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We are pleased to announce that the records of the libraries of the National
Trust have been loaded onto Copac. This is the first time that the National
Trust's catalogue has been available to search online.
The National Trust owns 140 historic libraries, containing around 230,000
titles, generally preserved in the places where they were originally
assembled and read. Many are country house libraries, some collected by
wealthy bibliophiles, others containing more practical everyday books,
including rare provincial printing. Other collections reflect the interests
of middle-class readers; some were assembled by literary figures, such as
Kipling and Shaw.
Together these libraries provide an unparalleled resource for the study of
the history of private book ownership in Britain and Ireland. The
collections will be of interest to researchers from a wide range of
disciplines, and include a huge variety of materials, from illuminated
manuscripts to picture postcards.
We are confident that exposure of these exciting resources will be of great
benefit to the education and research communities.
Copac would like to highlight the contribution of RLUK in securing the
addition of these records. (http://www.rluk.ac.uk/)
Details of other libraries to be added to Copac are available from the
Forthcoming Libraries pages on the Copac website
(http://copac.ac.uk/libraries/forthcoming/)
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