Trinity College Library Dublin: A History - Hardcover

Fox, Peter

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1107011205 ISBN 13: 9781107011205

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2014

Synopsis

This is the first comprehensive, scholarly history of Trinity College Library Dublin. It covers the whole 400 years of the Library's development, from its foundation by James Ussher in the seventeenth century to the electronic revolution of the twenty-first century. Particular attention is given to the buildings and to the politics involved in obtaining funding for them, as well as to the acquisition of the great treasures, such as the Book of Kells and the libraries of Ussher, Claudius Gilbert and Hendrik Fagel. An important aspect is the comprehensive coverage of legal deposit from the beginning of the nineteenth century, viewed for the first time from the Irish perspective. The book also draws parallels with the development of other libraries in Dublin and with those of the universities of Oxford and Cambridge, and features throughout the individuals who influenced the Library's development - librarians, politicians, readers, book collectors and book thieves.

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About the Author

Peter Fox has over 30 years' experience at a senior level in academic libraries, including 15 years in Trinity College Library. In 2009 he retired as the Librarian of the University of Cambridge, having held the post since 1994. Before that he was the College Librarian and Archivist at Trinity College Dublin. He was also a Curator of the Bodleian Libraries, Oxford, and a member of a number of committees at the British Library. He has edited several books, including Cambridge University Library: The Great Collections (Cambridge University Press, 1998), the commentary volume to The Book of Kells, MS 58, Trinity College Library Dublin (1990) and Treasures of the Library: Trinity College Dublin (1986).

Edition details

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1107011205
• ISBN 13: 9781107011205
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 412