The bulk of my research was conducted at the Women’s Library at the London School of Economics and Political Science, but I did — somewhat unexpectedly — need to visit another library to complete one aspect of my work. At the Women’s Library, I had consulted a series of oral history interview transcripts that were … More Research Project Visit — Post #2
My research endeavors for my class research project — exploring the firsthand experiences of women during the Second World War — were largely based at the Women’s Library at the London School for Economics and Political Science, located just off The Strand in Central London. I visited the Women’s Library a total of four times … More Research Project Visit — Post #1
I really loved visiting the Barbican Library. A City of London public library, the Barbican is housed in the Barbican Art Centre, the largest multi-arts centre in Europe. Our hosts were Geraldine, a principal librarian, and Jonathan, another librarian who also works with IT at the library. We also had brief visits with other library … More Barbican Library — 22 July
The Edinburgh Central Library was a wonderful visit for our class. We were first split into groups for library tours and then treated to a presentation that covered various departments and initiatives, including Special Collections, Outreach, and Digital Projects. We even were allowed a tea and coffee break — complete with biscuits, of course! … More Edinburgh Central Library — 15 July
Christine, an Academic Support librarian, gave us a lovely and informative tour of the New College Library in Edinburgh, Scotland. She began by explaining a brief history of the library and continued up through its present day operations. The current building used to be a church for the Free Church of Scotland. Due to some … More New College Library — 14 July
After staying as a guest at a King’s College housing complex, it was nice to see more of the campus and the libraries. We were given a tour of the Maughan Library and also were treated to a viewing of some items from the Foyle Special Collections Library. I was in the tour group that … More King’s College Maughan Library and Foyle Special Collections — 8 July
The National Art Museum (NAL) makes its home in the Victoria and Albert Museum (V&A) in a beautifully decorated and multi-roomed space. We were split into two groups and given tours by Sally and Aisha, two library staff members. I was in the group who visited Sally first and viewed some treasures of the library. … More National Art Museum — 6 July
Our London Library tour was given by Amanda. She started in the issue hall of the library and led us through the various nooks and crannies of the unique space, all while giving us a taste of the library’s remarkable history. In 1841, Thomas Carlyle, fed up with not being able to borrow books from … More The London Library — 1 July
Our class visited the archives of the British Museum and enjoyed an illuminating tour from Francesca, who for the last 15 years has been the central archivist tasked with organizing, cataloguing and otherwise caring for the materials. She told us about how the documents that constitute the museum’s archives are pulled from collections across the … More The British Museum Archives — 2 July
Chrissy gave us a tour of the British Library, which is the National Library and home to about 200 million items. If someone were to go through 5 of those items a day, it would take 80,000 years to see the whole collection! Started in 1753, the library gains about 3 million more items every … More The British Library – 1 July
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