Bristol Baptist College Library
City/town
Bristol
address
The Promenade, Clifton Down, Clifton, Bristol, BS8 3NJ
Telephone
0117 9467050
website
Contact & Job Title
Michael Brealey, Librarian
Purpose & main user community of the library
Serving staff and students of the College
Terms of access
By appointment
Opening hours
9–5 Monday to Friday
Disabled access
Level access and lift to upper floors
Lending to other libraries & visitors
To ABTAPL libraries on request
Number of volumes
36,000
Periodicals – Back Issues
45
Current Periodicals
35
Other materials
Microfilms, audio-visual
Volumes added per year
800–1000
Coverage
Theology, church history, missiology, sociology, Dissenting history and theology, especially Baptist, Anabaptism
Special Collections
17th–19th century printed books and pamphlets, chiefly theology and Baptist history
Manuscripts
Manuscripts of founders and supporters of the College, previous staff, more generally of Baptist and Dissenting figures
Research resource
Baptist history and theology, history of academies and libraries
Catalogue Type
electronic
Other facilities
Photocopying and scanning
Part Time Staff
1