See Mitchell Library (Australia) for that section of the State Library of New South Wales. The State Library of New South Wales (also known as the Mitchell Library) is a large public library owned by the state of New South Wales, Australia

The main building of the Mitchell Library

The Mitchell Library is a large public library and centre of the public library system of Glasgow, Scotland. A public library (also called circulating library) is a Library which is accessible by the Public and is generally funded from public sources (such Glasgow (ˈglæzgoʊ is the largest city in Scotland and third most populous in the United Kingdom Scotland ( Gaelic: Alba) is a Country in northwest Europethat occupies the northern third of the island of Great Britain. It was established with a bequest from Stephen Mitchell, a wealthy tobacco manufacturer, whose company, Stephen Mitchell and Son, would become one of the constituent members of the Imperial Tobacco Company. Imperial Tobacco Group PLC ( is the world's fourth largest international Tobacco company It contains the largest public reference library in Europe, with 1,213,000 volumes. A reference library does not lend books and other items instead they must be read at the Library itself While composed mainly of reference material it also has a substantial lending facility which began in 2005. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The original North Street building with its distinctive copper dome surmounted by the figure of Minerva opened in 1911. The MInisterial NEtwoRk for Valorising Activities in digitisation, or MINERVA, is a European Union organization concerned with the digitisation of cultural and Year 1911 ( MCMXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year The architectural competition for the library's design took place in 1906 and was won by William. Year 1906 ( MCMVI) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting B. Whitie.

The vast majority of the library's collection however, is housed in the Extension Building, which was completed in 1982. Year 1982 ( MCMLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar) Located to the west of the original building, it also incorporates the Mitchell Theatre. It is currently undergoing a major internal refurbishment.

Containing five floors, access is free to both members and non-members. Non-members can, upon request, use PCs and the Internet as well as printed reference materials. The Internet is a global system of interconnected Computer networks

The Mitchell Library also holds the Glasgow City Archives and collections which are considered to be one of the world’s best resources for reseraching family history. ^[1]

Gallery

Looking straight up from the front door

The ornate bronze dome roof

Outside the Mitchell library

References

1. ^ Video Interview at the Mitchell Librarywith Elizabeth Carmichael, Education Officer at the library (February, 2008)

External links

• Virtual Mitchell The Mitchell's digital archive resource.
• Council Page describing the Mitchell.
• Online Catalogue
• Dictionary of Scottish Architects: Mitchell Library