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A barbican is a fortified gate, and here the name probably derives from the 'Castle Barbican' which was an entrance to Plymouth Castle, the late medieval fortress that guarded access to the Cattewater, prior to the building of the Royal Citadel.
The Dana Library and Research Centre (formerly the Dana Centre) on Queen's Gate, South Kensington, London, is a venue where researchers and visitors can access the library and archives of the Science Museum Group.
The Harry Elkins Widener Memorial Library, housing some 3.5 million books, [2] is the centerpiece of the Harvard Library system. It honors 1907 Harvard College graduate and book collector Harry Elkins Widener, and was built by his mother Eleanor Elkins Widener soon after his death in the sinking of the Titanic in 1912.
The British Library was created on 1 July 1973 as a result of the British Library Act 1972. [13] Prior to this, the national library was part of the British Museum, which provided the bulk of the holdings of the new library, alongside smaller organisations which were folded in (such as the National Central Library, [14] the National Lending Library for Science and Technology and the British ...
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It operated as a library and a theatre and taught students of drama, opera, and secretarial subjects. [4] It is listed grade II by Historical England. [11] The earliest gaslight street lighting in London was of Golden Lane, the Barbican, and the Golden Lane Brewery in 1807 by the National Light and Heat Company. [12]
The British War Library service was a venture launched in 1914 to provide reading material to World War I British soldiers. It was one of the first examples of bibliotherapy in a military context, inspiring the American Library War Service to be founded a few years later [1] - although earlier examples can be found, e.g. the Soldiers' Free ...
John Harvard Library is a public lending library on Borough High Street in Southwark, London. The library is home to the Local History Library, as well as a Mouse Tail Coffee Stories cafe. The library is home to the Local History Library, as well as a Mouse Tail Coffee Stories cafe.