R & D

Manchester was the first local authority to provide a public lending library after the passing of the Public Libraries Act in 1850

A message from Barack Obama to the librarians of the world

“It is not one thought but all your thoughts! For from them came the glimmer of the great electronic universe, the world wide web, the objects that all carry information: you are the father of the permutated index! And yes – the metallic balloon!”

Lucy M Evans, “The Almost Mythical Andrea Crestadoro” (2016)