My book, Breaking the Glass Ceiling of Science: the first 11 women to become Fellows of the Royal Society 1945-1954 was published yesterday by the History Press. https://t.co/P7qCQG3veP. Thanks to everyone involved. It looks great.🙂
Did you know that our Roth Collection includes several medieval manuscripts?
This women's prayer book, written in Hebrew script, is lavishly decorated in red and blue inks and sometimes leaf-gold.
This beautiful piece is fully digitised: https://t.co/mJiHr6aL9G
#IMC2020
Rosie, our Collections Officer for the Bedford Collection, came across this intricate trade card for #CharlesDickens' "lamp man", Thomas Tucker. He is mentioned in 'The Pilgrim Edition of the Letters of Charles Dickens'.
Find out more: https://t.co/3JyBX9YIfR
Get an introduction to managing and sharing research data with our Research Data Management Essentials webinar, this Friday.
Learn about the value of a data management plan, how to plan your metadata and what funders are looking for.
https://t.co/nBnHONRIzP
@PaigeKesemeyer Hi Paige, we appreciate that the library closure is disruptive. We're working on preparations for the libraries to reopen - there's a lot of planning involved to make sure it's safe for everyone so we don't yet know when we'll be able to open. 1/5
If you have Entomophobia* look away now!
We have some beautiful birds and insects for you in our jigsaws this week. Play now 🧩 https://t.co/917cQs5RFg
#MuseumJigsaws#MuseumFromHome
*an extreme and persistent fear of insects.
Get to know more about the artist Nina Hamnett and her uninhibited life in this week's #TwoMinuteTreasure with Amy, our Marketing Assistant here at the Galleries.
View Hamnett's portraits and own work: https://t.co/8n4w9GJ6h2
Looking for some learning this #WindrushDay2020? Look no further, our pals over at @LeedsMuseums have this fantastic resource highlighting stories, further links and downloads.
Here at the Galleries we're keen to find out what we can do to better tailor our events programme for students.
We would be grateful if you could spare a couple of minutes to complete this survey. Help us get on the right track
🚂 https://t.co/l3ncHrp0IO
Special Collections is full of amazing collections. We want everyone to know about them, so we’re adding over 400 catalogue records to the #ArchivesHub.
Using the Hub you can search for unique material in multiple UK archives: https://t.co/rlcEFoRgOj
- Karen
Here is a blog we put together for Archives Hub all about the insight afforded to us when cataloguing the 700+ letters between the Rossetti family in our collections
Chris here - I wanted to give a shout out to the great team transcribing over 800 videos from the #SouthBankShow Production Archive: https://t.co/QHuTwtlox3.
These will make the collection SO much more searchable and accessible. Even better, it can be done from home!
Well, that's it from Special Collections. Before we go, one last reminder - there is a trove of rare and unique items in our collections with many digitised items that can be viewed from home.
Take a look through our collections and we will see you soon: https://t.co/hxA2QOdqRG
Are you desperate to get your head down and focus on your research project? Join us on Monday at 1pm for an online "Shut Up and Write!" session.
Book your place here: https://t.co/CD6ZsjN1vV
Dickens After Dickens is the latest monograph to be published by White Rose University Press, joining the successful Star Carr volumes, the Occupation diaries of Madeleine Blaess and, most recently, a collected volume on Applied Linguistics. It can be read and downloaded online.
9/6/2020 is the 150th anniversary of the death of Charles Dickens. Explore his legacy and continuing impact in White Rose University Press collection of essays edited by Emily Bell https://t.co/dgkZC7PKlq.
We've got some newness for you guys! Welcome to the first #TwoMinuteTreasure
Every Tuesday a member of the team will bring you a fun, short & informative response to an item in our collections. Step forth Laura, Marketing Manager, talking about the original celebrity chef 👨🍳