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hello my name is Isabel Chevrolet I'm an assistant librarian
cue to live free which is one is a library
that the City of London Corporation runs other libraries include City business
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and London Metropolitan archives and the lending libraries
there's been a library here
Guildhall in the City of London from the 14 twenties
when money left by Richard Whittington was used to build a library
for college priests, but around 1549
did you go Somerset protector to it with the sixth
removed the light breeze books on mass to his new mansion
Somerset House so there was no no I free at Guildhall
into the 1820s when a new library was created for members and staff
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the collection screw quick me and by the late
1860s new buildings quiet this new library opened in 1873
and the exterior of the building remains virtually unchanged
its design complimented the medieval killed
by now the collection has grown enormously and they were actively
collecting on
last Spencer London's me by the 1960s the collection set up ground even this
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opened in 1974 the modern life preoccupies this building on om
providing up-to-date facilities for historical research
including the largest collection devoted to the history
a single city anyway in the world the collection is designated national and
international importance
the library's catalog is available online this it is can order material not
on the open shelf
for delivery to the desk
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although much the connection is kept in two large stores below ground
material can be retrieved very quick delivery times very fast
and researches able to obtain expert assistance from a professional stuff
researches family historians academics and students from all over the world
come to use our resources including London history
maritime and business listing clocks Cup as
widest in and British Parliamentary Papers
as well as archives of London gilts no weights and the stock exchange
we also provide free access to a range
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and newspaper databases
we run an active program the fence including often talks
workshops evening this home
use my life is a public reference librarian no appointment or membership
is necessary
although ID is required to consult read books manuscripts
we look forward to welcoming you cute we live free and very diffuse
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