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Katie the Librarian: July 2015
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Sunday, 26 July 2015. At the beginning of July I spent a couple of days in Liverpool at CILIP Conference 2015. Having been lucky enough to win a bursary from the ARLG London and South East region. I was keen to attend the conference, having worked in the area of Special Collections for well over ten years, so my conference attendance had tended to be restricted to those events that were closely connected to my specialist area. Concert Hall, where the keynotes took place. So, what next? 1879-1880: Robert ...
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50 objects 37: Reactions to Old Age | Brunel Special Collections
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News and features from Special Collections at Brunel University. 50 objects 37: Reactions to Old Age. Fiction and the Cultural Mediation of Ageing. Was a project run at the Brunel Centre for Contemporary Writing between 2009 and 2012, as part of the cross council New Dynamics of Ageing. Of Brunel’s Special Collections, and is available for further research. Aspects of the participants’ writing complements the Burnett Archive of Working-Class Autobiographies. Some of the books used in the reading groups.
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It makes my flesh weary: Jacquetta Hawkes and continental drift | Celebrating Jacquetta Hawkes
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Past, Present, Man, Nature. Stone-book and word-hoard: Robert Macfarlane returns to A Land. Sculpture for a Modern World? It makes my flesh weary: Jacquetta Hawkes and continental drift. June 4, 2015. Why do Earth’s continents fit together so neatly? Were they once joined together? If so, why did they move apart? Are they still moving and if so, how? When Jacquetta Hawkes wrote. Tim Radford cites this striking passage in a chapter on plate tectonics in his new Guardian short,. The Sea Around Us. February...
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Sculpture for a Modern World? | Celebrating Jacquetta Hawkes
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Past, Present, Man, Nature. It makes my flesh weary: Jacquetta Hawkes and continental drift. The sun went in, the fire went out →. Sculpture for a Modern World? July 3, 2015. 8220;I was born with the ideas of certain shapes in my mind, as far back as seven …”. This intriguing film is on show as part of a major Hepworth retrospective. Open from 24 June-25 October 2015,. Sculpture for a Modern World. This entry was posted in Film and visual arts. And tagged Barbara Hepworth. July 6, 2015 at 8:14 am. Coinci...
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Katie the Librarian: September 2013
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Sunday, 29 September 2013. I spent a morning last week at a digitisation workshop hosted by the Wellcome Trust, as part of their Wellcome Digital. Work It was in the rather smart new building on Euston Road. And consisted of three presentations by Christy Henshaw. Christy's presentation is also available online. Opens a pdf], and Matthew's. Followed by a trip upstairs to see the digitisation studios and equipment. They discussed the software used: SDB. And metadata: administrative metadata (created autom...
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50 objects 50: the people behind the books | Brunel Special Collections
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News and features from Special Collections at Brunel University. 50 objects 50: the people behind the books. In this blog series we’ve discussed many items and collections the Library makes available to staff, students, and visitors, but we haven’t discussed the mechanics of how that happens. The reality is that the Library couldn’t function in the same ways to support research and teaching without its staff. But the ones behind the scenes are no less important to the smooth running of Library services.
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50 objects 1: the oldest book | Brunel Special Collections
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News and features from Special Collections at Brunel University. 50 objects 1: the oldest book. The oldest book held in Brunel Library was printed in 1679 and contains various works by Francis Bacon, collected and edited by Thomas Tenison, who was Archbishop of Canterbury from 1694 until his death in 1715. Archbishop Tenison was known for his interest in, and support of, education and libraries. He gave some of his own books to found a library at St Martin in the Fields. Baconiana. Or certain genuine...
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Katie the Librarian: September 2014
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Wednesday, 24 September 2014. Visit: Special Collections at Royal Holloway. At the beginning of September I spent an afternoon on a visit organised by ALISS. To Special Collections and Archives at Royal Holloway. Founders Building at Royal Holloway. As we discovered during our visit, the Archivist, Annabel, explained that things are very different now, with Special Collections and Archives playing a role in teaching various groups of students, as well as featuring in students' research. On the college we...
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Katie the Librarian: Training: Charismatic connecting
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Thursday, 7 May 2015. I'd spotted that our Staff Development department at work was running a day's training on networking skills, which I thought looked interesting and useful. The day was led by Russell Wardrop. From Kissing with Confidence. An organisation that offers training in public speaking, networking, coaching, influencing and negotiating. We started off by talking about self-confidence. Then we worked our way through the seven principles. This covered self-regard and resilience, optimism, happ...
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