Editing Mechanics' institute (section)

==21st century revival==
Across the world, there is a move to sustain and revive mechanics' institutes and related institutions as [[subscription libraries]], sometimes incorporating or expanding their earlier functions. There have been several worldwide conferences, known as the Mechanics' Worldwide Conference, of representatives of, or people who have an interest in, mechanics' institutes.<ref name=mivhist>{{cite web | title=History of Mechanics' Institutes | website=Mechanics' Institutes of Victoria Inc. | url=http://www.mivic.org.au/history-of-mechanics-institutes.html | access-date=1 January 2022}}</ref> As of 2021, there have been five such conferences:<ref name=mivww>{{cite web | title=Mechanics' Worldwide | website=Mechanics' Institutes of Victoria Inc. | date=15 October 2021 | url=http://www.mivic.org.au/mechanics-worldwide.html | access-date=1 January 2022}}</ref>
*2004: ''Buildings, Books and Beyond: Mechanics' Worldwide'', at [[Swinburne University]], [[Prahran, Victoria]], and the Prahran Mechanics' Institute, Australia<ref>Mechanics' Worldwide (2004). ''Buildings, Books and Beyond: Mechanics' Worldwide Conference 2009 – Proceedings of the first International Conference convened by the Prahran Mechanics' Institute''. Prahran, Victoria, Australia: Prahran Mechanics' Institute. {{ISBN|0-9756000-1-X}}</ref>
*2009:  ''Self Help: Mechanics' Worldwide'', at the [[Bath Royal Literary and Scientific Institution]], [[Bath, Somerset]], England<ref>Mechanics' Worldwide 2009 (2009). ''Self Help: Mechanics' Worldwide Conference 2009 – Proceedings of the second International Conference convened by the Bath Royal Literary and Scientific Institution''. Donvale, Victoria, Australia: Lowden Publishing Co. {{ISBN|978-1-920753-18-4}}</ref>
*2012: ''Buildings, Books and Blackboards – Intersecting Narratives: Mechanics' Worldwide''. [[RMIT University]], [[Melbourne]], Australia.<ref>{{cite journal|url=https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00049670.2013.809648|title=Buildings, Books and Blackboards – Intersecting Narratives|first1=Sue|last1= Reynolds |first2=Mary|last2= Carroll|pages=88–89 | date=1 July 2013|journal=The Australian Library Journal|volume=62 |issue=2 |doi=10.1080/00049670.2013.809648 |url-access=subscription}}</ref>
*2016: ''Reinvention: Thriving in the 21st Century  Mechanics' Worldwide'', [[Mechanics' Institute, San Francisco|Mechanics' Institute]], [[San Francisco]], [[California]], U.S.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.milibrary.org/reinvention|title=Reinvention: Thriving in the 21st Century -|website=www.milibrary.org|access-date=11 April 2018}}</ref>
*2021: ''Mechanics' Institutes: Past, Present and Future – Mechanics' Institutes Worldwide''. Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, Scotland, and online (due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic]])