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What is the British Library? What’s in the collection? How can I find what I need? Join the British Library online on Monday 28 October for the first 2024 Doctoral Open Day where you’ll get an introduction to the Library, an overview of the extensive collections, and practical tips for how to use the catalogues … Continue reading Getting started with the British Library
The British Library would like to invite you to the next exciting Doctoral Open Day onsite at St Pancras, London. Music, Sound and Vision Collections (1 September 2023) Several million items of printed music, original manuscripts, private papers, sound and spoken word recordings and moving news images in our collection span all genres from Purcell … Continue reading British Library Doctoral Open Day: Music, Sound and Vision Collections
The British Library would like to invite you to the next exciting Doctoral Open Day onsite at St Pancras, London. Not Just Books! Digital Collections and Resources (25 August 2023) Web archives, metadata, born-digital collections, digital research and much, much more. Discover more about collection areas and methodologies you might not have considered for your … Continue reading British Library Doctoral Open Day: Digital Collections and Resources
The British Library would like to invite you to the next Doctoral Open Day onsite at St Pancras, London. Even if you are not able to attend in person, by signing up you will gain access to a whole host of recorded materials and useful information. The Americas and Oceania Collections Friday 21 July 2023 … Continue reading British Library Doctoral Open Day: The Americas and Oceania Collections
Where: The British Library, St Pancras, LondonWhen: Monday 26 June 2023 Are you PhD researcher working on British and European history, literature, science or art? Come and explore the Library and all of its services, as well as their amazing Western Heritage collections alongside curators and reference specialists. Learn more about modern archives and manuscripts, … Continue reading British Library Doctoral Open Day: British & European Collections 1600-1950
The British Library would like to invite you to the next Doctoral Open Day onsite at St Pancras, London. The annual series of Doctoral Open Days offer PhD students the chance to discover research resources and explore the practicalities of using the Library. This hybrid programme of online and in-person events and resources are designed … Continue reading British Library Doctoral Open Day April 2023
The British Library would like to invite you to their first in-person British Library Doctoral Open Day of 2023! ‘Exploring Collections in Your PhD’ (Leeds Central Library, 27 March 2023) This day will introduce you to the range of research materials available in the British Library, Leeds Central Library, the West Yorkshire Archive Service and … Continue reading British Library Doctoral Open Day
Current PhD students are invited to apply to the British Library PhD Placement Scheme. Placement projects are offered from a variety of areas across the Library for 3 months or part-time equivalent, to be undertaken from June 2023 onwards. Many of the projects are suitable for partial or full remote working. A list of all … Continue reading British Library PhD Placement Scheme
The British Library Doctoral Open Days are aimed at first-year PhD students to explain the practicalities of using the Library and accessing its resources. To make the Open Days more easily accessible to PhD students nationally, the 2022 events series is largely delivered online. The webinars take place every Wednesday afternoon between 12 January and 2 … Continue reading British Library Doctoral Open Days open for bookings
The British Library is opening some Reading Rooms in St Pancras and Boston Spa from Wednesday 22 July, initially just to Readers with an in-date Reader Pass. They are opening with limited capacity and reduced days and hours of opening. Readers will need to pre-book their desk space and order collection items in advance. If … Continue reading British Library reopening