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Mitchell Library

See Mitchell Library (Australia) for that section of the State Library of New South Wales.

The Mitchell Library is a large public library

Public library

A public library is a library which is accessible by the public and is generally funded from public sources and may be operated by Civil services....
and centre of the public library system of Glasgow

Glasgow

Glasgow is the largest city in Scotland and List of largest United Kingdom settlements by population in the United Kingdom. The city is situated on the River Clyde in the country's Scottish Lowlands....
, Scotland

Scotland

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. 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.

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See Mitchell Library (Australia) for that section of the State Library of New South Wales.

The Mitchell Library is a large public library

Public library

Glasgow

Scotland

Reference library

A reference library does not lend books and other items; instead, they must be read at the library itself. Typically such libraries are used for research purposes, for example at a university....
in Europe

Europe

Europe is, conventionally, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally divided from Asia to its east by the water divide of the Ural Mountains, the Ural , the Caspian Sea, and by the Caucasus Mountains to the southeast....
, with 1,213,000 volumes. While composed mainly of reference material it also has a substantial lending facility which began in 2005. The original North Street building with its distinctive copper dome surmounted by the figure of Minerva

Minerva

Minerva was the Roman mythology name of Greek goddess Athena. She was considered to be the virgin goddess of warriors, poetry, medicine, wisdom, commerce, weaving,crafts, and the inventor of music....
opened in 1911. The architectural competition for the library's design took place in 1906 and was won by William. B. Whitie.

The vast majority of the library's collection however, is housed in the Extension Building, which was completed in 1982. Located to the west of the original building, it also incorporates the Mitchell Theatre. It has recently undergone a major internal refurbishment, on the ground floor of the new extension creating an internal street running east to west. A stylish new cafe bar has been created with a large learning centre offering free Internet and Wifi access. A new popular lending library has also been created and a business lounge.

Containing five floors, access is free to both members and non-members. Non-members can, upon request, use PCs and the Internet

Internet

The Internet is a global network of interconnected computers, enabling users to share information along multiple channels. Typically, a computer that connects to the Internet can access information from a vast array of available server and other computers by moving information from them to the computer's local memory....
as well as printed reference materials.

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

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The Mitchell's digital archive resource.
describing the Mitchell.
describing the recent refurbishment.