This talk will draw on the figure of Shakespeare to explore the conflicted function of libraries in our time.
Senate House Library is justly proud of the vast and growing breadth of its holdings on Shakespeare, but despite the intensive research use made of them, the process by which these items are managed is generally of little interest to those outside the institutionA fascinating exception is the very public debate over the Library’s proposed sale of a set of Shakespeare folios in 2013This presentation will draw on that discussion, and the figure of Shakespeare, to explore the conflicted function of libraries as pragmatic repositories of research resources, and as semi-scared custodians of national literary heritageResponsible for over one million volumes in Senate House Library’s extraordinary modern collections, and for enabling and fostering their continued use by an international research community, Dr Richard Espley is the Head of Modern Collections at Senate House lIbrary
He completed his PhD, on the writer Djuna Barnes, at the University of Birmingham in 2005Since then he has published on Barnes, Virginia Woolf, the literary portrayal of London Zoo, commemorative representations of the First World War, and twentieth century literary censorshipHe has worked professionally in libraries for some years and at Senate House Library, University of London since 2012.’
Artists: Dr Richard Espley, Head of Modern Collections, Senate House Library
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