Laura Smith Brown

Head of @LivUniSca @LivUniLibrary 🔍mainly here for archives and heritage, sometimes tv, films and cats 🏞
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[LivUni SCA @LivUniSCA]

To celebrate Black History Month 2024 we've put together a review of some of the activities that we've been up to in the past year in relation to Black History. https://t.co/RYMn4z3giK

[University of Liverpool @LivUni]

WATCH│Last week at an event hosted @theBluecoat we launched our new Heritage Institute.

The new institute brings together researchers from diverse disciplines who are exploring heritage & culture to engage in knowledge exchange with both internal and external stakeholders.

More here ➡️https://t.co/ruAU87Q5o5

[University of Liverpool @LivUni]

WATCH | Exciting news our Digital Heritage Lab is here! Our groundbreaking online resource unlocks a treasure trove of digitised historical materials from across @LivUniSCA @VictoriaGallery & @GarstangMuseum all in one place.

Chancellor Wendy Beetlestone explains ⬇️

[University of Liverpool Library @LivUniLibrary]

We are thrilled to officially launch this amazing new online tool with help from our Chancellor Wendy Beetlestone.
Find out more ➡️ https://t.co/HV1XO0MrLt

[Laura Smith Brown @laurajbrown_]

Fantastic celebrations for the official naming ceremony for Queen Anne in Liverpool! What a treat celebrating the links between the city and Cunard - including the Cunard Archive held by @LivUniSCA which inspired Queen Anne's decor

#Liverpool #Cunard #QueenAnne #Archives

[University of Liverpool Library @LivUniLibrary]

This is just one example of the work of our LMG Student Partners over the past year.
Are you going to be a @LivUni student in 2024/25? You can apply to be a Student Partner via Handshake: https://t.co/BVBvxlmcKC
Deadline is this Friday, 10 May! 🤩

[Marieke Riethof - mariekeriethof bsky @mariekeriethof]

Very pleased that our article is out: "Researching Latin America in Liverpool" (@RichG62). We focus on local archival collections & community engagement on solidarity activism, human rights and music in Chile and Central America in the 1970s-90s.

[LivUni SCA @LivUniSCA]

Foetuses in bottles!

Yesterday we hosted a talk and display on ectogenesis in science fiction as part of the Normative Implications of the Metaphysics of Extra-Corporeal Gestation conference at the University of Liverpool. Thanks to @mariettarosetta for a fascinating talk.

[Laura Smith Brown @laurajbrown_]

The view across Abercromby Square this morning was pretty nice - it was filled with snowmen and snowanimals by the time I left! ☃️

[BBC Archive @BBCArchive]

Rebecca? “That was just a phase.” #OnThisDay 1971: Daphne du Maurier gave her first ever television interview, at her home in Cornwall.

[ARA UK+I Conference @ARAconf]

Some key takeaways from Jayne Brady's keynote:

📚"The importance of archives is often demonstrated by their absence.”

🤝"The custodians of our collective memory…Never underestimate the influence you have and you can really make a difference in the communities you serve.”

[James Wright @jpwarchaeology]

I've resisted commenting on the fire and demolition of the Crooked House but this is all very suspicious and I think a public enquiry is the right next step. Please do sign this petition if you agree.

https://t.co/3aPqOGskGT

[Uni of Sheffield Special Collections @speccollshef]

📣Come work with us!📣 You've got a few days left to apply for the exciting Project Archivist - Arthur Scargill Archive role here at @speccollshef. Closing Date: 1st August 2023.

Follow the link for more details:

https://t.co/BBNludEXL1

@ShefUniPolitics @UniSheffieldLib

[Laura Smith Brown @laurajbrown_]

Watching live on iPlayer and Glasto is the gift that keeps giving tonight - Rina Sawayama, Loyle Carner and now Christine and the Queens 🔥 🔥🔥👀🎤🎶🎵 #glastonbury2023 #glasto

[Gary Brannan @gbrannanarchive]

Huge news, can’t think of a better or more appropriate home. Good work, folks!

[Warwick MRC @MRCWarwick]

Great news from @speccollshef - the MRC's catalogue of the main NUM archive should also be completed by early 2026, so there will be a lot of 'new' #MiningHistory sources coming out in the next few years

[Alan Wylie @wylie_alan]

Arthur Scargill archive acquired by the University of Sheffield Library
https://t.co/etZfeLnQYB

[Sheffield Arts Librarians (INACTIVE) @LibrarianArts]

Very exciting acquisition!!!

[Laura Smith Brown @laurajbrown_]

I've been working on this the last few months and it's exciting to now have the archive onsite. The next (quite large) job is for it to be catalogued 📦📝📃✏

[Uni of Sheffield Special Collections @speccollshef]

We're delighted to announce we have acquired the archive of Arthur Scargill, activist and former President of the NUM. The collection will be an invaluable resource covering a significant period of British history.

@ShefUniPolitics @UniSheffieldLib

https://t.co/oQBbD94nQn

[Laura Smith Brown @laurajbrown_]

@samwake @SheffCouncil @tomhunt100 @BernardLittle @LauraMcClean123 I think you can report this by submitting the video footage here https://t.co/VG4QqPBmAW