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People’s Experiences of Nature and the Environment in the IHR Library Collections

People’s Experiences of Nature and the Environment in the IHR Library Collections

Oct 26, 2021 | Institute of Historical Research

This post was written by Kate Wilcox, Reader Experience and Technical Services Manager at the IHR Library. It is part of a series of posts on Environmental History for History Day 2021. It is cross-posted from the Institute of Historical Research’s blog On History....
Environmental History in the IHR Library’s Collections

Environmental History in the IHR Library’s Collections

Oct 19, 2021 | Institute of Historical Research

This post was written by Michael Townsend, Collections and Metadata Librarian at the Institute of Historical Research Library. It is part of a series of post celebrating Environmental History collections for History Day 2021. It is cross-posted from the Institute of...
A preview of History Day 2021: Environmental History and more

A preview of History Day 2021: Environmental History and more

Oct 11, 2021 | Institute of Historical Research, Senate House Library

This blog post was written by Kate Wilcox (Institute of Historical Research) and Argula Rublack (Senate House Library) co-organisers of History Day. History Day is a free, one-day event which brings people interested in history together with history collections from...
Researching history online – a new series of online sessions by Senate House Library and the IHR

Researching history online – a new series of online sessions by Senate House Library and the IHR

Mar 23, 2021 | Institute of Historical Research, Senate House Library

At a time when we are marking our first anniversaries of going into lockdown in the UK, historians and history students are no longer strangers to the vagaries of studying and researching history almost fully online. As collection professionals, we have tried to offer...
New Worlds and New Approaches : The Hakluyt Society Collection at the IHR

New Worlds and New Approaches : The Hakluyt Society Collection at the IHR

Nov 18, 2020 | Institute of Historical Research

When arriving on the third floor of the IHR library, amidst a large and varied collection concerning travel literature, navigation and colonialism, the average reader might find themselves drawn towards a conspicuous wall of shelves lined in uniform blue bindings with...
Research Under Lockdown: Open and Free Access Research Materials for Historians

Research Under Lockdown: Open and Free Access Research Materials for Historians

Jun 4, 2020 | Institute of Historical Research

This post was written by Matthew Shaw, Librarian and Michael Townsend, Collections and Metadata Librarian at the Institute of Historical Research. It is cross-posted from On History, a digital magazine published by the Institute of Historical Research Like many...
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