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| Name of Library: |
University
of Birmingham Orchard Learning Resources Centre |
| Address: |
Hamilton Drive,
Weoley Park Road, Selly Oak, Birmingham B29 6QW |
| Telephone: |
Birmingham
B29 6QW |
| Alternative names |
University of Birmingham Information Services |
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David Pulford; Karen Jackson |
| Purpose and main user community of the library |
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University undergraduate
and research library; main users are students and staff of the university |
| Automatic
doors; Wheelchair Access; Accessible toilets; Parking for people with disabilities;
Quiet/Silent Study area |
| ILL
via BLDSC
No individual lending to non-members. Research students and academics from other
institutions can apply to become borrowing members |
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46,000 (religious
studies); Access to resources at University of Birmingham Main Library |
| Periodicals - Back Issues |
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Microfilm collections;
CD-ROMs and online databases |
| Philosophy
of religion, religion and society, classical religion and philosophy, African
religions,
Christianity (history, early literature, church fathers, missions, women and
the church, papacy,
Church of England, Methodism), Bibles (texts, commentaries, hermeneutics), holocaust
studies, gay and black theologies New Religious Movements |
| The
Harold Turner Collection of over 26,000 documents on the subjects of African
Initiated Churches and analogous movements in other continents, particularly
in Third World contexts. Access to the collection is restricted and by
prior arrangement only.
Details
of collections at http://www.special-coll.bham.ac.uk |
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The Mingana Collection
of Middle Eastern Manuscripts: The largest collection of illuminated
Middle Eastern manuscripts,
after the Vatican and the Bibliothèque Nationale in France |
| Research resource |
| New
Religious Movements ; African religions (especially West Africa); early
Christian literature and church Fathers;
pre-reformation church history; early Bible versions; missions; history of the
church in Spain;
history of the church in Great Britain; Church of England government and clergy;
Papacy; |
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Computer, card (digitised)
for items acquired before 1972 |
| Photcopying, microfilm/fiche reader-printers. No access to electronic resources except library |
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Future Plans |
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Online Catalogue
entries for Harold Turner Collection |
| Other |
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