Friends of Senate House Library adopt a book
BeFriend a Book with SHeLF, the Friends of Senate House Library
You can help to preserve our shared printed heritage
SHeLF, the Friends of Senate House Library, are pleased to encourage you to support the new BeFriend a Book programme.
BeFriend a Book is a practical way for readers to help sustain works in Senate House Library for posterity. It is an ideal gift to commemorate birthdays, anniversaries, graduations, and other significant events. Choose items from our list of books, pamphlets, and issues of periodicals, all in urgent need of attention.
There are four levels of support:
Level |
Donation |
Contribution |
Student |
£25 - £49 |
Towards the cost of conserving or binding a book in urgent need of repair from our themed list. Your support is recorded in our Benefactors’ list. |
Bronze |
£50 – £149 |
Towards the cost of conserving or binding a book in urgent need of repair from our themed list. Your support is recorded in our Benefactors’ list. |
Silver |
£150 - £249 |
Your donation will conserve or re-bind a work of your choice from our themed list. Your support is recorded in our Benefactors’ list and a special bookplate is inserted in the work |
Gold |
£250 and over |
Your donation will conserve or re-bind a work of your choice from our list. Your support is recorded in our Benefactors’ list and a special bookplate is inserted in the work. You are invited to an annual reception and display for supporters to meet Library staff and members of SHELF and to a behind-the-scenes tour of Senate House Library |
Examples of works where your support will make a difference:
Rebinding of Salinger, J. D. (Jerome David), 1919- Nine stories. Boston : Little, Brown, 1953 |
Student support level |
Refurbishing of the binding of Cobbett, William, 1763-1835. Cobbett's Paper against gold : containing the history and mystery of the Bank of England…[London] : Wm. Cobbett, jun., [1817?] ([London] : printed by W. Molineux). |
Bronze support level |
Repair of Faure, Raymond, 1786-1850. Souvenirs du Midi, ou,L'Espagne… Paris : Chatet, 1831. [G.L.] 1831 |
Silver support level |
Reinforcing of the binding of Garnett, John. A sermon: preached at the Cathedral Church of Winchester, on Tuesday the 1st of June, 1802… Winchester : printed by Ja. Robbins, 1802 |
Gold support level |
BeFriend a Book and keep our heritage alive.
For further information, please contact
The Library Office,
Senate House Library
University of London
Malet Street
London
WC1E 7HU
Telephone 020 7862 8432
Email shl.officeadmin@london.ac.uk
