Some of London institution’s fellows say traditional scholarship and research will be harmed by diagram to reduce library staff Some of Britain’s most eminent scholars have condemned “philistine” plans to cleave library staff from one of the nation’s oldest and most respected learned institutions. The Society of Antiquaries,founded in 1707 and based in Burlington House on Piccadilly in London, was given a royal charter in 1751 for “the encouragement, and advancement and furtherance of the study and knowledge of the antiquities and history”. Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com