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  2. University of York - Wikipedia

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    The University of York [7] (abbreviated as Ebor or York for post-nominals) is a public collegiate research university in York, England. Established in 1963, the university has expanded to more than thirty departments and centres, covering a wide range of subjects. South-east of the city of York, [8] the university campus is about 500 acres (200 ...

  3. University of York Library - Wikipedia

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    The University of York Library is the library service for students and staff at the University of York, England. The current library physical premises comprise a series of three linked buildings to the north side of the University of York Heslington West campus. The buildings are also home to the Borthwick Institute for Archives .

  4. History of libraries - Wikipedia

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    The history of libraries began with the first efforts to organize collections of documents.Topics of interest include accessibility of the collection, acquisition of materials, arrangement and finding tools, the book trade, the influence of the physical properties of the different writing materials, language distribution, role in education, rates of literacy, budgets, staffing, libraries for ...

  5. York University - Wikipedia

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    York University ( French: Université York ), also known as YorkU or simply YU, is a public research university in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is Canada's third-largest university, [3] and it has approximately 55,700 students, 7,000 faculty and staff, and over 370,000 alumni worldwide. [3] It has 11 faculties, including the Lassonde School of ...

  6. Borthwick Institute for Archives - Wikipedia

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    The Borthwick Institute for Archives is the specialist archive service of the University of York, York, England. It is one of the biggest archive repositories outside London. [1] The Borthwick was founded in 1953 as The Borthwick Institute of Historical Research. [2] It was originally based at St Anthony's Hall, a fifteenth-century guild hall ...

  7. History of York - Wikipedia

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    The history of York, England, as a city dates to the beginning of the first millennium AD but archaeological evidence for the presence of people in the region of York dates back much further to between 8000 and 7000 BC. As York was a town in Roman times, its Celtic name is recorded in Roman sources (as Eboracum and Eburacum ); after 400, Angles ...

  8. King's Manor - Wikipedia

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    King's Manor. Coordinates: 53.9624°N 1.0865°W. Front facade of King's Manor. 500m. 550yds. King's Manor. Location within York. The King's Manor is a Grade I listed building in York, England, and is part of the University of York. It lies on Exhibition Square, in the city centre.

  9. British Library - Wikipedia

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    Early foundations. The British Library was created on 1 July 1973 as a result of the British Library Act 1972. Prior to this, the national library was part of the British Museum, which provided the bulk of the holdings of the new library, alongside smaller organisations which were folded in (such as the National Central Library, the National Lending Library for Science and Technology and the ...