On Saturday 19 December the Library will be open 09.45 - 17.30.
On Monday 21 December - Wednesday 23 December the Library will operate vacation hours 09.00 - 18.00 (last stack fetch at 16.00)
The Library will reopen after the Christmas break on Monday 4 January at 09.00.
From Monday 4 January 2010 to Friday 8 January 2010 inclusive the Library will operate vacation hours: 09.00 - 18.00pm.
Saturday 9 Jan opening hours will be as usual: 09.45 - 17.30.
From Monday 11 Jan we will resume normal opening hours:
Monday - Thursday 09.00 - 21.00; Friday 09.00 - 18.30; Saturday 09.45 - 17.30
Friday 18 December 2009
Improving PC provision
We're pleased to announce we have replaced PCs in the NG library areas with newly built Digitial Resource Centre PCs. These include some additional software including Endnote and are connected to the printer/photocopier.
As part of a planned programme of improving services we will be making network points live for laptop users early in January andare investigating WiFi access in this area, follwoing feedback from users.
As part of a planned programme of improving services we will be making network points live for laptop users early in January andare investigating WiFi access in this area, follwoing feedback from users.
Books added to collection in November 2009
A shorter list this month (with a slight emphasis on South Asia) as our cataloguer has been concentrating on tidying up records and locations on records following our move.
A list of new books added to the collection can be found on our new books page
A list of new books added to the collection can be found on our new books page
Wednesday 16 December 2009
At Last: A Christmas in the West Indies
A fitting title to highlight as we first experience snow this winter. The author, Charles Kingsley was an Engligh clergymen, novelist, and historian, best known perhaps for his book The Water Babies.
At Last: A Christmas in the West Indies, describes the author's travels to the West Indies, largely focussed on Trinidad, in 1869. The book is illustrated and includes botanical illustrations. It is in many ways a typical 'travel' book of its time, rich in description and presenting an 'imperial' position and outlook on the colony, although as critics such as Claudia Brandenstein, Simon Gikandi and Catherine Hall have pointed out, this position is complicated and in some respects an ambivalent one.
Kingsley went to the West Indies with liberal and Christian sympathies, but he found it difficult to be objective about what he witnessed due to his theological background and intellectual tradition. For example, he supported the strict control and supervision of the indentured Coolies, even though in England he was a strong advocate of emancipation and the creation of a '"moral bond"' between employee and employer. Gikandi argues that Kingsley reached this conclusion about the West Indian context not because of what he saw there or because of his understanding of the Coolies' own views and perspectives. "Rather the traveler reaches his conclusions from three mutually informing sources: official reports (both oral and written), intellectual Orientalism, and evolutionary doctrines".
Interested readers can of course consult this book in the library, It is also available in a full text digitised version within the Internet Archive.
This work is but one of many such works by travellers reporting on the Caribbean within the collection. If interested in other works please contact library staff.
Monday 7 December 2009
New online resources - 19th Century British Pamphlets
Members of the library now have access to the new 19th Century British Pamphlets collection. This collection, created by RLUK (Research Libraries UK), contains a number of the most significant British pamphlets from the 19th century held in UK research libraries. Pamphlets were an important means of public debate, covering the key political, social, technological, and environmental issues of their day. They have been underutilized within research and teaching because they are generally quite difficult to access – often bound together in large numbers or otherwise hard to find in the few research libraries that hold them. The digitization of more than 20,000 pamphlets from seven UK institutions will provide researchers, students, and teachers with an immensely rich and coherent corpus of primary sources with which to study the socio-political and economic landscape of 19th century Britain. This collection was created with funding from the JISC Digitisation Programme
Significant collections within the resource for colonial history include:
Earl Grey Pamphlets Collection
Still owned by the family, this collection was largely accumulated by the 2nd, 3rd and 4th Earls Grey. Charles was Foreign Secretary (1806-07) and Prime Minister (1830-34). Henry George was Under Secretary for Home Affairs (1830) and the Colonies (1830-34), Secretary at War (1835-39), and Secretary of State for the Colonies (1846-52). Albert Henry George was Administrator of Rhodesia (1896-97) and Governor-General of Canada (1904-11). The Greys were particularly interested in parliamentary reform, colonial affairs and Catholic emancipation.
Foreign and Commonwealth Office Collection
On deposit from the FCO, this collection comprises the earlier collections of the Foreign Office and the Colonial Office. Both include rare publications from overseas. The Foreign Office Collection consists largely of pamphlets sent back to London by British ambassadors to help with policy formation. It is particularly rich in material related to South America, the Near East, and to the various great European political "questions" of the 19th century. The Colonial Office Collection is chiefly comprised of pamphlets sent back from Britain's colonies, including some unique early material from Australasia.
Knowsley Pamphlet Collection
The Knowsley collection reflects the political careers of the Earls of Derby. Edward George, the 14th Earl, was successively Irish Secretary (1830-33), Colonial Secretary (1833-34, 1841-44), and three times Prime Minister (1852, 1858-59, and 1866-68). His son, Edward Henry, 15th Earl, was Colonial Secretary and later Indian secretary in his father's administration of 1858-59.
LSE Selected Pamphlets
LSE has a substantial number of 19th century pamphlets. Among its pamphlets are comprehensive collections of political party materials, including election manifestos and political cartoons. There are also collections from pressure groups such as the Fabian Society, Imperial Federation Defence Committee, Poor Law Reform Association, Workhouse Visiting Society, Liberal and Property Defence League, and from cooperative movements such as the Cooperative Women's Guild.
Wilson Anti-Slavery Collection
A collection of 19th-century anti-slavery pamphlets received in 1923 from the executors of Henry Joseph Wilson (1833-1914), the distinguished Liberal Member of Parliament for Sheffield. The collection is of particular importance for the study of the activities of the provincial philanthropic societies, such as the Birmingham and Midland Freedmen's Aid Association, the Birmingham and West Bromwich Ladies' Negro's Friend Society, the Glasgow Emancipation Society, the Manchester Union and Emancipation Society, and the Sheffield Ladies Female Anti Slavery Society. Of interest is the prominent role of women in the movement, who formed themselves into societies which lobbied MPs and printed pamphlets on the conditions of slaves. Here we have details of what was sold at their bazaars to raise funds and lists of names of subscribers, the minutiae which bring alive the history of the movement.
Significant collections within the resource for colonial history include:
Earl Grey Pamphlets Collection
Still owned by the family, this collection was largely accumulated by the 2nd, 3rd and 4th Earls Grey. Charles was Foreign Secretary (1806-07) and Prime Minister (1830-34). Henry George was Under Secretary for Home Affairs (1830) and the Colonies (1830-34), Secretary at War (1835-39), and Secretary of State for the Colonies (1846-52). Albert Henry George was Administrator of Rhodesia (1896-97) and Governor-General of Canada (1904-11). The Greys were particularly interested in parliamentary reform, colonial affairs and Catholic emancipation.
Foreign and Commonwealth Office Collection
On deposit from the FCO, this collection comprises the earlier collections of the Foreign Office and the Colonial Office. Both include rare publications from overseas. The Foreign Office Collection consists largely of pamphlets sent back to London by British ambassadors to help with policy formation. It is particularly rich in material related to South America, the Near East, and to the various great European political "questions" of the 19th century. The Colonial Office Collection is chiefly comprised of pamphlets sent back from Britain's colonies, including some unique early material from Australasia.
Knowsley Pamphlet Collection
The Knowsley collection reflects the political careers of the Earls of Derby. Edward George, the 14th Earl, was successively Irish Secretary (1830-33), Colonial Secretary (1833-34, 1841-44), and three times Prime Minister (1852, 1858-59, and 1866-68). His son, Edward Henry, 15th Earl, was Colonial Secretary and later Indian secretary in his father's administration of 1858-59.
LSE Selected Pamphlets
LSE has a substantial number of 19th century pamphlets. Among its pamphlets are comprehensive collections of political party materials, including election manifestos and political cartoons. There are also collections from pressure groups such as the Fabian Society, Imperial Federation Defence Committee, Poor Law Reform Association, Workhouse Visiting Society, Liberal and Property Defence League, and from cooperative movements such as the Cooperative Women's Guild.
Wilson Anti-Slavery Collection
A collection of 19th-century anti-slavery pamphlets received in 1923 from the executors of Henry Joseph Wilson (1833-1914), the distinguished Liberal Member of Parliament for Sheffield. The collection is of particular importance for the study of the activities of the provincial philanthropic societies, such as the Birmingham and Midland Freedmen's Aid Association, the Birmingham and West Bromwich Ladies' Negro's Friend Society, the Glasgow Emancipation Society, the Manchester Union and Emancipation Society, and the Sheffield Ladies Female Anti Slavery Society. Of interest is the prominent role of women in the movement, who formed themselves into societies which lobbied MPs and printed pamphlets on the conditions of slaves. Here we have details of what was sold at their bazaars to raise funds and lists of names of subscribers, the minutiae which bring alive the history of the movement.
Friday 4 December 2009
International Defence and Aid Fund for Southern Africa Press Cuttings Archives
Today we want to focus on an important collection held on microfiche – the International Defence and Aid Fund for Southern Africa Press Cuttings Archives.
The International Defence and Aid Fund for Southern Africa (IDAF) was an anti-apartheid organization that smuggled £100 million into South Africa for the defence of thousands of political activists, and to provide aid for their families while they were in prison. It paid lawyers to defend political detainees and provided financial support families of political prisoners. It published numerous books and films on repression in South Africa. IDAF, was the brain-child of John Collins, a canon of St Paul's Cathedral. The organisation resulted from Canon Collins's guaranteeing the legal costs and support for the 156 accused under the 1956 Treason Trials, and their families. The organisation continued to support anti-apartheid activists through the Rivonia Trial and numerous other political trials (most of which were not high profile). Defence and Aid became an international organisation in 1965, with branches in Britain, New Zealand, Scandinavia, Holland and India.
On 18 March 1966, the South African Defence and Aid Committee was banned as an 'unlawful organisation' under the Suppression of Communism Act. Lengthy prison sentences were promised for those who handled money on behalf of IDAF and the Terrorism Act made it a capital offence to attempt to bring about social change with the help of a foreign government or institution, even when no violence was involved.
IDAF reacted by creating a system where a network of respectable individual donors funded defences, who in turn received funds from IDAF, and with the assistance of a network of friendly solicitors who corresponded with the South African trial lawyers and transmitted funds to them. IDAF’s welfare programme, aimed at alleviating the hardship of both political prisoners and their dependents, also relied on circumventing a direct connection with IDAF, with the use of hundreds of letter writers sending money directly to recipients through the post.
As well as raising and transmitting funds, IDAF continuing public activities, with research and publicity sections. The work of these sections included monitoring the press, and IDAF built up a large press-cuttings archive. This was microfilmed in 1991 before IDAF transferred its activities to South Africa, and copies lodged in countries affected by apartheid, as well as research libraries in Europe and North America
The Institute of Commonwealth Studies Library was fortunate to be selected by IDAF as the UK depository for microfiche copies of the South Africa and Namibia press cuttings archives. These include some 500,000 press cuttings from the South African, Namibian and British press from 1975 to 1990 and documenting all aspects of apartheid in South Africa, especially resistance and repression. The Namibian materials cover the South African occupation and the apartheid system subsequently imposed on the people of that country. Both archives include materials on cultural, social and economic issues and international relations. The Library holds an index to these, and in addition many of IDAF publications, including its journal Focus.
