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The Abdus Salam Library is the main academic and research library of Imperial College London. The current library opened in August 1969, taking over from the original Lyon Playfair Library which had opened in 1959. [2] The collection grew out of earlier libraries of the various departments and colleges, the oldest collection of which dates back ...
Panoramic view of the Queen's Lawn from the base of the Queen's Tower.The tree-lined Imperial College Road is on the left. The Queen's Lawn is a green lawned area situated at the centre of Imperial College London's South Kensington campus, [1] [2] next to the Queen's Tower and immediately to the north of Imperial College Road.
[7] [8] On the front façade is a relief of the coat of arms of Imperial College. [9] Books left by students in Beit were collected into a circulation library of around 400 items for personal reading in the Union Building in the mid-20th century. This later became the Haldane Library and is now part of the main library collection. [4] [10]
Imperial College London (Imperial) is a public research university in London, England. Its history began with Queen Victoria's husband, Prince Albert, who envisioned a cultural area in South Kensington that included museums, colleges, and the Royal Albert Hall.
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English: The fourth floor of Imperial College Central Library, looking from the main stairwell. The fourth and fifth (also pictured, top) floors were added as part of a modern extension to the library
Imperial's primary and traditional halls, with room for around 1,200 students, are located on its South Kensington campus. Beit Hall opened as the first hall of residence in 1926, funded by its namesake: Alfred Beit. It is located next to Imperial College Union around the Beit Quadrangle. This was followed by the Prince's Gardens halls, the ...
The book sold for a hammer price of £2.8 million. [6] The library's director, David Wykes, commented: [7] The library has been proud to own this remarkable copy of Shakespeare's First Folio, but its sale will secure the finances of the library and safeguard our important historic collections of manuscripts and printed books for future generations.