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.
2013
Dr. William's Library, 14 Gordon Square, London, WC1H OAR
Date: 22nd May 2013
Time: 5:30 pm
Dr. William's Library is the pre-eminent research library of English Protestant non-conformity. It was established in the 18th centuryby the will of Dr. Daniel Williams, a leading London non-conformist minister. Dr. Williams's original benefaction of about 7600 books now forms only a small part of the modern library which consists of about 300,000 titles from the earliest years of printing to the present, and many thousands of manuscripts from the thirteenth to the twenty-fist century. Some printed works and manuscripts of national and even international significance are included.
For further details and to reserve a place please contact Graham Hedges .
No further visits have been arranged for 2013. If you would like to suggest places to visit, we would be hapy to hear from you.
Contact our Secretary Graham Hedges in the first instance. In some cases your regional representative might also be willing to organise a visit within their area.
Previous visits
Hodder and
Stoughton
On Thursday, 6th September 2012 a group of LCF
members and others visited Hodder
Faith where we had the opportunity to meet Ian Metcalfe, Director of Publishing
at, and learn more about this well known Christian publishing department and
its
place
within a leading mainstream publishing company. A report will follow
later.
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
Sue Rugg reports on a visit to the stage production in Kensington
Gardens, London on Saturday 16th June.
"Something to irritate everyone"
On Thursday 17th May 2012 a group of LCF members and
friends visited the East London offices of the Church
Times Paul Handley
showed us round and talked about the publishing and
bookselling
activities
of the Hymns Ancient and
Modern group, which include: Third
Way , SCM-Canterbury
Press, Church
House Publishing, Church
House Bookshop.
Visit report from Graham Hedges
On 24th May 201 LCF members visited the Museum of the Book to view the unique collection of rare copies and editions of the Bible in over 20 languages, including the Gutenberg Bible of 1455, first edition Bibles of the Reformation such as Erasmus' Greek New Testament, Luther's Bible, Coverdale's Bible, the Geneva Bible and, of course, the King James Bible of 1611 as well as copies of the Bible once owned by luminaries such as John Bunyan, Elizabeth Fry, Florence Nightingale, Charles Spurgeon, William Wilberforce, Reginald Kray, and Elvis Presley.
The
Evangelical Library
OnTuesday 21st September 2010, a group of LCF members and friends
visited the Library which moved to Bounds Green in 2009.
Wesley's
Chapel
On Tuesday 18th May 2010, 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...