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| 1: Institution | Sybil Campbell Library |
| 2: Founded | 1928 |
| 3: Postal address | Library, University of Winchester, Sparkford Road, Winchester, Hants,SO22 4NR |
| 4: Tel. Email Web |
Tel: 01962 827306 www.winchester.ac.uk/library libenquiries@winchester.ac.uk |
| 5: AIL contact | David Farley |
| 6: Hours | By prior appointment |
| 7: Membership details | All bona fide students are welcome for reference only. Friends of the SCL pay £5 and receive 3 newsletters annually. |
| 8: Activities, publications etc. | Workdays, generally weekly, to maintain and organise the library. Conservation programme in progress with professional help. Lectures are held twice yearly, usually off site, given by eminent scholars on literary subjects. Study days, led by committee members, highlight aspects of the collection. |
| 9: Refreshments | University Centre close by. |
| 10: Visitors / Researchers | By appointment. |
| 11: Background information | Founded by prominent members of the British Federation of University Women (now British Federation of Women Graduates) at Crosby Hall in Chelsea, where the library was kept until 1992. Books donated by notable literary figures and scholars of the 1920s and 1930s now form the 'original collection'. More recent acquisitions focus on the achievements of women. Grants from the Pilgrim Trust have aided the completion of the computer catalogue and the conservation of the books. |
| 12: Collections | About 8,000 volumes, biography literary criticism, poetry, history, topography, philosophy and education. Work by BFWG members and award holders or relating to Federations of University Women in many countries. Sections of the catalogue, arranged in a simplified Dewey system, are available on the website. |
| 13: Building | Housed as a separate collection at the University of Winchester Library. |
| 14: Status | Registered charity no. 273043. |