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These blogs from our curators, subject specialists and guest bloggers express the thoughts and opinions of individual British Library staff members and guests.
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He lived as he taught, and taught as he lived: Ukrainian philosopher and poet Hryhorii Skovoroda
02 December 2022 European studies
On the night of 7 May 2022 a Russian missile completely destroyed a historic 18th-century building in the small Ukrainian village of Skovorodynivka, situated in a rural area, far from any infrastructure. This building housed the National Literary-Memorial Museum of...
Requests to the India Office for help
01 December 2022 Untold lives
A common activity for the India Office was fielding enquiries from members of the public asking for help. These usually involved help in either travelling to India, in tracing friends or relatives, disputes over money, applications for jobs in government,...
History on the move: Curating a collection on the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee
01 December 2022 UK Web Archive
By Daniela Major, PhD Student, School of Advanced Studies, University of London Note: This blog post was written before the death of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. The Jubilee collection has documented the end of an extraordinary reign and will...
Skills and Training Needs to Open Heritage Research Through Repositories: Scoping report and Repository Training Programme for cultural heritage professionals
30 November 2022 Digital scholarship
Do you think the repository landscape is mature enough in the heritage sector? Are the policies, infrastructure and skills in place to open up heritage research through digital repositories? Our brief analysis shows that research activity in GLAMs needs better...
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