The International Defence and Aid Fund for Southern Africa (IDAF) was an anti-apartheid organization that smuggled £100 million into South Africa for the defence of thousands of political activists, and to provide aid for their families while they were in prison. It paid lawyers to defend political detainees and provided financial support families of political prisoners. It published numerous books and films on repression in South Africa. IDAF, was the brain-child of John Collins, a canon of St Paul's Cathedral. The organisation resulted from Canon Collins's guaranteeing the legal costs and support for the 156 accused under the 1956 Treason Trials, and their families. The organisation continued to support anti-apartheid activists through the Rivonia Trial and numerous other political trials (most of which were not high profile). Defence and Aid became an international organisation in 1965, with branches in Britain, New Zealand, Scandinavia, Holland and India.
On 18 March 1966, the South African Defence and Aid Committee was banned as an 'unlawful organisation' under the Suppression of Communism Act. Lengthy prison sentences were promised for those who handled money on behalf of IDAF and the Terrorism Act made it a capital offence to attempt to bring about social change with the help of a foreign government or institution, even when no violence was involved.
IDAF reacted by creating a system where a network of respectable individual donors funded defences, who in turn received funds from IDAF, and with the assistance of a network of friendly solicitors who corresponded with the South African trial lawyers and transmitted funds to them. IDAF’s welfare programme, aimed at alleviating the hardship of both political prisoners and their dependents, also relied on circumventing a direct connection with IDAF, with the use of hundreds of letter writers sending money directly to recipients through the post.
As well as raising and transmitting funds, IDAF continuing public activities, with research and publicity sections. The work of these sections included monitoring the press, and IDAF built up a large press-cuttings archive. This was microfilmed in 1991 before IDAF transferred its activities to South Africa, and copies lodged in countries affected by apartheid, as well as research libraries in Europe and North America
The Institute of Commonwealth Studies Library was fortunate to be selected by IDAF as the UK depository for microfiche copies of the South Africa and Namibia press cuttings archives. These include some 500,000 press cuttings from the South African, Namibian and British press from 1975 to 1990 and documenting all aspects of apartheid in South Africa, especially resistance and repression. The Namibian materials cover the South African occupation and the apartheid system subsequently imposed on the people of that country. Both archives include materials on cultural, social and economic issues and international relations. The Library holds an index to these, and in addition many of IDAF publications, including its journal Focus.
Wednesday 2 December 2009
Welcome to Rwanda
At the recent Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in Trinidad and Tobago, Commonwealth leaders agreed to accept Rwanda as the 54th member of the Commonwealth.
A short video reporting the decision is available at:
http://video.thecommonwealth.org/services/player/bcpid2517730001?bctid=53040352001
An overview of the CHOGM by Derek Ingram, entitled A Surge of New Activity for the Commonwealth, is also available on the Commonwealth Secretariat website.
The Institute of Commonwealth Studies Library currently has a small collection of material on Rwanda, largely acquired to support the Institute's MA in Undertsanding and Securing Human Rights. These materials focus on both the 1994 genocide and the post-conflict reconstruction that followed. As a result of Rwanda's membership of the Commonwealth we will further develop and broaden the scope of this collection, co-operating with other London libraries including the SOAS Library and British Library, who also collect material from and about Rwanda.
Research on Rwanda is being added to the database of Theses in Progress in Commonwealth Countries. We welcome any postgraduate research students doing work on Rwanda to contact us so this can be kept up to date.
A short video reporting the decision is available at:
http://video.thecommonwealth.org/services/player/bcpid2517730001?bctid=53040352001
An overview of the CHOGM by Derek Ingram, entitled A Surge of New Activity for the Commonwealth, is also available on the Commonwealth Secretariat website.
The Institute of Commonwealth Studies Library currently has a small collection of material on Rwanda, largely acquired to support the Institute's MA in Undertsanding and Securing Human Rights. These materials focus on both the 1994 genocide and the post-conflict reconstruction that followed. As a result of Rwanda's membership of the Commonwealth we will further develop and broaden the scope of this collection, co-operating with other London libraries including the SOAS Library and British Library, who also collect material from and about Rwanda.
Research on Rwanda is being added to the database of Theses in Progress in Commonwealth Countries. We welcome any postgraduate research students doing work on Rwanda to contact us so this can be kept up to date.
Tuesday 24 November 2009
Anti-Slavery journals available online in British Periodicals e-resource
Library members interested in slavery may be interested in looking at the British Periodicals database, available in the library.
ProQuest's British Periodicals is a large database of periodicals, charting the development and growth of the periodical press in Britain from its origins in the 17th century to the Victorian 'age of periodicals' and beyond. The database includes digital copies of each page of the titles included, in a high resolution bitonal facsimile, and includes illustrations and advertisements. The full text of each publication can be searched.
Some titles of specific interest include:
ProQuest's British Periodicals is a large database of periodicals, charting the development and growth of the periodical press in Britain from its origins in the 17th century to the Victorian 'age of periodicals' and beyond. The database includes digital copies of each page of the titles included, in a high resolution bitonal facsimile, and includes illustrations and advertisements. The full text of each publication can be searched.
Some titles of specific interest include:
- Anti-Slavery Reporter (1825-1833)
- Anti-Slavery Reporter and Aborigines' Friend (1840-1931) and
- Freed-man. A Monthly Magazine Devoted to the Interests of the Freed Coloured People (1865-1868)
Friday 20 November 2009
Books added to collection in October 2009
New items added to the collection in October covered most of the regions, but with an emphasis on catching up on some cataloguing of publications from the Pacific.
Click to view all items added to the Reference Collection in October
Click to view all items added to the Reference Collection in October
Thursday 19 November 2009
Commonwealth Studies Library Workshops
Our programme of free workshops offer short practical sessions to help you discover and make use of the wealth of information available at the Commonwealth Studies Library. Book your place by emailing icommlib@sas.ac.uk (please indicate any particular areas of interest so workshops can be tailored to your needs)
Colonial Blue Books and Annual Reports: Discover the wealth of statistical and social data contained in these annual reports, full of rich information on all aspects of colonial administration and life in the colonies.
Thursday January 14th, 2.00pm, NG14, Ground Floor Library, Senate House.
Maps: Explore the Senate House Library and Commonwealth Studies map collections and discover how to find maps in other libraries, and hidden in books and reports.
Friday January 29th, 2.00pm, Map Library, Ground Floor Library, Senate House
Finding and using census data for historical research: What information is contained in census reports? What can they tell us about people’s lives? How reliable are census reports and what questions should we ask when using these?
Friday February 12th, 2.00pm, NG14, Ground Floor Library.
Workshops are usually held in the Ground Floor Library, North Block, Senate House, Malet St, London WC1E 7HU. Workshops start at 2.00 and last for approximately an hour. Further details for each workshop will be available closer to the time. Places are limited so please pre-book in advance.
We can also arrange workshops for specific research groups or groups of students. For advice or assistance, telephone David Clover, Commonwealth Studies Librarian, 020 7862 8840 or email icommlib@sas.ac.uk
Corruption Perception Index - Transparency International
Transparency International has recently released its Corruption Percpetion Index, measuring the perceived level of public-sector corruption in 180 countries. The index is produced using a variety of expert and business surveys.
Commonwealth countries appear throughout the spectrum of results, led by New Zealand who leads the poll as being perceived as least corrupt. Also in the top 10 are Singapore (3rd equal with Sweden), and Australia and Canada (who share joint 8th place with Iceland).
Above the worst scoring countries of Somalia and Afghanistan, the lowest Commonwealth (and recent Commonwealth) nations are Papua New Guinea (154th equal), and Zimbabwe, Sierra Leone, Kenya and Cameroon (sharing 146th equal with Ecuador, Russia and Timor-Leste).
Transparency International in releasing the Index noted how corruption acted to block good governance and accountability and notes that countries which are perceived as the most corrupt are also those plagued by long-standing conflicts, which have torn apart their governance infrastructure.
Commonwealth countries appear throughout the spectrum of results, led by New Zealand who leads the poll as being perceived as least corrupt. Also in the top 10 are Singapore (3rd equal with Sweden), and Australia and Canada (who share joint 8th place with Iceland).
Above the worst scoring countries of Somalia and Afghanistan, the lowest Commonwealth (and recent Commonwealth) nations are Papua New Guinea (154th equal), and Zimbabwe, Sierra Leone, Kenya and Cameroon (sharing 146th equal with Ecuador, Russia and Timor-Leste).
Transparency International in releasing the Index noted how corruption acted to block good governance and accountability and notes that countries which are perceived as the most corrupt are also those plagued by long-standing conflicts, which have torn apart their governance infrastructure.
Wednesday 18 November 2009
You Said - We Did
Thanks for feedback received so far. Some things that we've done over the last couple of weeks are:
- placed signs in readings rooms reminding users that eating and drinking and not allowed and of the need for quiet conversation only.
- we now have both till and card machine available, so you add photocopying/printing credit to your card and pay fines on any library floor
- we will soon be stocking supplies of pens and library bags and other merchandise
- we hope to replace PCs in the NG rooms soon with new machines that can be linked to the Senate House Library printing system.
Please do keep us informed about any improvements we can make
- placed signs in readings rooms reminding users that eating and drinking and not allowed and of the need for quiet conversation only.
- we now have both till and card machine available, so you add photocopying/printing credit to your card and pay fines on any library floor
- we will soon be stocking supplies of pens and library bags and other merchandise
- we hope to replace PCs in the NG rooms soon with new machines that can be linked to the Senate House Library printing system.
Please do keep us informed about any improvements we can make
Tuesday 17 November 2009
Electronic Journals on Africa
An initiative arising from the 2008 Paris-Nanterres meeting of the European Librarians on African Studies (ELIAS) is a Wikipedia listing of African Studies journals available online.
The initial list was compiled from lists held by four institutions: Uppsala, Leiden, Frankfurt and ASAUK, creating a comprehensive list of more than one thousand African studies journals.
Locating this list within the digital encyclopedia Wikipedia has two advantages:
-the list of African Studies Journals is now available for a wide audience
-the list can be expanded and improved by anybody with knowledge about e-journals on Africa.
The list can be accessed via http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African_studies_journals
This is not a definitive list: it is work "under construction". The list will be expanded (ISBN etc) and updated in the future. It would be nice if all African Studies Journals would get their "own" page in Wikipedia, like http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aequatoria and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African_Affairs
The initial list was compiled from lists held by four institutions: Uppsala, Leiden, Frankfurt and ASAUK, creating a comprehensive list of more than one thousand African studies journals.
Locating this list within the digital encyclopedia Wikipedia has two advantages:
-the list of African Studies Journals is now available for a wide audience
-the list can be expanded and improved by anybody with knowledge about e-journals on Africa.
The list can be accessed via http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African_studies_journals
This is not a definitive list: it is work "under construction". The list will be expanded (ISBN etc) and updated in the future. It would be nice if all African Studies Journals would get their "own" page in Wikipedia, like http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aequatoria and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African_Affairs
Monday 16 November 2009
New on Intute - Pakistan Conflict Monitor
Intute is a free online service that helps you to find the best web resources for your studies and research. Recently added to Intute is the following resource, do check the website and its own blog for new resources.
