and open free of charge. History, list of manuscripts and online catalogue.

• COPAC

  http://copac.jisc.ac.uk/
  Unified access to the catalogues of some of the largest university research libraries in the UK and Ireland.

• Inner Temple Library

  http://www.innertemplelibrary.org.uk/
  A law library for Inner Temple members and for barrister members of the other Inns of Court. Includes a history of the Inner Temple.

• Leadhills Reading Society

  http://www.leadhillslibrary.co.uk/
  The oldest subscription library in Britain. History of the library and the village, photographs and information for visitors.

• Library| Queen Mary, University of London

  http://www.library.qmul.ac.uk/
  Presenting the library services available to QMUL students.

• Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru, National Library of Wales

  http://www.llgc.org.uk/
  Details of available documents, search the catalogues of the photographic, picture and prints collections.

• Marx Memorial Library

  http://www.marx-memorial-library.org/
  Subscription lending library in London dedicated to Marxism and labour movements. Overview of collections, lecture programme and membership rates.

• National Library of Scotland

  http://www.nls.uk/
  A complete list of Library catalogues and indexes, current exhibitions and a digital library.

• National Marine Biological Library

  http://www.mba.ac.uk/nmbl/
  Based in Plymouth, south-west England, the NMBL contains one of the world's major collections of literature on aquatic sciences and fisheries, and acts as a marine biological sciences resource for the UK.

• People's Network

  http://www.peoplesnetwork.gov.uk/
  Government site detailing the progress of the government's project to connect all public libraries to the Internet

• Poetry Library Online

  http://www.poetrylibrary.org.uk/
  World's largest public library devoted exclusively to modern poetry. Lost Quotation Noticeboard for when one can't remember what comes next.

• Public Lending Right UK

  http://www.plr.uk.com/
  Provides information on the PLR Scheme. It provides advice on eligibility, registration and payment from government for the free lending of their books by libraries.

• Science Museum Library

  http://www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/about_us/about_the_museum/science_library.aspx
  Science Museum Library is a research library, open to the general public for reference. Our collections form a record of scientific, technological and medical change since the eighteenth century

• Society of Chief Librarians

  http://goscl.com/
  Leads and manages public libraries in England, Wales and Northern Ireland.

• The Birmingham & Midland Institute Library

  http://www.bmi.org.uk/library.html
  Book collection dating from 1799 and music library. Events, membership and location map.

• The Highgate Literary & Scientific Institution

  http://www.hlsi.net/
  Private lending library in London including archives relating to Highgate Village and Samuel Taylor Coleridge. Description of collections and lecture programme.

• The Literary and Philosophical Society of Newcastle upon Tyne

  http://www.litandphil.org.uk/
  History and photographs of this subscription library offering books, magazines and CDs. Programme of free events and children's page.

• The London Library

  http://www.londonlibrary.co.uk/
  Scholarly subscription library in central London collecting principally in the humanities. History, collections, membership information and online catalogue.

• The Portico Library and Gallery

  http://www.theportico.org.uk/
  A subscription library in Manchester featuring 19th century literature, local school exhibits, artist submissions, and gallery.

• The Wellcome Library for the History and Understanding of Medicine

  http://wellcomelibrary.org/
  Research library in London, open to the public free of charge. Catalogues of books, archives and images.

• Whitby Literary & Philosophical Society Library & Archive

  http://www.whitbymuseum.org.uk/
  History and description of the local history, maritime and geological collections of this English learned society.

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