Work Experience by Olivia Jones

14 July 2017

Work Experience by Olivia Jones

Starting my Work Experience at Gladstone’s Library, I was given an introduction and tour of the library itself as well as the collections. Within the library are the History and Theology Rooms plus the Annex. After I was shown around, I helped to open the Reading Rooms and then carried out circulation of the books as well as reshelving them.

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Work Experience by Harriet Lewis-Wilson

14 July 2017

Work Experience by Harriet Lewis-Wilson

The first day of my Work Experience at Gladstone’s Library incorporated a range of tasks that helped me get familiar with the library itself. I was introduced to the helpful, friendly staff and Interns who then showed me what I needed to do to open up the library which included turning on lights and checking the books were in the right place. 

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Work Experience by Kate Robertson

14 June 2017

Work Experience by Kate Robertson

This morning I helped to open up the library and start the circulation process, which meant that I had to use the Heritage Online software and the Cirqaclient software. 

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Work Experience by Mia Mori

5 June 2017

Work Experience by Mia Mori

Starting my week of Work Experience at Gladstone’s Library I wasn’t sure what to expect when I arrived. Since it was Founder’s Day, an annual event at the Library, it wasn’t the average day of work.

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Work Experience by Owen Yale-Helms

1 June 2017

Work Experience by Owen Yale-Helms

The start of my Work Experience was not an ordinary day at Gladstone’s Library; it was Founder’s Day and was one of Gladstone Library’s most important events of the year.

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The Swiss Intern

20 March 2017

The Swiss Intern

My name is Jennifer, I’m 22 years old and I’m the current Swiss intern at Gladstone’s Library. But how did somebody from Switzerland get to work here? Long story…

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The Treasures of Closed Access: Samuel Wesley’s Life of Christ

27 February 2017

The Treasures of Closed Access: Samuel Wesley’s Life of Christ

The Closed Access section of the Reading Rooms contains some of the Library’s oldest and rarest literary works and collections. It includes about 15 Incunabula, texts printed between 1450 and 1501, as well as a collection of books once owned by the Glynne family, of whom Catherine, William Gladstone’s wife, was a member.

One of the books housed in Closed Access is Samuel Wesley’s The Life of our blessed Lord & Saviour. An Heroic Poem.

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Academic Book Week, 23rd - 28th January: Books from the GladLib collection!

26 January 2017

Academic Book Week, 23rd - 28th January: Books from the GladLib collection!

Wahey, it’s Academic Book Week! This week long celebration of the influence and diversity of academic books returns for a second year 23rd -28th January

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What would Gladstone think...?

15 December 2016

What would Gladstone think...?

I suppose it comes with the job but people have a habit of asking me, ‘What would Gladstone think…’ about such and such? Well, it is often impossible to say, although admittedly, that doesn’t always silence me. Today, somebody asked me what Gladstone would think about our contemporary Christmas.

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Gladstone's Library on BBC Radio!

10 October 2016

Gladstone's Library on BBC Radio!

Last month BBC Radio Wales’ All Things Considered visited Gladstone’s Library to speak to Warden Peter Francis about what role our Victorian library plays in contemporary life.

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