IMPORTANT NOTE: The library is moving! The new postal address will be notified to members in the Bulletin. The contact phone number will also change, but the email address will stay the same. Please be patient if you have recently requested information, it may take longer than usual.
NEW LIBRARIAN NEEDED!
Our current librarian is unable to continue running the library beyond the end of 2009, so we are looking for a member to volunteer to take over some time before the end of the year.
The job takes around 2 hours a week on average, but it is very easy to take a week off! It involves cataloguing new items that are added to the library and answering members' enquiries. The library is currently housed in approx. 20 feet of shelving plus a filing cabinet.
The Society will meet the cost of all necessary storage boxes etc. and supply a printer/scanner/copier to enable the new librarian to copy items for members. All other running costs such as postage and stationery will also be met by the Society.
Some basic computer knowledge is necessary, but no previous experience of libraries is needed.
One great advantage of doing this job is access to a huge range of perfin literature, including all the Society's current publications. The librarian is also an officer of the Society, with a say in all committee decisions and with the annual membership fee waived.
If you are interested in learning more, please email the current librarian, Alastair Walter, for more information by clicking the email link below.
The Society's librarian is Alastair Walter
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The society maintains an extensive library of over 3000 books, articles and
periodicals from around the world. Every item is given a unique 4-digit library number.
All the articles and periodicals in the library can be photocopied for members.
Any member can also borrow books from the library.
Details of library items can be viewed via the following links:-
The library also now holds various documents which were saved by the Society when the J. Sloper & Co. works were closed in the 1990s. The firm invented the perfin process - see the FAQ page for more information. One of these items is an 1897 image of Slopers' office in the City of London: