Archives Hub

• The Herschel archive at the Royal Astronomical Society
  Archives Hub feature for January 2020 On the evening of 12 January 1820, a group of men dined together at the Freemason’s Tavern in London, and resolved to establish the Astronomical Society of London, now known as the Royal Astronomical Society.  One of its founding members was John F. W. Herschel (1792-1871). His father, William...
• The Dorset House Archive
  Archives Hub feature for December 2019 Dorset House School of Occupational Therapy, the first School of Occupational Therapy in the UK, opened on New Year’s Day 1930, but the inspiration for the School can be traced back to a festive morning in a hospital ward.  Dr Elizabeth Casson (1881-1954), the School’s founder, was working in...
• The Archive of Paul Oppé: A Pioneer in the Field of Art History
  Archives Hub feature for November 2019 The Paul Oppé Archive is the most significant acquisition in the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art’s history.  It was allocated to the Centre under the government’s Acceptance in Lieu (AiL) scheme in 2017 and therefore – as part of the AiL process – has been assessed...

Dame Cicely Saunders Cataloguing project, King’s College London

• Happy birthday, Cicely: welcome to your archive!
  To mark what would have been Cicely Saunders’ 98th birthday, I’m pleased to announce that the archives of this inspirational …Continue reading →
• Palliative Care Records Workshop
  On 15th December 2015, King’s College London Archives hosted a workshop on palliative care records to mark the completion of …Continue reading →
• Christmas at St Christopher’s
  Christmas at St Christopher’s Hospice was a special and poignant time of year for patients, their families and staff at …Continue reading →

Leeds University Special Collections

London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine Library & Archives blog

• Lunchtime sessions: Literature Searching
  InfoSkills Lunchtime sessions: Literature Searching – book now! From Mon 2nd December to Fri 6th...
• LSHTM and the First World War
  Today is Armistice Day, a day where we remember those who fought and died in the...
• Updates to MeSH terms for 2020
  The US National Library of Medicine has released the edits for their medical subject headings...

Lothian Health Services Archive

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Museum of the Mind blog

• The Story of James Hadfield and his Squirrel
  James Hadfield's life had a lasting impact on the place of those with mental health issues in criminal law.
• Impatient! An exploration of our Winter 2019 exhibition
  In comparison with the Brilliant Figures exhibition that preceded it, Impatient! is far more topical. Sophia Gal explains...
• Joan Gunther’s voice in art
  One of our most distinct archive voices is that of Joan Rosalind Gunther.

Remedia

• Vitamin B Complexities
  By Karen Reeds This post is part of the series ‘What Should I Eat? Why?’ commissioned in collaboration with H-Net Nutrition by series editors Kristen Ann Ehrenberger and Lisa Haushofer. Posts will appear simultaneously on both sites. Please visit and
• What Should I Eat?: The Influence of a Food Editor
  By Kimberly Wilmot Voss This post is part of the series ‘What Should I Eat? Why?’ commissioned in collaboration with H-Net Nutrition by series editors Kristen Ann Ehrenberger and Lisa Haushofer. Posts will appear simultaneously on both sites. Please visit
• What Should I Not Eat? Cleansing Foods
  By Cristina Hanganu-Bresch This post is part of the series ‘What Should I Eat? Why?’ commissioned in collaboration with H-Net Nutrition by series editors Kristen Ann Ehrenberger and Lisa Haushofer. Posts will appear simultaneously on both sites. Please visit and

Royal College of Surgeons of England Library blog

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Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons Historical Collections Blog

• Finding the cause of fat feet – how audits and checklists helped identify and improve IV complications
     
• Improving Patient Safety: new horizons, new perspectives
  With the festive season approaching and 2019 drawing to a close, now is a nice time to look at how the professions can celebrate their successes through the prism of quality improvement, and consider some resolutions related to our mental wellbeing to take into the new year.  The following insights were taken from the ‘Improving […]
• “When you realise your routine post-op neutering results may be far from routine!”

The Anatomy Lab

• A Model Education
  In this latest blog, our Curator gives us an insight into what to expect from our upcoming temporary exhibition ‘A Model Education’ Our new exhibition, opening Saturday 4th April, will explore the teaching of anatomy throughout the centuries. By examining the collections of six historic anatomical institutions across the UK, including our own, we build... […]
• Pathology Spotlight: Diabetes
  In this latest Pathology Spotlight our Human Remains Conservator, Cat Irving, explains the different types of diabetes and the complications that can arise from the condition.  This foot shows diabetic gangrene, a common complication of diabetes mellitus. The term diabetes mellitus actually refers to several conditions with different causes, all characterised by problems in metabolising... […]
• Surgeons’ Hall Museums and the Franklin Expedition
  Senior Research Fellow, Professor Ken Donaldson talks about the ill-fated Franklin Expedition and it’s connection to Surgeons’ Hall Museums. “In Baffin’s Bay where the whale fish blow The fate of Franklin no man may know The fate of Franklin no tongue can tell Lord Franklin along with this sailors do dwell!” -From traditional folk song... […]

The John Rylands Library Special Collection Blog

• Zines & the Art of DIY Publishing
  Dr Janette Martin, Student Engagement Manager, and Bruce Wilkinson, Reader Engagement Assistant and PhD Candidate, jointly developed and delivered a session on Zines in December 2019.  This blog reflects on the experience: On a dark, gloomy winter afternoon the John Rylands Library hosted a ‘Zines’ workshop for undergraduates from Colgate University, USA.  It was the […]
• Ancoats Survey 1937-38: A Study of a Clearance Area
  The Library has looked after the archives of Manchester Settlement (formerly Manchester University Settlement) for many years. The Settlement has been active since the 1890s in combating poverty in Manchester. During a stocktake this summer, we discovered a previously unrecorded collection of Settlement social survey records from the 1930s. These provide an unique and fascinating […]
• Teaching Spotlight: Art in Medieval Books
  Originally posted on Art History UoM Index: This semester, Dr Anne Kirkham has been teaching a Level 3 course on Art in Medieval Books. The course introduced students to the glorious imagery on the pages of many medieval books in the West, from the first regular appearances of a ‘rectangular object with pages’ in the…

The Library of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow

TIHR Archive Project

• Tavistock at ‘Art&Activism’ in Liverpool 2020
  Inviting contributions to an arts stream – Across the Universe As one of the first activities under the recently signed Memorandum of Understanding formalising the collaboration between the Tavistock Institute and Christ Church Business School at Canterbury Christ Church University, we are pleased to announce we will be curating a stream of activities at next […]
• Archive-A-Live! Reflections
  On Thursday 7th November just before 10am, a group of us gathered at St. Luke’s Community Centre in Shoreditch, ready to begin an exploratory day that would delve deep into the Tavistock Institute of Human Relations’ (TIHR) archive. As the Tavistock Institute’s CEO Dr Eliat Aram stated in her opening speech, art has a way […]
• I felt like I was there: Working with the digital archives of the ‘Leicester Conference’
  This post by Karen Kiss, an archive student working with the Born Digital material, explores the Tavistock Institute’s archives on its annual Leicester conference, highlighting the importance of the reports and feedback written about the event and the ethical considerations linked to working with them. The archives blog has explored many of the fascinating documents […]

University of Stirling Archives

• 2019: End-of-Year review
  As the year draws to a close it’s time for our annual end of year…Read the post2019: End-of-Year review
• Baking from the Archive
  The NHS collections here at the University of Stirling Archives are consistently in our top…Read the postBaking from the Archive
• Launch of Tales From the ring project
  New boxing archive has a nice ring to it Scotland’s proud boxing history is to…Read the postLaunch of Tales From the ring project