Ampleforth Abbey Library
City/town
Ampleforth
address
Ampleforth Abbey, YORK, YO62 4EN
Telephone
07900 340002
website
Contact & Job Title
Fr Terence Richardson (Librarian)
Purpose & main user community of the library
The Monastic community at Ampleforth Abbey
Terms of access
By special arrangement
Opening hours
By arrangement
Disabled access
Yes
Lending to other libraries & visitors
No
Number of volumes
About 110,000
Periodicals – Back Issues
About 200
Current Periodicals
About 50
Volumes added per year
About 1,000
Coverage
Theology, especially Patristics and Monastic Studies, Philosophy, History (especially Church History), Literature, and general studies.
Special Collections
Recusant literature
Manuscripts
A few
Catalogue Type
online
URL of catalogue
Full Time Staff
none
Part Time Staff
one monk librarian
Voluntary Staff
occasional help from other monks
Changes in next five years affecting the above
no exchanges expected
Anything else about the library
The Library is primarily to support the studies and ongoing formation of the resident monastic community.