This is a list of libraries in the United Kingdom.

England (by region)

As of 2011, there were approximately 3,500 public libraries throughout England, ^[1] along with hundreds of other libraries including academic and research libraries.

Contents

• England (by region)
• East of England
• East Midlands
• London
• North East
• North West
• South East
• South West
• West Midlands
• Yorkshire and the Humber
• Northern Ireland
• Scotland
• Wales
• See also
• References
• Further reading
• External links

Northern Ireland

• Armagh Robinson Library
• Belfast Central Library
• Linen Hall Library, Belfast ^[6]
• Northern Ireland Assembly Library, Belfast ^[13]
• Queen's University Belfast Lynn Building, operated as library 1868–2009

Scotland

Wales

Cardiff

Elsewhere

• Abergavenny Carnegie Library, 1905–2015
• Barry Council Office and Library
• Gladstone's Library, Hawarden, Flintshire
• Holyhead Market Hall
• Llandrindod Wells Library, Powys
• Monmouthshire Libraries
• National Library of Wales, Aberystwyth, Ceredigion ^[3]
• Newport Central Library
• University of Wales Trinity Saint David Roderic Bowen Library and Archive, Lampeter
• Wrexham Library
  • Old Library, Wrexham, 1907–1973

See also

• Copyright law of the United Kingdom
• Library associations in the United Kingdom
• List of archives in the United Kingdom
• Mass media in the United Kingdom
• Public Libraries Act 1850
• Public Libraries and Museums Act 1964

References

Further reading

• "Libraries: Modern British Libraries", Encyclopaedia Britannica, vol. 14 (14th ed.), London, 1929, p. 3+ – via HathiTrust{{citation}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
• John Minto (1932), History of the Public Library Movement in Great Britain and Ireland, London: Library Association, OCLC   3065692
• F. Wormald; C. E. Wright, eds. (1958), The English Library before 1700, OCLC   14607612
• Parochial Libraries of England and Wales, London: Bibliographical Society, 1959, OCLC   308625782
• Thomas Kelly (1966). Early Public Libraries: a history of public libraries in Great Britain before 1850 . London: Library Association. ISBN   9780853653813.
• Denis F. Keeling (ed.), British Library History: Bibliography, London: Library Association, OCLC   25730267 . Began in 1972
• Thomas Kelly (1973). History of Public Libraries in Great Britain 1845-1965. London: Library Association. OCLC   898814 – via Internet Archive.
• Paul Sturges (1981). "Library History in Britain: Progress and Prospects". Journal of Library History. 16. JSTOR   25541202.
• K. A. Manley; Denis F. Keeling (1990). "Sunshine in the Gloom: The Study of British Library History". Libraries & Culture. 25. JSTOR   25542229.
• Directory of Rare Book and Special Collections in the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland (2nd ed.), London: Library Association, 1997, OCLC   37332702
• David H. Stam, ed. (2001). "English School Libraries". International Dictionary of Library Histories. Fitzroy Dearborn. ISBN   1579582443.
• Cambridge History of Libraries in Britain & Ireland, Cambridge University Press, 2006, OCLC   57731122 (3 volumes)
  • Elisabeth Leedham-Green; Teresa Webber, eds. (2006). The Cambridge History of Libraries in Britain and Ireland: Volume 1, To 1640. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. doi:10.1017/CHOL9780521781947. ISBN   978-0521781947.
  • Giles Mandelbrote; K. A. Manley, eds. (2006). The Cambridge History of Libraries in Britain and Ireland Volume 2: 1640–1850. Cambridge University Press. doi:10.1017/CHOL9780521792745. ISBN   9780521792745.
  • Alistair Black; Peter Hoare, eds. (2006). The Cambridge History of Libraries in Britain and Ireland Volume 3: 1850–2000. Cambridge University Press. doi:10.1017/CHOL9780521780971. ISBN   9780521780971.
• Mark Purcell (2017). The Country House Library. Yale University Press. ISBN   9780300227406.

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Libraries in the United Kingdom .

• "Library Map of the World: United Kingdom", ifla.org, Netherlands: International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions
• Robin Alston, Library History Database, archived from the original on 2009-03-04 – via Wayback Machine, Finding aid for the history of libraries in the British Isles to 1850
• CILIP Cymru Wales, "Libraries in Wales / Llyfrgelloedd yng Nghymru", cilip.org.uk, UK: Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals, Available as open Wikidata (open datasets of libraries in Wales)