A new term begins and so too does our research skills training program. Topics include literature searching, managing research data, using Endnote and Zotero and much more. See the full program below. The majority of sessions are online. All times are UK local times. If you have any questions, please get in touch: librarians@leicester.ac.uk Session […]
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From Berlin to Leicester: A Looted Book’s Tale
Please note that this post contains content relating to suicide and the Holocaust. If you are affected by this topic, please be aware of our available support information for students and support services in the community. e During the summer of 2024 Special Collections received a new book to be added to the library catalogue. Nothing particularly unusual about […]
Letters from the archives
Although today they have fallen out of fashion, letters were once one of the easiest, quickest and most popular methods of communication. They were also used to inform, educate and inspire – and occasionally to cause mischief! From spoofs to student life, royals to rationing, the small display case in the basement of the David […]
Lis-Bibliometrics Conference 2024: Exploring The Bibliometric Universe
Merinne Whitton, research metrics lead in the Research Services team, reports back from the recent Lis-Bibliometrics Conference. In January 2024 I joined the organising committee of the LIS-Bibliometrics Community as the Open Research Officer. Not long after this, I joined the sub-committee responsible for the delivery of the Community’s annual conference. The 2024 conference was […]
Reflections on my Professional Fellowship: Part One
My name is Sarah Wood and I work as the Assistant Archivist for the University of Leicester. I am based in Archives & Special Collections and usually sat in the office adjacent to the Special Collections Reading Room (Library basement). Pop in and say hello if you are passing by! In November 2023 I was […]
Research Skills Training for Autumn 2024
A new term begins and so too does our research skills training program. This Autumn we will be running the following workshops for researchers at the University of Leicester. Research students should sign-up to events via MyPGR; staff should sign-up via Eventbrite. We will repeat the majority of these sessions in 2025. If you have […]
Jewel’s Museum Studies Placement blog 2
As I write this blog on 3 September 2024, I find myself in the final week of my placement. The experience of working in the Archives and Special Collections department at the University of Leicester over the past eight weeks has been incredibly rewarding for me personally. In this post, I would like to share […]
Jewel’s Museum Studies Placement 2024 blog 1
This is an introduction to the work that Yiqian Zhu (Jewel) started in July at the beginning of the Museum Studies course practical placement, with Archives and Special Collections. My name is Yiqian Zhu. I am an Art Museum and Gallery Studies student from the University of Leicester, and I am currently on an 8-week […]
Eight Weeks with Ghost Signs
by Grace McWeeney As part of a Museum Studies 8-week work placement program, I worked with the Ghost Signs Collection at the University of Leicester. These are a few things I learned along the way. Ghost signs are not a new phenomenon. As defined by our collection parameters, a ghost sign is a ‘hand-painted advertisement […]
South Asian Heritage Month – Book Hide and Seek
University of Leicester Library and Learning Services – Book Hide & Seek South Asian Heritage Month is the name given to the month-long celebration in the South Asian diaspora to celebrate the heritage of people with roots in the South Asian countries of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Afghanistan, Nepal, Bhutan, and the Maldives. According […]