Pakistan conflict monitor
The Pakistan Conflict Monitor is maintained by the Human Security Report Project at the School for International Studies at Simon Fraser University. It aims to highlight research about conflict and international security relating to Pakistan. This includes coverage of terrorism, Al-Qaeda, fundamental Islam, the links with the Taliban in Afghanistan and more generally government and development initiatives. The site summarises and links to key research data, press releases and reports. Information is generally available from 2009 onwards.
Remember to check the website for a complete list http://www.intute.ac.uk/
Pakistan conflict monitor
The Pakistan Conflict Monitor is maintained by the Human Security Report Project at the School for International Studies at Simon Fraser University. It aims to highlight research about conflict and international security relating to Pakistan. This includes coverage of terrorism, Al-Qaeda, fundamental Islam, the links with the Taliban in Afghanistan and more generally government and development initiatives. The site summarises and links to key research data, press releases and reports. Information is generally available from 2009 onwards.
Remember to check the website for a complete list http://www.intute.ac.uk/
Monday 9 November 2009
Tallents papers now listed on ULRLS Archives catalogue
We're very pleased to announce that the papers of Sir Stephen Tallents, relating mainly to his role as Secretary of the Empire Marketing Board (EMB), are now available on the ULRLS Archives Catalogue.
The material in this collection covers the Board's origins, some of its activities, including the "Buy British" campaign, the EMB Film Unit and liaison with the Commonwealth Council for Scientific and Industrial Research in Melbourne, Australia, and its administration and break-up. Files include reports, correspondence, notes, memoranda, EMB publications and press cuttings. There are also papers relating to Tallents' book about the EMB, "Empire Experiment", including draft chapters, notes and correspondence. Other material consists of reviews of Tallents' "The Projection of England" (1932) and to his period as Public Relations Officer at the General Post Office (1934 - 1936). There is also material relating to documentary film producer John Grierson, including correspondence, press cuttings, articles and publications and correspondence with Leopold Amery relating to his autobiography "My Political Life" (London 1953) and his links with the EMB.
The material in this collection covers the Board's origins, some of its activities, including the "Buy British" campaign, the EMB Film Unit and liaison with the Commonwealth Council for Scientific and Industrial Research in Melbourne, Australia, and its administration and break-up. Files include reports, correspondence, notes, memoranda, EMB publications and press cuttings. There are also papers relating to Tallents' book about the EMB, "Empire Experiment", including draft chapters, notes and correspondence. Other material consists of reviews of Tallents' "The Projection of England" (1932) and to his period as Public Relations Officer at the General Post Office (1934 - 1936). There is also material relating to documentary film producer John Grierson, including correspondence, press cuttings, articles and publications and correspondence with Leopold Amery relating to his autobiography "My Political Life" (London 1953) and his links with the EMB.
Thursday 5 November 2009
Your feedback!!! 6 weeks later
Its now over 6 weeks since we re-opened within the Senate House Library. We're largely settled in to our new space now, though a few small snagging problems remain. We'd like to hear your feedback on what you think of the changes, anything positive of course, but also anything that still needs fixing or improvement.
If you're in the Library feedback forms are available at all service points - otherwise add a comment or please email your thoughts to icommlib@sas.ac.uk.
A summary of any comments and our responses will follow on this blog
If you're in the Library feedback forms are available at all service points - otherwise add a comment or please email your thoughts to icommlib@sas.ac.uk.
A summary of any comments and our responses will follow on this blog
Tuesday 3 November 2009
Spice up your life!
As the colder weather approaches you may be thinking of spicier foods, we're thinking about books and government reports on spices and the spice trade within the Commonwealth. The Library collections include many reports and other publications on specific crops and commodities. To get you into a warmer mood here's a selection on spices to whet your appetite:
Zanzibar. Committee Appointed to Discuss the Rationalization of the Clove Industry.
Report / (chairman: G.D. Kirsopp).
Zanzibar, 1929.
STACK SERVICE [ICOMM] HD9210 ZAN
Troup, Robert Scott, 1874-1939.
Report on clove cultivation in the Zanzibar Protectorate.
Zanzibar : Govt. Printer, 1932.
STACK SERVICE [ICOMM] SB307 C6 TRO
Kirsopp, G. D. (George Dougal), 1888-
Report of a mission appointed to investigate the clove trade in India and Burma, Ceylon, British Malaya and the Dutch East Indies / by G.D. Kirsopp and C.A. Bartlett.
London : Published on behalf of the Government of Zanzibar by the Crown Agents for the Colonies, 1933.
STACK SERVICE [ICOMM] HD9210 KIR fol
Grenada. Inquiry Into the Nutmeg Industry of Grenada.
Report / (Chairman: D.E. Jackson).
St. George's : G.P., 1951.
STACK SERVICE [ICOMM] HD9248 GRE fol
Zanzibar.
Report of the Clove Mission to India, Jan. 6th - 20th. 1958.
Zanzibar, 1958.
STACK SERVICE [ICOMM] HD9210 ZAN
Ly-Tio-Fane, Madeleine.
Mauritius and the spice trade : the odyssey of Pierre Poivre / [documents] Edited by Madeleine Ly-Tio-Fane.
Port Louis, Mauritius : Esclapon, 1958.
[Mauritius. Archives Dept.] Publication ; no.4.
STACK SERVICE [ICOMM] HD9210 LYT
Bartlett, C. A.
Clove growers association commentary.
Zanzibar : Zanzibar Nationalist Party, 1959.
Microfiche
ICOMM Ground Floor Libr M841
Zanzibar clove industry : statement of Government policy and report / by R. A Crofts.
[Zanzibar] : Zanzibar Protectorate, [1959]
Contents: Zanzibar Protectorate. Legislative Council. Statement by Government on the development of the clove industry.--Crofts, R. A. Report on the Zanzibar clove industry.
STACK SERVICE [ICOMM] HD9210 ZAN
Bastin, John Sturgus, 1927-
The changing balance of the early Southeast Asian pepper trade
Kuala Lumpur : Dept. of History, University of Malaya, 1960.
STACK SERVICE [ICOMM] HD9210 BAS
Saw Huat Guan.
The production and potential of spices in West Malaysia with special reference to pepper, clove and nutmeg.
Kuala Lumpur : Malaya University, Faculty of Agriculture, 1971.
Microfiche 3 cards.
ICOMM Ground Floor Libr MF163
Grenada. Commission of Enquiry Into the Affairs of the Grenada Co-operative Nutmeg Association.
Report / (chairman: E.R. Ward).
St. George's : G.P., 1971.
STACK SERVICE [ICOMM] HD9248 GRE fol
Mayers, J. M.
The nutmeg industry of Grenada
Kingston, Jamaica : Institute of Social and Economic Research, University of the West Indies, c1974.
STACK SERVICE [ICOMM] HD9248 MAY fol
Moore, M. P.
The state and the cinnamon industry in Sri Lanka
Colombo : Agrarian Research & Training Institute, 1978.
STACK SERVICE [ICOMM] HD9210 MOO fol
Sheriff, Abdul.
Slaves, spices, & ivory in Zanzibar : integration of an East African commercial empire into the world economy, 1770-1873
London : J. Currey ; Athens : Ohio University Press, 1987.
ICOMM Ground Floor Libr DT447 SHE
Nandakumar, T.
The global spice trade and the Uruguay round agreements
Geneva, Switzerland :, London : International Trade Centre UNCTAD/WTO, Commonwealth Secretariat, 1996.
STACK SERVICE [ICOMM] HD9210 NAN
Brizan, George I.
The nutmeg industry, Grenada's black gold
Grenada? : s.n., 1979?]
STACK SERVICE [ICOMM] HD9248 BRI
Brizan, George I.
Black gold revisited, 22 years later 2001
Grenada : The Author? : St George's Government Printery, 2003.
STACK SERVICE [ICOMM] HD9248 BRI
Douglas, Claude J.
The Battle for Grenada's black gold
St. Andrew, Grenada : Maryzoon Press, c2004.
STACK SERVICE [ICOMM] HD9248 DOU
Zanzibar. Committee Appointed to Discuss the Rationalization of the Clove Industry.
Report / (chairman: G.D. Kirsopp).
Zanzibar, 1929.
STACK SERVICE [ICOMM] HD9210 ZAN
Troup, Robert Scott, 1874-1939.
Report on clove cultivation in the Zanzibar Protectorate.
Zanzibar : Govt. Printer, 1932.
STACK SERVICE [ICOMM] SB307 C6 TRO
Kirsopp, G. D. (George Dougal), 1888-
Report of a mission appointed to investigate the clove trade in India and Burma, Ceylon, British Malaya and the Dutch East Indies / by G.D. Kirsopp and C.A. Bartlett.
London : Published on behalf of the Government of Zanzibar by the Crown Agents for the Colonies, 1933.
STACK SERVICE [ICOMM] HD9210 KIR fol
Grenada. Inquiry Into the Nutmeg Industry of Grenada.
Report / (Chairman: D.E. Jackson).
St. George's : G.P., 1951.
STACK SERVICE [ICOMM] HD9248 GRE fol
Zanzibar.
Report of the Clove Mission to India, Jan. 6th - 20th. 1958.
Zanzibar, 1958.
STACK SERVICE [ICOMM] HD9210 ZAN
Ly-Tio-Fane, Madeleine.
Mauritius and the spice trade : the odyssey of Pierre Poivre / [documents] Edited by Madeleine Ly-Tio-Fane.
Port Louis, Mauritius : Esclapon, 1958.
[Mauritius. Archives Dept.] Publication ; no.4.
STACK SERVICE [ICOMM] HD9210 LYT
Bartlett, C. A.
Clove growers association commentary.
Zanzibar : Zanzibar Nationalist Party, 1959.
Microfiche
ICOMM Ground Floor Libr M841
Zanzibar clove industry : statement of Government policy and report / by R. A Crofts.
[Zanzibar] : Zanzibar Protectorate, [1959]
Contents: Zanzibar Protectorate. Legislative Council. Statement by Government on the development of the clove industry.--Crofts, R. A. Report on the Zanzibar clove industry.
STACK SERVICE [ICOMM] HD9210 ZAN
Bastin, John Sturgus, 1927-
The changing balance of the early Southeast Asian pepper trade
Kuala Lumpur : Dept. of History, University of Malaya, 1960.
STACK SERVICE [ICOMM] HD9210 BAS
Saw Huat Guan.
The production and potential of spices in West Malaysia with special reference to pepper, clove and nutmeg.
Kuala Lumpur : Malaya University, Faculty of Agriculture, 1971.
Microfiche 3 cards.
ICOMM Ground Floor Libr MF163
Grenada. Commission of Enquiry Into the Affairs of the Grenada Co-operative Nutmeg Association.
Report / (chairman: E.R. Ward).
St. George's : G.P., 1971.
STACK SERVICE [ICOMM] HD9248 GRE fol
Mayers, J. M.
The nutmeg industry of Grenada
Kingston, Jamaica : Institute of Social and Economic Research, University of the West Indies, c1974.
STACK SERVICE [ICOMM] HD9248 MAY fol
Moore, M. P.
The state and the cinnamon industry in Sri Lanka
Colombo : Agrarian Research & Training Institute, 1978.
STACK SERVICE [ICOMM] HD9210 MOO fol
Sheriff, Abdul.
Slaves, spices, & ivory in Zanzibar : integration of an East African commercial empire into the world economy, 1770-1873
London : J. Currey ; Athens : Ohio University Press, 1987.
ICOMM Ground Floor Libr DT447 SHE
Nandakumar, T.
The global spice trade and the Uruguay round agreements
Geneva, Switzerland :, London : International Trade Centre UNCTAD/WTO, Commonwealth Secretariat, 1996.
STACK SERVICE [ICOMM] HD9210 NAN
Brizan, George I.
The nutmeg industry, Grenada's black gold
Grenada? : s.n., 1979?]
STACK SERVICE [ICOMM] HD9248 BRI
Brizan, George I.
Black gold revisited, 22 years later 2001
Grenada : The Author? : St George's Government Printery, 2003.
STACK SERVICE [ICOMM] HD9248 BRI
Douglas, Claude J.
The Battle for Grenada's black gold
St. Andrew, Grenada : Maryzoon Press, c2004.
STACK SERVICE [ICOMM] HD9248 DOU
Books received in September 2009
A short list this month due to moves and the settling in process - October will be a fuller list though
Click to view all items added to the Reference Collection in September.
Click to view all items added to the Reference Collection in September.
Tuesday 27 October 2009
Slaveholders in Jamaica
Tomorrow, Wednesday 28th October 2009, the Caribbean Studies Seminar Series at the Institute of Commonwealth Studies presents:
Seminar & Book Launch: Slaveholders in Jamaica: Colonial Society and Culture during the Era of Abolition
Speakers: Christer Petley, University of Southampton and Professor Gad Heuman, University of Warwick
Time: 5pm; Venue: G32, Senate House.
Slaveholders in Jamaica draws on a number of sources, including slave registration data, tax records, property deeds, court records, vestry minutes, electoral records, newspapers, published works, Governors' correspondence, local Assembly records and collections of letters and correspondence. Among these sources have been the Taylor family papers (ICS 120) held in the Institute of Commonwealth Studies Archives, mainly letters written and received between 1770 and 1835 by Simon Taylor, his family and heirs, and his friends, agents and business partners, relating to their Jamaican estates and business interests.
A detailed catalogue of this collection is available within the ULRLS Archives Catalogue. The archive collections also include records of the Jamaican Castle Wemyss Estate, and of the shipping and trading compant of Sandbach, Tinne and Co.
Seminar & Book Launch: Slaveholders in Jamaica: Colonial Society and Culture during the Era of Abolition
Speakers: Christer Petley, University of Southampton and Professor Gad Heuman, University of Warwick
Time: 5pm; Venue: G32, Senate House.
Slaveholders in Jamaica draws on a number of sources, including slave registration data, tax records, property deeds, court records, vestry minutes, electoral records, newspapers, published works, Governors' correspondence, local Assembly records and collections of letters and correspondence. Among these sources have been the Taylor family papers (ICS 120) held in the Institute of Commonwealth Studies Archives, mainly letters written and received between 1770 and 1835 by Simon Taylor, his family and heirs, and his friends, agents and business partners, relating to their Jamaican estates and business interests.
A detailed catalogue of this collection is available within the ULRLS Archives Catalogue. The archive collections also include records of the Jamaican Castle Wemyss Estate, and of the shipping and trading compant of Sandbach, Tinne and Co.
Monday 26 October 2009
Books received in August 2009
Apologies for the delay in making this list available:
Click to view all items added to the Reference Collection in August.
Click to view all items added to the Reference Collection in August.
Books received in July 2009
Apologies for the delay in making this list available:
Click to view all items added to the Reference Collection in July.
Click to view all items added to the Reference Collection in July.
Archives - Catholic Institute for International Relations - catalogue complete
Thanks to the support of the Vice Chancellor's Development Fund, and the work by Project Cataloguer Jane Kirby, we are pleased to announce that our collection of papers from the Catholic Institute for International Relations have now been fully catalogued and records for this collection are available on our archives catalogue.
The Sword of the Spirit organization was founded by lay Catholics in 1940 with the aims of combatting fascism and informing society and the church about international development. It changed its name to the Catholic Institute for International Relations (CIIR) in 1965. It now operates volunteer and educational programmes and seeks to eradicate poverty, injustice and exclusion, and encourage a more equitable distribution of resources. CIIR changed its name to Progressio in 2006.
The collection held by the Institute of Commonwealth Studies and Institute for the Study of the Americas Libraries, comprises mostly photocopied material generated by CIIR and other associated charities, government departments and non-governmental organisations (NGO'S) working in or having links to southern Africa, Latin America and to a lesser extent Asia. The material contains administrative and financial papers, many relating to CIIR's publishing activities; correspondence; conference and meeting papers; reports by religious and non-religious groups and individuals on issues such as human rights, election monitoring, land reform, apartheid, violence, prisoners and detainees and education; project papers including recruitment details, funding applications and progress reports; photographs; press cuttings; publications, both by CIIR and external organisations and some ephemera.
The collection dates from 1955 to 2004 and forms a rich resource for study of the regions covered, the role of development organisations and the relationships between faith and development politics.
A one-day workshop on NGOs, Human Rights and Development will be held early in 2010 to mark the opening of this collection.
The Sword of the Spirit organization was founded by lay Catholics in 1940 with the aims of combatting fascism and informing society and the church about international development. It changed its name to the Catholic Institute for International Relations (CIIR) in 1965. It now operates volunteer and educational programmes and seeks to eradicate poverty, injustice and exclusion, and encourage a more equitable distribution of resources. CIIR changed its name to Progressio in 2006.
The collection held by the Institute of Commonwealth Studies and Institute for the Study of the Americas Libraries, comprises mostly photocopied material generated by CIIR and other associated charities, government departments and non-governmental organisations (NGO'S) working in or having links to southern Africa, Latin America and to a lesser extent Asia. The material contains administrative and financial papers, many relating to CIIR's publishing activities; correspondence; conference and meeting papers; reports by religious and non-religious groups and individuals on issues such as human rights, election monitoring, land reform, apartheid, violence, prisoners and detainees and education; project papers including recruitment details, funding applications and progress reports; photographs; press cuttings; publications, both by CIIR and external organisations and some ephemera.
The collection dates from 1955 to 2004 and forms a rich resource for study of the regions covered, the role of development organisations and the relationships between faith and development politics.
A one-day workshop on NGOs, Human Rights and Development will be held early in 2010 to mark the opening of this collection.
Friday 23 October 2009
Research Training at Commonwealth Studies Library
This year we're in the initial planning stages of a planned series of short (no more than two hours) hands-on workshops aimed at small groups of Masters and Postgraduate Research students, looking at the use of various resources for ‘Commonwealth studies’ in both electronic and print format. Suggestions so far include
• the use of census material
• colonial blue books and annual reports from the colonies
• the Confidential Print
• maps and geographical sources
• and finding biographical information.
We would welcome your feedback as to whether you think such an idea would be of use to you or your students, whether the length is appropriate, what time of day may best suit students and what resources or topics may meet their needs.
We would also welcome any general comments on information training needs and how we could contribute to meet these needs; as well as any other general comments and feedback.
Please respond by email to david.clover@sas.ac.uk
We are also happy to arrange tours for groups of students, if you are interested, please do get in touch.
• the use of census material
• colonial blue books and annual reports from the colonies
• the Confidential Print
• maps and geographical sources
• and finding biographical information.
We would welcome your feedback as to whether you think such an idea would be of use to you or your students, whether the length is appropriate, what time of day may best suit students and what resources or topics may meet their needs.
We would also welcome any general comments on information training needs and how we could contribute to meet these needs; as well as any other general comments and feedback.
Please respond by email to david.clover@sas.ac.uk
We are also happy to arrange tours for groups of students, if you are interested, please do get in touch.
Wednesday 14 October 2009
Open Access Journals - General Titles
Our final list of journal titles - being titles of a general nature available on display for one year:
Black and Asian Studies Association Newsletter
Canadian Journal of Development Studies
Developing Economies
Development Dialogue
Developments
Global Development Studies
IDS Bulletin
International Journal
International Migration
Interventions
Itinerario
New Internationalist
Third World Resurgence
Black and Asian Studies Association Newsletter
Canadian Journal of Development Studies
Developing Economies
Development Dialogue
Developments
Global Development Studies
IDS Bulletin
International Journal
International Migration
Interventions
Itinerario
New Internationalist
Third World Resurgence
Open Access Journals - Africa
Below are listed African journal titles for which the most recent year is available on open display:
Africa: Journal of the International African Institute
Africa Insight
Africa Quarterly
Africa Today
African Affairs
African Book Publishing Record
African Historical Review
African Journal of Conflict Resolution
African Research and Documentation
African Security Review
African Studies Review
Agenda
Australasian Review of African Studies
Canadian Journal of African Studies
Conflict Trends
Eastern Africa Social Science Research Review
Fast Facts
History in Africa
International Journal of African Historical Studies
Journal of Contemporary History/ Joernall vir Eietydse Geskiedenis
Journal of African Economies
Journal of African History
Journal of Contemporary African Studies
Journal of Modern African Studies
Journal of Namibian Studies
Journal of Southern African Studies
OSSREA Newsletter (Organisation for Social Science Research in Eastern Africa)
Review of African Political Economy
Society of Malawi Journal
South African Historical Journal
South African Journal of International Affairs
Tanzanian Affairs
Transformation
The Zimbabwean
Africa: Journal of the International African Institute
Africa Insight
Africa Quarterly
Africa Today
African Affairs
African Book Publishing Record
African Historical Review
African Journal of Conflict Resolution
African Research and Documentation
African Security Review
African Studies Review
Agenda
Australasian Review of African Studies
Canadian Journal of African Studies
Conflict Trends
Eastern Africa Social Science Research Review
Fast Facts
History in Africa
International Journal of African Historical Studies
Journal of Contemporary History/ Joernall vir Eietydse Geskiedenis
Journal of African Economies
Journal of African History
Journal of Contemporary African Studies
Journal of Modern African Studies
Journal of Namibian Studies
Journal of Southern African Studies
OSSREA Newsletter (Organisation for Social Science Research in Eastern Africa)
Review of African Political Economy
Society of Malawi Journal
South African Historical Journal
South African Journal of International Affairs
Tanzanian Affairs
Transformation
The Zimbabwean
Tuesday 13 October 2009
Open Access Journals - Asia
Continuing to work through our lists of journals for which we keep the last year on open access for your browsing pleasure and to support keeping up to date on your areas of interest. Today we list Asian titles covering South and South East Asia:
ASEAN Economic Bulletin
Asia Pacific Journal of Public Administration
Asia Pacific Viewpoint
Asian Economic Review
Asian Studies Newsletter
Asian Survey
Bangladesh Development Studies
BIISS Journal (Bangladesh Institute of International and Strategic Studies)
Contemporary South Asia
Contemporary Southeast Asia
Economic and Political Weekly
Indian Journal of Public Administration
Indian Journal of Secularism
Journal of the Malaysian Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society
Pakistan Development Review
South Asia: Journal of South Asian Studies
South Asia Economic Journal
South Asia Newsletter
ASEAN Economic Bulletin
Asia Pacific Journal of Public Administration
Asia Pacific Viewpoint
Asian Economic Review
Asian Studies Newsletter
Asian Survey
Bangladesh Development Studies
BIISS Journal (Bangladesh Institute of International and Strategic Studies)
Contemporary South Asia
Contemporary Southeast Asia
Economic and Political Weekly
Indian Journal of Public Administration
Indian Journal of Secularism
Journal of the Malaysian Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society
Pakistan Development Review
South Asia: Journal of South Asian Studies
South Asia Economic Journal
South Asia Newsletter
Monday 12 October 2009
The Commonwealth in the 21st Century
Tonight sees the Inaugural Lecture of the 'Serving the Next Generation:The Commonwealth in the 21st Century', organised by the Institute of Commonwealth Studies to mark the 60th anniversaries of the Modern Commonwealth and the Institute.
Commonwealth Secretary-General Kamalesh Sharma will speak on the topic: 'The Commonwealth at 60 - facing the challenges of its times'
The Library holds publications from both the Commonwealth Secretariat as well as a host of other COmmonwealth organisations. We also hold archival collections of the Commonwealth Telecommunications Organisation; Commonwealth Journalists Association; Commonwealth Press Union and Commonwealth Trade Union Council.
Commonwealth Secretary-General Kamalesh Sharma will speak on the topic: 'The Commonwealth at 60 - facing the challenges of its times'
The Library holds publications from both the Commonwealth Secretariat as well as a host of other COmmonwealth organisations. We also hold archival collections of the Commonwealth Telecommunications Organisation; Commonwealth Journalists Association; Commonwealth Press Union and Commonwealth Trade Union Council.
Open Access Journals - Commonwealth
Recent issues (the last twelve months) of the following journals are available in NG22, in the new Commonwealth Studies Library for browsing:
Bulletin: Association of Commonwealth Universities
Commonwealth and Comparative Politics
Commonwealth Innovations: the newsletter of the Commonwealth Association for Public Administration and Management (CAPAM)
Commonwealth News Release
Commonwealth Youth and Development
Connections: News from the Commonwealth of Learning
Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History
Parliamentarian: Journal of the Parliaments of the Commonwealth
Round Table: The Commonwealth Journal of International Affairs
The Table: the Journal of the Society of Clerks-at-the-Table in Commonwealth Parliaments
Bulletin: Association of Commonwealth Universities
Commonwealth and Comparative Politics
Commonwealth Innovations: the newsletter of the Commonwealth Association for Public Administration and Management (CAPAM)
Commonwealth News Release
Commonwealth Youth and Development
Connections: News from the Commonwealth of Learning
Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History
Parliamentarian: Journal of the Parliaments of the Commonwealth
Round Table: The Commonwealth Journal of International Affairs
The Table: the Journal of the Society of Clerks-at-the-Table in Commonwealth Parliaments
Friday 9 October 2009
SCOLMA UK Library and Archives Group on Africa Seminar
The Library is pleased to be hosting the next SCOLMA Lunchtime Seminar:
Dr Susan Williams, Senior Research Fellow, Institute of Commonwealth Studies
"Jazz, photographs and YouTube: using modern media to enrich research on twentieth century Africa"
1PM; Wednesday 21st October , 2009
Room ST275, Stewart House, 32 Russell Square, London, WC1B 5DN
Coffee and sandwiches from 12.30pm
Please contact Marilyn Glanfield (email: meg23@cam.ac.uk; telephone 01223 334398) if you wish to attend, indicating whether you would like sandwiches )
For information on SCOLMA Lunchtime Seminars and other events are see the SCOLMA website http://www.lse.ac.uk/library/scolma
Dr Susan Williams, Senior Research Fellow, Institute of Commonwealth Studies
"Jazz, photographs and YouTube: using modern media to enrich research on twentieth century Africa"
1PM; Wednesday 21st October , 2009
Room ST275, Stewart House, 32 Russell Square, London, WC1B 5DN
Coffee and sandwiches from 12.30pm
Please contact Marilyn Glanfield (email: meg23@cam.ac.uk; telephone 01223 334398) if you wish to attend, indicating whether you would like sandwiches )
For information on SCOLMA Lunchtime Seminars and other events are see the SCOLMA website http://www.lse.ac.uk/library/scolma
Open Access Recent Journals - Canada
The most recent twelve months of the following Canadian journals are available on open access for browsing. Earlier issues can be requested and consulted on the 4th Floor South Block Library.
Acadiensis: Journal of the history of the Atlantic region
American Review of Canadian Studies
Australasian Canadian Studies
BC Studies
British Journal of Canadian Studies
Canadian Foreign Policy
Canadian Historical Review
Canadian Journal of Political Science
Canadian Parliamentary Review
Canadian Public Administration
Canadian Social Trends
Etudes canadiennes: Canadian Studies
Inroads: A Journal of Opinion
International Journal of Canadian Studies
Journal of Canadian Studies/ Revue d’études canadiennes
Labour/ Le Travail
Labour, Capital and Society/ Travail, Capital et Société
Literary Review of Canada
Quebec Studies
Acadiensis: Journal of the history of the Atlantic region
American Review of Canadian Studies
Australasian Canadian Studies
BC Studies
British Journal of Canadian Studies
Canadian Foreign Policy
Canadian Historical Review
Canadian Journal of Political Science
Canadian Parliamentary Review
Canadian Public Administration
Canadian Social Trends
Etudes canadiennes: Canadian Studies
Inroads: A Journal of Opinion
International Journal of Canadian Studies
Journal of Canadian Studies/ Revue d’études canadiennes
Labour/ Le Travail
Labour, Capital and Society/ Travail, Capital et Société
Literary Review of Canada
Quebec Studies
Thursday 8 October 2009
New Opening Hours
Now term time has started we're pleased to advise that we have extended opening hours from what we were able to offer in our Russell Square premises. We open earlier, close later and will be open on Saturdays!
During term time our opening hours are:
Monday 28 September 2009 - Friday 18 December 2009
Monday - Thursday 09.00 - 21.00
Friday 09.00 - 18.30
Saturday 09.45 - 17.30
The Library is closed every Sunday and over the Christmas Holidays from Thursday 24 December to Sunday 3 January inclusive.
(The Library will reopen after the Christmas break on Monday 4 January at 09.00.)
During term time our opening hours are:
Monday 28 September 2009 - Friday 18 December 2009
Monday - Thursday 09.00 - 21.00
Friday 09.00 - 18.30
Saturday 09.45 - 17.30
The Library is closed every Sunday and over the Christmas Holidays from Thursday 24 December to Sunday 3 January inclusive.
(The Library will reopen after the Christmas break on Monday 4 January at 09.00.)
Open Access Recent Journals - Caribbean
The last 12 months of the following titles are on display for browsing in NG22, within the new Commonwealth Studies Library:
Arts Journal
Caribbean Dialogue
Caribbean Quarterly
Caribbean Review of Books
Caribbean Studies
Jamaican Journal
Journal of Caribbean History
Journal of Caribbean Studies
Journal of Eastern Caribbean Studies
Journal of the Barbados Museum and Historical Society
Latin American and Caribbean Ethnic Studies
NWIG (New West Indian Guide/Niewe West-Indische Gids)
Small Axe
Social and Economic Studies
Society for Caribbean Studies Newsletter
Wadabagei
Arts Journal
Caribbean Dialogue
Caribbean Quarterly
Caribbean Review of Books
Caribbean Studies
Jamaican Journal
Journal of Caribbean History
Journal of Caribbean Studies
Journal of Eastern Caribbean Studies
Journal of the Barbados Museum and Historical Society
Latin American and Caribbean Ethnic Studies
NWIG (New West Indian Guide/Niewe West-Indische Gids)
Small Axe
Social and Economic Studies
Society for Caribbean Studies Newsletter
Wadabagei
Monday 5 October 2009
Access to Archives and Special Collections
As part of the recent moves we are now offering access to Institute of Commonwealth Studies Library archives and special collections from the Goldsmiths Library, 4th Floor, South Block, Senate House Library.
Collections can be consulted alongside other Senate House Library collections, and will be more properly supervised under these arrangements.
Opening Hours are detailed at http://www.shl.lon.ac.uk/specialcollections/historicaccess.shtml
Readers are advised to consult Special Collections staff at least 24 hours in advance of their visit to establish the nature of the finding aids available for and access to specific collections.
Special Collections items may be requested by email, telephone, letter, fax or in person. Library members can use the 'Book this item' facility to request rare and early printed books in the main catalogue in advance of their visit. Fetch slips for all materials are available from the Special Collections reading room in the Goldsmiths' Library, Fourth Floor, Senate House).
Please note that Special Collections items are only fetched at certain times of the day. Archives, manuscripts and artefacts are available for consultation by prior appointment only, and at 24 hours' notice.
Certain precautions are applied to protect unique and often fragile documents as they must be handled carefully to ensure their future preservation. All material is read under supervision in the Special Collections Reading Room where a security camera is also in operation. Readers are asked to leave bags in the lockers provided and to use pencils when taking notes. No eating, drinking or chewing gum is allowed.
Laptops may be used unless keyboard noise proves a distraction to others.
Collections can be consulted alongside other Senate House Library collections, and will be more properly supervised under these arrangements.
Opening Hours are detailed at http://www.shl.lon.ac.uk/specialcollections/historicaccess.shtml
Readers are advised to consult Special Collections staff at least 24 hours in advance of their visit to establish the nature of the finding aids available for and access to specific collections.
Special Collections items may be requested by email, telephone, letter, fax or in person. Library members can use the 'Book this item' facility to request rare and early printed books in the main catalogue in advance of their visit. Fetch slips for all materials are available from the Special Collections reading room in the Goldsmiths' Library, Fourth Floor, Senate House).
Please note that Special Collections items are only fetched at certain times of the day. Archives, manuscripts and artefacts are available for consultation by prior appointment only, and at 24 hours' notice.
Certain precautions are applied to protect unique and often fragile documents as they must be handled carefully to ensure their future preservation. All material is read under supervision in the Special Collections Reading Room where a security camera is also in operation. Readers are asked to leave bags in the lockers provided and to use pencils when taking notes. No eating, drinking or chewing gum is allowed.
Laptops may be used unless keyboard noise proves a distraction to others.
Open Access Recent Journals - Atlantic and Mediterranean
The last twelve months of the following journals are avauilable in NG22 for browsing:
MEDITERRANEAN
Cyprus Economic Policy Review
Cyprus News
Cyprus Review
Cyprus Today
Ekonomia
FEMA Research Bulletin
Report: Friends of Cyprus
ATLANTIC
Falkland Islands Journal
Falkland Islands Newsletter
Falklands Focus
Tristan da Cunha Newsletter
MEDITERRANEAN
Cyprus Economic Policy Review
Cyprus News
Cyprus Review
Cyprus Today
Ekonomia
FEMA Research Bulletin
Report: Friends of Cyprus
ATLANTIC
Falkland Islands Journal
Falkland Islands Newsletter
Falklands Focus
Tristan da Cunha Newsletter
Friday 25 September 2009
Open Access Recent Journals - Oceania
Room NG22 contains our teaching collection, a small quick reference section and recent issues (usually a year) of a selection of journal received.
