Notices

---

The Mining Institute library will be closed on Wednesday 27th January for volunteer training. Apologies for any inconvenience caused.

Opening Times

We will no longer be open late on Wednesdays and there will be days when the library is staffed by trustees and volunteers. Please telephone in advance if you wish to check the Librarian will be available to help with your enquiry.

“Reinventing the City in September and October 2009.

Through a series of events, exhibitions tours and debates this project will question the reshaping of Tyneside from the founding of the Lit and Phil to the era of TDan Smith and the Newcastle/Gateshead we see around us today.” More information is available here.

Did you attend a Reinventing the City event? Please leave us your feedback by clicking here.

New books for sale:

We have a range of new books available for sale from the library or by post. If you buy a copy from us then up to one third of the cover price goes to support the Institute and the library at no additional cost to you. Titles include:
The Great Northern Miner by Ken and Jean Smith - £12.95
Coals from Newcastle by Les Turnbull £10.95
Unfinished Business - The Miners' strike for jobs 1984-5 by Peter Arkell & Ray Rising - £7.99
History of the Newcastle and Carlisle Railway - Bill Fawcett - £24.95
Collieries of Beamish - Garry O Hagan - £12.95
The Making of a prodigy - Robert Stephenson by Victoria Haworth - £9.95
Robert Stephenson: railway engineer by John Addyman and Victoria Haworth - £19.95
Thomas Elliot Harrison - £4.99
The Odyssey by Raymond Hicks £5
Seam by Sheree Mack - £4
A Dying Breed - £4

Please do call into the Institute Library for your copies or call Jennifer on 0191 2332459 for more information (P&P extra).

Volunteers wanted!

New volunteers are always welcomed at the Institute to help with our ongoing projects to improve access to the collections. Some work can even be done at home via the internet so please do contact our librarian, Jennifer Kelly on 0191 2332459 or email her if you have some time available.

Annual Report:
Click Here to download the 2008-2009 Annual Report.