Join CILIP Local Studies Group NW to peer into three library collections at the University of Lancaster.
The Ruskin Library is the home of the Whitehouse Collection of Ruskin materials. The award-winning building was designed to house the collection and was opened in 1998.The collection is a fascinating mixture of pictures, books, manuscripts and photographs relating to the great Victorian writer and artist John Ruskin (1819-1900) who spent his later life at Brantwood, near Coniston.
Lancaster University Library is a stunning newly refurbished space designed with input from staff and students. Special collections range from the Jack Hylton collection through 1930s Cinema and Culture to the 2001 Foot and Mouth Archive.
11.00 A tour of the Ruskin Library with Diane Tyler and Rebecca Patterson
There will be a chance to look at the current exhibition which will be Gilded shadows: The stones of Ruskin’s Venice, an exhibition of Ruskin’s drawings of Venice, with recent photographs by Sarah Quill
Lunch – there are numerous cafes on the Lancaster University campus
1.30 Special collections at Lancaster University Library
2.00 Tour of Lancaster University Library with Lynne Pickles
There is a regular bus service to the University from the train station. Detailed advice on travelling to the university can be found here – –http://www.lancaster.ac.uk/contact-and-getting-here/maps-and-travel/
Map of campus at http://www.lancaster.ac.uk/media/lancaster-university/content-assets/documents/maps/campus-map.pdf which includes Ruskin Library and University Library
Please email Linda Clarke to book a place linda.clarke@cheshiresharedservices.gov.uk
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