Librarians' Christian Fellowship
Christians in Library, Information
and Archive Work
Visits
From time to time visits, to places of interest to members are arranged. These may be to libraries, research centres or Christian organisations, normally with an information or research connection of some kind. Recent visits include Lambeth Palace, Christian Research, the Evangelical Alliance, the British Museum and Tearfund.
2010
The Evangelical Library,
Units 5 and 6, Gateway Mews, Ring Way, Bounds Green, London, N11 2UT
Date: Tuesday 21st September
Time: 2:30 pm
The Library moved to this location in 2009. It is home to more than
80,000 evangelical books as well as an archive for many Christian periodicals
and offers “the
very best in written evangelical spirituality” with sections
on church history, doctrine and devotional reading. The Library was originally
the vision of the late Geoffrey Williams who created
a private collection of Reformed
and Puritan evangelical classics , back in the 1930s.
Please contact our secretary, Graham Hedges as soon as possible to book a place. It may be possible to arrange to meet for lunch before the visit.
Previous visits
Wesley's
Chapel
On Tuesday 18th May, LCF members visited Wesley's chapel opposite
the
famous
Bunhill
Row
burial
ground
where
John Bunyan, Daniel Defoe, William Blake, Isaac Watts and others are buried.The
visit
included
a tour of Wesley's house and the Museum of Methodism next door.
St.
Paul's Cathedral Library
On Tuesday 22nd September 2009 a group of LCF members
and friends visited the library of St. Paul's Cathedral in London.
Bible
World Experience
On Saturday 1st August 2009, our Scottish members visited
the Scottish Bible Society's Bible World Experience in Edinburgh.
Westminster
Central Hall
On Tuesday 19th May 2009
a group of LCF members visited WCH where Richard Ratcliffe, guest speaker at
our 2008 annual gave them a tour of the building and an introduction
to the Methodist archives.
Visit report....
The
Bible Society
On Tuesday 16th September 2008 members of LCF visited the Bible Society
in Swindon
Church
of England Record Centre
On Tuesday 20 May 2008 a dozen LCF members visited
the Church of England Record Centre in Bermondsey, south London.
This was a great opportunity to see behind the scenes and learn more about the work of the Centre which maintains archives for the various national institutions of the Anglican Church.
On Saturday 12th July, 2007 a small party of Scottish LCF members visited the chapel...
Visit report...