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The Dodderidgian Library (Latin: Bibliotheca Doddridgiana [2]) was founded in 1667 in Barnstaple, North Devon, England, by Judith Dodderidge, third wife and widow of John Dodderidge (1610–1659) [3] of Barnstaple and Bremridge, [4] South Molton, MP. It represents one of the earliest town libraries in England which continues in existence since ...
Sturgis Library in Barnstable, Massachusetts is the oldest building that houses a public library in America. [1] [2] The original library building was built in 1644 as the house of Rev. John Lothropp and is the oldest building housing a public library in the United States. Since Reverend Lothrop used the front room of the house for public ...
The Sturgis Library was constructed in 1644 for the Reverend John Lothrop, founder of Barnstable. The building is one of the oldest houses remaining on Cape Cod. The house which forms the original part of the library is the oldest building housing a public library in the United States. Since Reverend Lothrop used the front room of the house for ...
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SAILS was founded in 1995 to link the ABLE and SEAL library networks, which were later dissolved into SAILS in 2000. [3] The network provides library patrons with access to check out and return items at member libraries, [ 4 ] interlibrary loans through the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners ' Commonwealth Catalog, [ 5 ] [ 6 ] mobile ...
The museum was founded as the North Devon Athenæum in 1888 by William Frederick Rock, who intended it to serve as a replacement for the Barnstaple Literary and Scientific Institute he had created in 1845. In addition to functioning as a library and museum, the building served as an informal records office for Barnstaple.
A new 91,000 sq ft (8,500 m 2) west wing was built, bringing the library floor space to 306,000 sq ft (28,400 m 2). [7] Nearly 1000 seats were added to the library, but shelf space was decreased, so many volumes were moved to other locations.
Prytherch, Ray J., Harrod's Librarians' Glossary: 9,000 terms used in information management, library science, publishing, the book trades, and archive management, 8th Edition, 1995. ISBN 978-0-566-07533-9