#LibrariesWeek

Lee is our Digital Preservation Manager. He helps safeguard our digital collections, protecting them from loss through obsolescence, accidents and cyber attacks. And any rumours you've heard about him tucking computer disks up at night are *clearly* false 😉 #LibrariesWeek

‘The three most important documents a free society gives are a birth certificate, a passport, and a library card.’ E.L. Doctorow #LibrariesWeek

Libraries are places of inspiration, escape and shelter for many. Here are some simple ways you can show your love for them this #LibrariesWeek 👇

The most beautiful libraries in the world everyone should visit in their lifetime. #LibrariesWeek 📚

#LibrariesWeek starts today! Find out what you can do where you live 🎭🎨🎬🎤🥁📚 @librariesweek

To celebrate #LibrariesWeek, we’re giving away a copy of #TheLibrary – a riveting history of the library – and this personal library kit 📚 To enter, follow our brilliant authors @APettegree and @A_der_Weduwen and retweet by Friday 7th Oct at midday. UK only. @librariesweek

‘The only thing that you absolutely have to know, is the location of the library.’ Albert Einstein #LibrariesWeek

#Libraries - where shh! doesn't happen!! Here's a little something we mad for #librariesweek @librariesweek @CILIPinfo @CILIP_YH @UKSCL 😍📚

Which librarian or library helped you to fall in love with reading? 📚 #LibrariesWeek

It’s not just the Book of Kells in TCD Library, Dublin! They also have the: -Book of Durrow (c. 700) -Book of Dimma (8th C) -Book of Mulling (late 8th - early 9th C) -Book of Armagh (9th C) #Ireland #LibrariesWeek 📚

Did you know? Oxford University has over 100 libraries within the city. 📚 Our libraries hold more than 12 million printed items and over 80,000 e-journals. #LibrariesWeek

‘Without libraries what have we? We have no past and no future.’ Ray Bradbury #LibrariesWeek

The most beautiful libraries in the world everyone should visit in their lifetime. #LibrariesWeek 📚

This week is #LibrariesWeek, so what better excuse to share a #Shelfie! We'd love to see the books on your shelf – take a 'shelfie' of the books that have shaped your world and share with us below 👇

Oldest items in our collection at 3000+ years old, these Chinese oracle bones were used in divination #LibrariesWeek

As #LibrariesWeek celebrates the link between reading and wellbeing, Wolf Hall author Hilary Mantel explains how reading fiction can increase empathy #LoveToRead

'Your library is your paradise.' ― Desiderius Erasmus This #LibrariesWeek, we want to spread the love of libraries! What do you like about your local library? Tag them below 👇

Dr Carla Hayden shared some powerful and moving words with us this #LibrariesWeek and we have to say, we couldn't agree more. Thank you, @LibnOfCongress.

"A library is truly a place of magic" - Harry Potter author @jk_rowling on the power of books. #LibrariesWeek is celebrating the link between reading and wellbeing. How have libraries changed your life? #LoveToRead

This week, all week, is #LibrariesWeek! If you live near a library, please use it. We don't mind. In fact, we insist. We're all part of the same literary ecosystem. The more they're used - and therefore remain open - the stronger the ecosystem.