These include:
AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND
Agenda: A Journal of Policy Analysis and Reform
AQ: Australian Quarterly
Arena Journal
Arena Magazine
Australasian Parliamentary Review
Australia Book Review
Australian Economic History Review
Australian Economic Papers
Australian Historical Studies
Australian Journal of International Affairs
Australian Journal of Political Science
Australian Journal of Politics and History
Australian Journal of Public Administration
Australian Journal of Social Issues
Australian Studies
CNZS Bulletin of New Zealand Studies
Economic Record
Economic Round-Up
Griffith Review
History Australia
Journal of Australian Colonial History
Journal of Australian Political Economy
Journal of Australian Studies
Journal of New Zealand Studies
Journal of Sociology
Journal of the Royal Australian Historical Society
Labour History
Melbourne Journal of Politics
New Zealand Books
New Zealand Economic Papers
New Zealand International Review
New Zealand Journal of History
Overland
People and Place
Political Science
Quadrant
Social Alternatives
Sporting Traditions
PACIFIC
Nabanga. British Friends of Vanuatu
The Contemporary Pacific. A Journal of Island Affairs
Islands Business
Journal of Pacific History
Journal of Pacific Studies
Journal of the Polynesian Society
Pacific Economic Bulletin
Pacific News from Manoa
These include:
AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND
Agenda: A Journal of Policy Analysis and Reform
AQ: Australian Quarterly
Arena Journal
Arena Magazine
Australasian Parliamentary Review
Australia Book Review
Australian Economic History Review
Australian Economic Papers
Australian Historical Studies
Australian Journal of International Affairs
Australian Journal of Political Science
Australian Journal of Politics and History
Australian Journal of Public Administration
Australian Journal of Social Issues
Australian Studies
CNZS Bulletin of New Zealand Studies
Economic Record
Economic Round-Up
Griffith Review
History Australia
Journal of Australian Colonial History
Journal of Australian Political Economy
Journal of Australian Studies
Journal of New Zealand Studies
Journal of Sociology
Journal of the Royal Australian Historical Society
Labour History
Melbourne Journal of Politics
New Zealand Books
New Zealand Economic Papers
New Zealand International Review
New Zealand Journal of History
Overland
People and Place
Political Science
Quadrant
Social Alternatives
Sporting Traditions
PACIFIC
Nabanga. British Friends of Vanuatu
The Contemporary Pacific. A Journal of Island Affairs
Islands Business
Journal of Pacific History
Journal of Pacific Studies
Journal of the Polynesian Society
Pacific Economic Bulletin
Pacific News from Manoa
Wednesday 23 September 2009
New location
Access to the Commonwealth Studies Library, is now through the Small Hall, Ground Floor, North Block, Senate House.
If you have used the Library when we were in 28 Russell Square, from no. 28 continue south to the Senate House gates, turn right and enter Senate House, turn right again, into the North Block and then finally left into the Small Hall.
Senate House
If you have used the Library when we were in 28 Russell Square, from no. 28 continue south to the Senate House gates, turn right and enter Senate House, turn right again, into the North Block and then finally left into the Small Hall.
Senate House
Entrance to North Block
Entrance to Small Hall on Left
Small Hall Entrance
Tuesday 22 September 2009
Welcome to Senate House
After a short 'soft' opening we're now officially open and welcome visitors to our new location. We're now based on the ground floor of the North Block of the Senate House building. Entrance is through the Small Hall. As a result of the move we have placed a significant portion of our collection on open access to enable browsing by users. We will be posting photographs to help you find us and some descriptions of the collections available in the next few days.
We look forward to seeing you and getting feedback on our new location and services.
We look forward to seeing you and getting feedback on our new location and services.
Monday 7 September 2009
Farewell to Russell Square
Friday of last week we moved the final crate and items of furniture from 28 Russell Square to our new home on the ground floor of the Senate House building. Having being located in its Russell Square premises since its inception it is a big change for the Institute and for the Library.
We're now unpacking and arranging material, and arranging for reader tables and chairs to be placed in the new area. Final work on building a counter and security works remain to be done so visitors in the next few days may not be able to gain access to our new space. In the meantime please do visit the Small Hall, on the ground floor of Senate House. A fetch and enquiry service will be operating from this point until we are fully open.
Thursday 27 August 2009
Update on moves
Movers started collection moves on Tuesday afternoon and are currently moving material to a new expanded open access area on the ground floor of Senate House. Once this material has been moved we will be fitting out this area with reader spaces as the move of closed access material continues.
With a collection of over 200, 000 items this is a massive job and movers will be with us for 10 days includiung the weekend. We will re-open on Monday 7th September (at 9.00 am) on the ground floor of the North Block of Senate House, entry via the Small Hall.
As the library move is part of a complex project which includes the re-location of a number of Institutes and moves within Senate House, these dates are subject to change. Users are urged to continue to check this blog for updates, or to email or phone before you visit.Email: icommlib@sas.ac.uk Phone: 0207 862 8842 / 0207 862 8500
With a collection of over 200, 000 items this is a massive job and movers will be with us for 10 days includiung the weekend. We will re-open on Monday 7th September (at 9.00 am) on the ground floor of the North Block of Senate House, entry via the Small Hall.
As the library move is part of a complex project which includes the re-location of a number of Institutes and moves within Senate House, these dates are subject to change. Users are urged to continue to check this blog for updates, or to email or phone before you visit.Email: icommlib@sas.ac.uk Phone: 0207 862 8842 / 0207 862 8500
Congratulations to National Library of Jamaica
The National Library of Jamaica has been awarded just under J$3 million (US$33,500) through the United States 2009 Ambassadors Fund for Cultural Preservation. The money will be used for the conservation of the Enos Nuttall Manuscripts—documents dating back to the late 19th and early 20th centuries that record significant milestones in Jamaica’s history. The collection, which once belonged to the esteemed Enos Nuttall who served as bishop, consists of 38 boxes of letters written by governors of Jamaica, clergy and laymen identified as a source of important perspectives during the period immediately following the Morant Bay Rebellion of 1865 up to and including the World War I. The manuscripts also provide information on the formation and development of several institutions including schools, mental institutions, prisons and the poor relief services. The AFCP, created by Congress in 2001, aims to assist less-developed countries in preserving museum collections, ancient and historic sites, and traditional forms of expression....
http://www.jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20090823/arts/arts4.html
http://www.jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20090823/arts/arts4.html
Thursday 6 August 2009
Library move and closure
The library will close on Friday 21st August (at 5.30 pm), to enable our move to Senate House. We will re-open on Monday 7th September (at 9.00 am) on the ground floor of the North Block of Senate House, entry via the Small Hall.
As the library move is part of a complex project which includes the re-location of a number of Institutes and moves within Senate House, these dates are subject to change. Users are urged to continue to check this blog or our website (http://commonwealth.sas.ac.uk/library.htm) for updates, or to email or phone before you visit.
Email: icommlib@sas.ac.uk
Phone: 0207 862 8842 / 0207 862 8500
We apologise for any inconvenience caused by the library's closure. However, during this time, library materials can be made available for consultation elsewhere, by arrangement. We recommend that any researchers or other users who wish to use this service contact us by email by Wednesday 19th August.
As the library move is part of a complex project which includes the re-location of a number of Institutes and moves within Senate House, these dates are subject to change. Users are urged to continue to check this blog or our website (http://commonwealth.sas.ac.uk/library.htm) for updates, or to email or phone before you visit.
Email: icommlib@sas.ac.uk
Phone: 0207 862 8842 / 0207 862 8500
We apologise for any inconvenience caused by the library's closure. However, during this time, library materials can be made available for consultation elsewhere, by arrangement. We recommend that any researchers or other users who wish to use this service contact us by email by Wednesday 19th August.
Thursday 23 July 2009
Commonwealth Conversation
The Royal Commonwealth Society (RCS) is facilitating the largest global dialogue ever undertaken between the peoples of the Commonwealth about their association. Recommendations will be presented at the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Trinidad & Tobago in November 2009.
Go to the Commonwealth Conversation to have your voice heard and help to shape your Commonwealth.
Go to the Commonwealth Conversation to have your voice heard and help to shape your Commonwealth.
Wednesday 22 July 2009
Library move and closure: dates unconfirmed
The date of our move to Senate House is now uncertain, but it will most likely take place in late August. The library will be closed during the move.
We will reopen on the ground floor of the North Block of Senate House, entry via the Small Hall.
As dates are still unconfirmed please continue to check this blog and our website at http://commonwealth.sas.ac.uk/library.htm
The date of our move to Senate House is now uncertain, but it will most likely take place in late August. The library will be closed during the move.
We will reopen on the ground floor of the North Block of Senate House, entry via the Small Hall.
As dates are still unconfirmed please continue to check this blog and our website at http://commonwealth.sas.ac.uk/library.htm
Monday 20 July 2009
Monday 13 July 2009
Library move and closure
Our move to Senate House is due to take place from Wednesday 19th to Friday 21st of August. During these dates, the library will be closed.
We will re-open on Monday 24th August in our new location, the Small Hall, on the ground floor of Senate House, North Block.
During the closure, library materials can be made available for consultation elsewhere, by arrangement. We recommend that any researchers or other users who wish to use this service contact us as far in advance as possible (and certainly by the end of the day on Monday 17th August) at icommlib@sas.ac.uk
Please note that due to factors beyond our control, these dates may change. Users are urged to continue to check this blog or our website (http://commonwealth.sas.ac.uk/library.htm) for updates.
Our move to Senate House is due to take place from Wednesday 19th to Friday 21st of August. During these dates, the library will be closed.
We will re-open on Monday 24th August in our new location, the Small Hall, on the ground floor of Senate House, North Block.
During the closure, library materials can be made available for consultation elsewhere, by arrangement. We recommend that any researchers or other users who wish to use this service contact us as far in advance as possible (and certainly by the end of the day on Monday 17th August) at icommlib@sas.ac.uk
Please note that due to factors beyond our control, these dates may change. Users are urged to continue to check this blog or our website (http://commonwealth.sas.ac.uk/library.htm) for updates.
Tuesday 30 June 2009
Move to Senate House delayed
Our move to Senate House has been unfortunately delayed. This is because the extensive programme of works to refurbish the South Block of the Senate House building have not yet been fully completed.
With a large number of parts of the School and Senate House and Institute Libraries moving, scheduling of these moves is currently being re-worked, taking into account the delays in access to the refurbished areas, as well as the desire to complete all moves by the start of the new academic year.
Please check our website for updates. We will close both to enable the Institute academic and administrative offices to be moved, and while the Library itself is moving. We have plans for alternative access to collections to be available during any closed period, and recommend that any researchers or other users contact us in advance as much as possible.
Our move to Senate House has been unfortunately delayed. This is because the extensive programme of works to refurbish the South Block of the Senate House building have not yet been fully completed.
With a large number of parts of the School and Senate House and Institute Libraries moving, scheduling of these moves is currently being re-worked, taking into account the delays in access to the refurbished areas, as well as the desire to complete all moves by the start of the new academic year.
Please check our website for updates. We will close both to enable the Institute academic and administrative offices to be moved, and while the Library itself is moving. We have plans for alternative access to collections to be available during any closed period, and recommend that any researchers or other users contact us in advance as much as possible.
Tuesday 23 June 2009
The Indian General Election: The Outcome and its Implications
This Thursday, the 25th of June, the Institute of Commonwealth Studies hosts a workshop on the recent Indian General Election (for further details see http://www.sas.ac.uk/events/view/5809)
The Library holds significant collections relating to elections in Commonwealth countries including pamphlets and leaflets produced by political parties, official election results, observer reports of the Commonwealth Secretariat and other bodies, and published analyses of elections (both in book form and as journal articles). Other items consider electoral reform and methods of elections, gender representation, violence surrounding elections and the role of political parties. We’re happy to advise researchers on resources available.
This Thursday, the 25th of June, the Institute of Commonwealth Studies hosts a workshop on the recent Indian General Election (for further details see http://www.sas.ac.uk/events/view/5809)
The Library holds significant collections relating to elections in Commonwealth countries including pamphlets and leaflets produced by political parties, official election results, observer reports of the Commonwealth Secretariat and other bodies, and published analyses of elections (both in book form and as journal articles). Other items consider electoral reform and methods of elections, gender representation, violence surrounding elections and the role of political parties. We’re happy to advise researchers on resources available.
Monday 18 May 2009
University of London Research Library Service: sustainable future secured
The library of the Institute of Commonwealth Studies is one of the libraries that form the University of London Research Library Service (ULRLS). At its meeting on 13 May 2009, the University of London Board of Trustees approved a recommendation from the Collegiate Council that the ULRLS should continue as a collectively owned and shared library resource, complementary to College resources, and managed on behalf of Colleges by the University. Further details are available on the Senate House Library website.
The library of the Institute of Commonwealth Studies is one of the libraries that form the University of London Research Library Service (ULRLS). At its meeting on 13 May 2009, the University of London Board of Trustees approved a recommendation from the Collegiate Council that the ULRLS should continue as a collectively owned and shared library resource, complementary to College resources, and managed on behalf of Colleges by the University. Further details are available on the Senate House Library website.
Tuesday 12 May 2009
Register of Commonwealth Research
The full content of the Register of Commonwealth Research is now available to view on SAS-Space, the institutional repository of the School of Advanced Study. The Register is a list of higher degree theses conducted at UK Universities and relating to the Commonwealth of Nations, its member countries, and the former British Empire. The Register has been maintained since 1949 and its retrospective coverage extends back to the 1920s. Subject coverage is primarily in the fields of history, politics, sociology, anthropology, economics, geography, literature, language and religion. The subjects of education, medicine, law, science and technology are included on a selective basis. It includes over 17000 records and is current up to March 2009. Click here to view.
The full content of the Register of Commonwealth Research is now available to view on SAS-Space, the institutional repository of the School of Advanced Study. The Register is a list of higher degree theses conducted at UK Universities and relating to the Commonwealth of Nations, its member countries, and the former British Empire. The Register has been maintained since 1949 and its retrospective coverage extends back to the 1920s. Subject coverage is primarily in the fields of history, politics, sociology, anthropology, economics, geography, literature, language and religion. The subjects of education, medicine, law, science and technology are included on a selective basis. It includes over 17000 records and is current up to March 2009. Click here to view.
Friday 8 May 2009
Thursday 7 May 2009
Theses in Progress 2009
Each year, the Institute publishes Theses in Progress in Commonwealth Studies, a list, derived from the Register of Commonwealth Research, of all current doctoral research into Commonwealth-related topics. The 2009 edition is available to download here.
Follow these links for more information about Theses in Progress, or the Register.
Thursday 30 April 2009
SCOLMA Annual Conference 2009
SCOLMA - UK Libraries and Archives Group on Africa
Annual conference 2009: “Africa and the Moving Image: the role of libraries and archives”
Wednesday 17th June 2009
This day conference will explore questions relating to the production and preservation of moving image from and about Africa. What is happening in the world of African film and DVD production? What is the role of moving image in university teaching and research? How do image-based formats help us to understand African history, culture and politics? And what are libraries and archives doing to acquire and preserve this material, and to make it available?
Speakers:
Dr Guido Convents (anthropologist, historian and organiser of the Belgian African Film Festival)
Keith Shiri (Director, London African Film Festival)
Dr Sloan Mahone (University Lecturer in the History of Medicine, University of Oxford)
Prof. Vivian Bickford-Smith (Professor of Historical Studies, University of Cape Town)
Dr Emma Hunter (Gonville and Caius, University of Cambridge)
Dr Emma Sandon (Lecturer in Film and Media, Birkbeck College, University of London)
Susanne Hammacher (Film Officer, Royal Anthropological Institute, London)
Newnham College
Sidgwick Avenue
Cambridge
CB3 9DF
Fee for the conference, which includes lunch and refreshments, is £40 (concessions £20)
For further information on the Conference go to: http://www.lse.ac.uk/library/scolma/conference.htm
Or contact Lucy McCann, SCOLMA Secretary, email: lucy.mccann@bodley.ox.ac.uk
Annual conference 2009: “Africa and the Moving Image: the role of libraries and archives”
Wednesday 17th June 2009
This day conference will explore questions relating to the production and preservation of moving image from and about Africa. What is happening in the world of African film and DVD production? What is the role of moving image in university teaching and research? How do image-based formats help us to understand African history, culture and politics? And what are libraries and archives doing to acquire and preserve this material, and to make it available?
Speakers:
Dr Guido Convents (anthropologist, historian and organiser of the Belgian African Film Festival)
Keith Shiri (Director, London African Film Festival)
Dr Sloan Mahone (University Lecturer in the History of Medicine, University of Oxford)
Prof. Vivian Bickford-Smith (Professor of Historical Studies, University of Cape Town)
Dr Emma Hunter (Gonville and Caius, University of Cambridge)
Dr Emma Sandon (Lecturer in Film and Media, Birkbeck College, University of London)
Susanne Hammacher (Film Officer, Royal Anthropological Institute, London)
Newnham College
Sidgwick Avenue
Cambridge
CB3 9DF
Fee for the conference, which includes lunch and refreshments, is £40 (concessions £20)
For further information on the Conference go to: http://www.lse.ac.uk/library/scolma/conference.htm
Or contact Lucy McCann, SCOLMA Secretary, email: lucy.mccann@bodley.ox.ac.uk
Friday 17 April 2009
Elections in South Africa - web dossier
The Library, Documentation and Information Department of the African Studies Centre Leiden has compiled a web dossier on elections in South Africa to coincide with the general elections on 22 April 2009.
The dossier contains a selection of titles from the library's online catalogue, including monographs, articles, and chapters from edited works, published since 1993. It covers the general elections since the end of apartheid, starting with the first democratic elections of 1994.It has sections on the general elections of 1994, 1999, and 2004, on the electoral system, and on election and politics. A final section presents selected web resources.
The web dossier is available on their website at:
http://www.ascleiden.nl/Library/Webdossiers/SouthAfricanElections2009.aspx
The dossier contains a selection of titles from the library's online catalogue, including monographs, articles, and chapters from edited works, published since 1993. It covers the general elections since the end of apartheid, starting with the first democratic elections of 1994.It has sections on the general elections of 1994, 1999, and 2004, on the electoral system, and on election and politics. A final section presents selected web resources.
The web dossier is available on their website at:
http://www.ascleiden.nl/Library/Webdossiers/SouthAfricanElections2009.aspx
Thursday 16 April 2009
Indian resources
Two new resources from India – with thanks to Intute
Included in the latest update from Intute are two new resources from India. For a complete list check the Intute website http://www.intute.ac.uk/
Vote report India was an innovative web 2.0 project launched by open-source projects, Ushahidi and SwiftRiver, and managed by eMoksha which used citizen based groups to monitor the 2009 Indian elections. It encouraged members of the public and human rights groups to send emails, text messages (SMS) and video reports of examples of electoral fraud and violations of the Indian Election Commission's Model Code of Conduct direct to the website. Users of the site can access information about the aims of the project and its methodology. It is also possible to read press releases about the elections, and view maps and descriptions of reported incidents. These offer insight into the state of Indian democracy.
Digital Library of India is a major portal to online collections of books hosted by the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore in co-operation with over 21 Indian universities and the Indian government. It provides free access to a growing number of ebooks scanned from Indian library collections. They include many historic monographs and books in Indian languages, covering a full range of topics from the humanities and social sciences. There is particularly strong coverage of topics relating to Indian culture, history, society and politics. These include coverage of elections in India, Indian politics, the British Empire in India and relations between India and Pakistan, including the conflict over the region of Kashmir It is possible to search or browse the website. As the digitisation project is ongoing, new material is being continuously added. Details about the progress of the project and copyright can be accessed from the website. It also includes links to major Indian newspapers and journals online.
Included in the latest update from Intute are two new resources from India. For a complete list check the Intute website http://www.intute.ac.uk/
Vote report India was an innovative web 2.0 project launched by open-source projects, Ushahidi and SwiftRiver, and managed by eMoksha which used citizen based groups to monitor the 2009 Indian elections. It encouraged members of the public and human rights groups to send emails, text messages (SMS) and video reports of examples of electoral fraud and violations of the Indian Election Commission's Model Code of Conduct direct to the website. Users of the site can access information about the aims of the project and its methodology. It is also possible to read press releases about the elections, and view maps and descriptions of reported incidents. These offer insight into the state of Indian democracy.
Digital Library of India is a major portal to online collections of books hosted by the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore in co-operation with over 21 Indian universities and the Indian government. It provides free access to a growing number of ebooks scanned from Indian library collections. They include many historic monographs and books in Indian languages, covering a full range of topics from the humanities and social sciences. There is particularly strong coverage of topics relating to Indian culture, history, society and politics. These include coverage of elections in India, Indian politics, the British Empire in India and relations between India and Pakistan, including the conflict over the region of Kashmir It is possible to search or browse the website. As the digitisation project is ongoing, new material is being continuously added. Details about the progress of the project and copyright can be accessed from the website. It also includes links to major Indian newspapers and journals online.
ANZLAG workshop 2009
Australia and New Zealand Library and Archives Group
London Workshop Friday 8th May
Venue: Basement Seminar Room at the Australia Centre, Corner Strand and Melbourne Place, London WC2B 4LG. Click here for directions
Provisional Programme:
10.30-11.00 Registration and welcome (Coffee and tea)
Session 1: 11.00 - 12.00 – Exploration and Travel
Chair:
Dr Frank Bongiorno, Senior Lecturer, Menzies Centre for Australian Studies, King's College London
Speakers:
Amanda Engineer, Archivist, Archives and Manuscripts, The Wellcome Library, London
Journeys Down Under: Stories of two 19th Century Naval Surgeons
Dr Rob Allan, ACRE Project Manager, Climate Monitoring and Attribution Group, Met Office Hadley Centre
The international Atmospheric Circulation Reconstruction over the Earth(ACRE) initiative: the need for historical Southern Hemisphere weather observations.
Lunch 12.00 – 1.00
A sandwich lunch will be provided
Session 2: 1.00 – 2.30 – Labour and trade unions
A panel discussion exploring resources for and the experience of studying labour history and politics in the UK
Chair:
Ian Henderson, Lecturer, Menzies Centre for Australian Studies, Kings College London
Panel:
David Clover, Information Resources Manager & Librarian, The Institute of Commonwealth Studies, University of London Research Library Services,
Chris Coates, Librarian, Trades Union Congress (TUC) Collections, Holloway Road Learning Centre, London Metropolitan University
Dr Frank Bongiorno, Senior Lecturer, Menzies Centre for Australian Studies, King's College London
Session 3: 2.30- 3.30 European collections of note
Speakers:
Dr John Cardwell, Archivist, Royal Commonwealth Society Collections, University of Cambridge
Arlette Apkarian, Librarian, CREDO (the Centre of Research and Documentation on Oceania : Australia, Melanesia, Micronesia, Polynesia) Maison Asie Pacifique, Provence University.
Registration £10 (£5 students and unwaged) payable on the day to assist with catering costs
Please register in advance to david.clover@sas.ac.uk
London Workshop Friday 8th May
Venue: Basement Seminar Room at the Australia Centre, Corner Strand and Melbourne Place, London WC2B 4LG. Click here for directions
Provisional Programme:
10.30-11.00 Registration and welcome (Coffee and tea)
Session 1: 11.00 - 12.00 – Exploration and Travel
Chair:
Dr Frank Bongiorno, Senior Lecturer, Menzies Centre for Australian Studies, King's College London
Speakers:
Amanda Engineer, Archivist, Archives and Manuscripts, The Wellcome Library, London
Journeys Down Under: Stories of two 19th Century Naval Surgeons
Dr Rob Allan, ACRE Project Manager, Climate Monitoring and Attribution Group, Met Office Hadley Centre
The international Atmospheric Circulation Reconstruction over the Earth(ACRE) initiative: the need for historical Southern Hemisphere weather observations.
Lunch 12.00 – 1.00
A sandwich lunch will be provided
Session 2: 1.00 – 2.30 – Labour and trade unions
A panel discussion exploring resources for and the experience of studying labour history and politics in the UK
Chair:
Ian Henderson, Lecturer, Menzies Centre for Australian Studies, Kings College London
Panel:
David Clover, Information Resources Manager & Librarian, The Institute of Commonwealth Studies, University of London Research Library Services,
Chris Coates, Librarian, Trades Union Congress (TUC) Collections, Holloway Road Learning Centre, London Metropolitan University
Dr Frank Bongiorno, Senior Lecturer, Menzies Centre for Australian Studies, King's College London
Session 3: 2.30- 3.30 European collections of note
Speakers:
Dr John Cardwell, Archivist, Royal Commonwealth Society Collections, University of Cambridge
Arlette Apkarian, Librarian, CREDO (the Centre of Research and Documentation on Oceania : Australia, Melanesia, Micronesia, Polynesia) Maison Asie Pacifique, Provence University.
Registration £10 (£5 students and unwaged) payable on the day to assist with catering costs
Please register in advance to david.clover@sas.ac.uk
Wednesday 15 April 2009
Wadabagei: feature on "West Indian Review"
In the latest issue of Wadabagei, Carl Wade of the University of the West Indies in Cave Hill, Barbados, assesses the relevance and impact of the West Indian Review, a literary magazine, founded in Jamaica in 1934 by British journalist, novelist and playwright Esther Chapman.
The West Indian Review was published from 1934 until the 1970s, mostly as a monthly and frequently in numbers of over eighty pages, and contained poetry and fiction as well as articles on painting, sculpture, folklore, history, agriculture and other topics. Unlike many similar publication in the region it was not the organ of any intellectual or nationalist group, and remained supported by commercial advertising through its existence.
Wade’s article highlights the noteworthy perception by the Review of the West Indies as a single constituency encompassing Anglophone as well as Francophone and Hispanic regions and states that this perception “may be unique among hemispheric enterprises of any epoch”. The Review’s conservative political agenda is revealed – with editorials which criticised the views of Italian-Ethiopian war as a racial war, which opposed political federation of the British West Indies, and expressed scepticism about the fledgling People’s National Party, its leaders and its progressive agenda, as well as opposing the establishment of universal enfranchisement. Despite these views Wade concludes that the Review played an important role as a catalyst for a regional literary awakening, stating that “the review’s most vital contribution to the literary awakening was its advocacy of West Indian ‘subjectivity’…emphasized in the repeated commitment to ‘keep the publication entirely West Indian’, and in the stipulation that submissions should be ‘West Indian in background or character’”
The Institute of Commonwealth Studies holds copies of the West Indian Review, on microfilm, from its inception in 1934 until October 1955.
Wade, Carl A. (2008) “Re-Imagining a Community: The West Indian Review, 1934-1940” Wadabagei, Vol. 11. No. 3
The West Indian Review was published from 1934 until the 1970s, mostly as a monthly and frequently in numbers of over eighty pages, and contained poetry and fiction as well as articles on painting, sculpture, folklore, history, agriculture and other topics. Unlike many similar publication in the region it was not the organ of any intellectual or nationalist group, and remained supported by commercial advertising through its existence.
Wade’s article highlights the noteworthy perception by the Review of the West Indies as a single constituency encompassing Anglophone as well as Francophone and Hispanic regions and states that this perception “may be unique among hemispheric enterprises of any epoch”. The Review’s conservative political agenda is revealed – with editorials which criticised the views of Italian-Ethiopian war as a racial war, which opposed political federation of the British West Indies, and expressed scepticism about the fledgling People’s National Party, its leaders and its progressive agenda, as well as opposing the establishment of universal enfranchisement. Despite these views Wade concludes that the Review played an important role as a catalyst for a regional literary awakening, stating that “the review’s most vital contribution to the literary awakening was its advocacy of West Indian ‘subjectivity’…emphasized in the repeated commitment to ‘keep the publication entirely West Indian’, and in the stipulation that submissions should be ‘West Indian in background or character’”
The Institute of Commonwealth Studies holds copies of the West Indian Review, on microfilm, from its inception in 1934 until October 1955.
Wade, Carl A. (2008) “Re-Imagining a Community: The West Indian Review, 1934-1940” Wadabagei, Vol. 11. No. 3
Monday 6 April 2009
Thursday 26 March 2009
Featured collection: West India Committee rare books (2)
In vivid contrast to the anti-abolitionist perspective of Bridges’ Annals stand the stoutly anti-slavery sentiments of Edwin Angel Wallbridge’s The Demerara Martyr, Memoirs of the Rev. John Smith, Missionary to Demerara. This 1848 first edition, which is also extremely scarce, examines the Demerara slave rebellion of 1823, taking the figure of John Smith as its central focus.
John Smith was born in Northamptonshire and had a background in trade. At the age of eighteen, he underwent a religious conversion and felt a calling to missionary service. Smith received some training in Essex and Gosport and was ordained, accepting a missionary post in Demerara. He set out with his new wife, Jane, a fellow member of the evangelical movement and in February, 1817, arrived at his post at Le Resouvenir estate in Demerara. Demerara, a former Dutch colony, had been in British hands since 1814, and was to become part of British Guiana in 1831.
John Smith was born in Northamptonshire and had a background in trade. At the age of eighteen, he underwent a religious conversion and felt a calling to missionary service. Smith received some training in Essex and Gosport and was ordained, accepting a missionary post in Demerara. He set out with his new wife, Jane, a fellow member of the evangelical movement and in February, 1817, arrived at his post at Le Resouvenir estate in Demerara. Demerara, a former Dutch colony, had been in British hands since 1814, and was to become part of British Guiana in 1831.
Some reservations had been expressed about Smith’s suitability for the post in Demerara, notes E. V. Da Costa, a historian of the Demerara slave uprising. Smith’s referee to the London Missionary Society, the Reverend John Angell James, described the would-be missionary as “entirely a novice” and ill-prepared for such a challenging posting, where a missionary was likely to encounter hostility and resentment from slave-owners. Da Costa points out that Smith’s working-class origins, youth and lack of experience must have made it impossible to gain the trust and respect of the status-conscious landowners of Demerara, and contributed to his fatal alienation from them.
Although Smith was not popular among the planters of Demerara, he seems to have engaged well with the slaves to whom he ministered, gradually tailoring his schedule of services and the content of his sermons to their needs and interests. He did not, however, further or favour the slave rebellion which commenced on August 18, 1823. On the other hand, he also refused to join a militia of planters to counter the rebellion. For this he was arrested, convicted by a court martial of fomenting discontent among the slaves, and condemned to death by hanging. He died of a lung disease while in prison, before news of the English government’s decision to grant him clemency reached Demerara. The hostility of the colonial authorities carried over even into the funeral arrangements, according to Wallbridge. Mrs Smith was not allowed to follow her husband’s coffin to the graveyard, and the monument which members of Smith’s congregation built was summarily torn down.
The account of the events leading to Smith’s death was written by fellow missionary Wallbridge to commemorate Smith and rehabilitate him as a martyr rather than conspirator and convicted felon. Wallbridge draws on Smith’s own diary and correspondence, including letters written from prison, and quotes from them at length. Wallbridge’s narrative, published fifteen years after the Slavery Abolition Act of 1833, concludes with stern pronouncements on the lingering effects of slavery and the ongoing need to defend the precarious “civil and religious liberty” which had been secured for the people of British Guiana: “the deteriorating influence of slavery is not confined to those who were once unjustly held in bondage; it taints – it still taints every part of the social frame ….”
The Demerara Martyr is part of the West India Committee deposit, which was entrusted to the Institute of Commonwealth Studies on permanent loan from the Crown Agents in 1977.
Sources:
Da Costa, Emilia Viotti, Crowns of Glory, Tears of Blood: The Demerara Slave Rebellion of 1823, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1994.
Mitchell, Don, Mitchell’s West Indian Bibliography, 9th edition [ http://www.books.ai/, accessed 19 March, 2009], s.v. “Wallbridge, Edwin Angel” and “[Smith, John]”.
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 [ http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/25850, accessed 20 March 2009], s.v. “Smith, John (1792?–1824)”.
Wallbridge, Edwin Angel, The Demerara Martyr: Memoirs of the Rev. John Smith, Missionary to Demerara, London: Charles Gilpin, 1848.
Featured collection: West India Committee rare books
George Wilson Bridges’ The Annals of Jamaica, a history of the West Indies and an apology for slavery, was published by John Murray in two volumes in London in 1827 and 1828.
Bridges (1788-1863) was an Anglican clergyman, but his move to Jamaica in 1816 took place under the shadow of scandal. He had been obliged to leave England after he fathered a son before marriage and eloped with the mother, Elizabeth Raby Brooks. In Jamaica, he took up the lucrative rectorship of St Ann’s parish.
Bridges had a chequered career in Jamaica. Although he had success serving as a mouthpiece for slave-owners and in persecuting Methodist missionaries on the island, in 1829 he was himself investigated for the savage beating of Kitty Hilton, his slave. The Jamaican council of protection, which exonerated him, was harshly criticised by Viscount Goderich, secretary of the Colonial Office, for failing to bring Bridges to account for the physical abuse. Bridges also provoked controversy with his Annals, where he discussed, among other things, the deportation from Jamaica of two free black men, Louise Celeste Descesne and John Escoffery. The book’s publisher, John Murray, was prosecuted in 1829 for libels against Descesne and Escoffery in the second volume, and Murray cooperated in the book’s recall and suppression.
This first edition, held by the Institute of Commonwealth Studies library, is interesting not only because of its rarity but also because it bears an inscription by its author. Bridges dedicates the book thus:
The unworthy Author, in / presenting this work to / