Book Collection Booktrust - Booktrust Collection

Identity area

Reference code

Booktrust

Title

Booktrust Collection

Date(s)

  • 17th Century - present (Creation)

Level of description

Book Collection

Extent and medium

100+ Linear Metres of shelving, books

Context area

Name of creator

Name of creator

(1994-)

Administrative history

Non-departmental public body of the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport. It is also a registered charity. It was formed in 1994 when the Arts Council of Great Britain was divided into three separate bodies for England, Scotland and Wales. ... Read more

Content and structure area

Scope and content

In the 1970s, Book Trust (now Booktrust) and Arts Council Great Britain (now Arts Council England), recognising that Britain is a world leader in children’s publishing, worked with the nation’s publishers of children’s books to establish the Booktrust ... Read more

Conditions of access and use area

Notes area

Note

The Booktrust Collection is available to browse and consult in Your Space on Level 1 of the Philip Robinson Library. These are not available for loan and can only be consulted within the library.

Access points

Subject access points

Description control area

Level of detail

Partial

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