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Writer of the Month: Richard Barnett on Crucial Interventions

Thursday 23 June 2016

In this talk medical historian Richard Barnett explores surgery during the 19th century, from the application of antisepsis...

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Amiable Warriors: A History of the Campaign for Homosexual Equality

Tuesday 14 June 2016

The Campaign for Homosexual Equality (CHE) is the oldest surviving LGBT organisation in the...

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Big Ideas: The Future of the Past

Wednesday 8 June 2016

This presentation discusses the role that the material and intellectual heritage of a community...

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Stalin’s Englishman: The Lives of Guy Burgess

Thursday 2 June 2016

Guy Burgess was a brilliant young Englishman who rose through the ranks of MI5...

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Shell-Shocked Britain: Understanding the lasting trauma of the First World War

Wednesday 25 May 2016

Millions of soldiers were scarred by their experiences in the First World War trenches,...

Archives and archivists

UKAD Forum 2016: The UKAD 2016 Friday workshops

Wednesday 25 May 2016

Jane Ronson (User Support and Engagement, Jisc) Jane’s role is centred around user support,...

Archives and archivists

UKAD Forum 2016: Panel discussion

Wednesday 25 May 2016

PANEL DISCUSSION Dr Jenny Bunn (Department of Information Studies, University College London) Dr David Reeve (Head...

Archives and archivists

UKAD Forum 2016: Imaginative ways with medical: the future of the Hospital Records (HOSPREC) database

Wednesday 25 May 2016

Jonathan Cates (The National Archives) has worked since 2009 in a variety of roles...

Archives and archivists

UKAD Forum 2016: Trials and tribulations of surfacing archive data via a library resource discovery tool

Wednesday 25 May 2016

 Teresa Doherty is currently at the Royal College of Nursing, co-managing the archive and...

Archives and archivists

UKAD Forum 2016: From objects to data understanding and proactively embracing the possibilities of the digital stewardship of our information

Wednesday 25 May 2016

Glenn Cumiskey (Digital Preservation Manager, British Museum)  has worked for almost twenty years in...

Archives and archivists

UKAD Forum 2016: Archiving events: data integration with the CIDOC-CRM

Wednesday 25 May 2016

Dr Athanasios Velios is Reader in Digital Documentation at the Ligatus Research Centre and...

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UKAD Forum 2016: Introducing the British Library’s collection metadata strategy in the context of its unique collections

Wednesday 25 May 2016

Bill Stockting (The British Library) is an acknowledged expert on archival processing, description, and its digital...