| Heythrop Library | |
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.jpg) Heythrop Library reading room, with a portrait of Federic Coplestone | |
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| 51°30′36″N 0°08′57″W / 51.5099°N 0.1491°W | |
| Location | London |
| Type | Special library |
| Established | 1614 |
| Collection | |
| Items collected | Books, incunabula, journals |
| Size | 213,000 |
| Access and use | |
| Access requirements | Membership |
| Other information | |
| Website | https://heythroplibrary.co.uk/ |
The Heythrop Library is a philosophy and theological library in London, England. The library was part of University of London when it functioned as the closed Heythrop College library. The library still operates independently of the closed college. Since 2018, the library is an affiliated library of the Senate House Library, which means that it shares the library management system and database with the bigger library.
The library has been serving the Jesuit community in the United Kingdom, with The Telegraph calling it "one of the oldest and most important libraries of theological and philosophical books in the UK".[1]
Since 2019, its reading room has been housed at the London Jesuit Centre, Mount Street, Mayfair, London and several off-site storage facilities. Most collection items can also be made available to members of the Senate House Library at their building in Bloomsbury.[2]
The library is open to "anyone with a serious interest in theology or philosophy and the related academic disciplines represented in the collection",[3] with different membership options available (from "free" to an annual charge). Current HE students, Jesuits and other Religious, as well as those unwaged might be able to benefit from free membership. The Library continues to provide historic as well as most-current research, in print, to those in training for ministry in the Catholic and other Christian churches and of the wider academic community. It also supports those engaged in programmes at the London Jesuit Centre.[4]
The library is a member of ABTAPL (the Association of British Theological and Philosophical Libraries).[5]
- ^ "Heythrop College, University of London guide". The Telegraph. 2016-08-03. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 2022-09-11.
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- ^ "Heythrop Library". JISC (Joint Information Systems Committee). Retrieved 30 November 2022.
- ^ "Heythrop Library". ABTAPL. Retrieved 19 July 2022.