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Doctoral Open Day: Not Just Books – Digital Collections and Resources

Join the British Library in London for this Doctoral Open Day. Discover more about collection areas you might not have considered for your research.

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British Library - Digital Collections

The day will:

  • Introduce you to a range of research materials available in the British Library
  • Support you in registering as a Reader and finding your way around the Library
  • Introduce you to specialist curators at the Library
  • Give you an opportunity to meet other postgraduate students from across the UK

Please note:

  • Lunch will not be provided, but there will be tea, cake and coffee in the afternoon
  • Sessions with Reference Specialists and Building Tours will be on first-come, first-served basis

Programme

11am onwards Registration at the Knowledge Centre (KC)

11.00am to 1pm Optional activities:

1) Pre-recorded Presentations Pre-recorded materials shown in the Pigott Theatre on a loop and also made available to attendees online:

· Introduction to Web Archives for Research Use – Jason Webber (Web Archiving Engagement and Liaison Manager)

· Europeana – Tom Miles (Metadata Coordinator, Europeana Sounds)

· The Endangered Archives Programme (EAP)’s Digital Collection – Jody Butterworth (EAP Curator)

· Digital Maps Collections – Gethin Rees (Lead Curator Digital Map Collections)

2) Reader Registration We can assist you in registering for your Readers’ Pass!

3) Reference Specialists Sessions (Bronte Room, KC) Join a session with one of our Reference Team Specialists to discuss your research.

1.00pm Introduction to the Not Just Books: Digital Collections and Resources Doctoral Open Day (Pigott Theatre, KC) – Alice Marples (Research and Postgraduate Development Manager)

1.10pm to 2.30pm Not Just Books: Digital Collections and Resources at the British Library (Pigott Theatre, KC) An opportunity to hear about collections areas with live presentations from Curators:

· Introduction to the Digital Storytelling Exhibition at the British Library – Giulia Carla Rossi (Curator for Digital Publications)

· Introduction to the Library’s Collection of Born-Digital Archives – Callum McKean (Digital Lead Curator for Contemporary Archives and Manuscripts)

· Digital Research at the British Library – Stella Wisdom (Digital Curator)

2.30- 3.30pm Meet your Peers (KC Foyer) A free space and opportunity to meet one another and discuss your research over tea, coffee and cake!

2.30- 3.30pm Europeana (Bronte Room, KC) – Tom Miles (Metadata Coordinator, Europeana) Europeana provides researchers with digital access to European cultural heritage material. Join this drop-in session with the Library’s Europeana Metadata Coordinator, Tom Miles, to learn more about finding and accessing material for your research.

3.30- 4.30pm Case Studies: PhD Research at the British Library (Bronte Room, KC) · Mapping Caribbean Diasporic Networks through the Correspondence of Andrew Salkey (PhD Placement) – Eleanor Casson (Curator for Contemporary Archives & Manuscripts, Politics & Public Life and PhD Placement Supervisor) · UK Web Archive: Anti-Racism within British Football Fanzines and Fan Websites, 1970-Present (Collaborative PhD) – Cameron Huggett (Collaborative Doctoral Student at Teesside University and the British Library)

4.30- 5.15pm Optional Building Tour (with the Research Development Team)

 

Book now:

https://www.tickets.bl.uk/1679/1680 

 

 

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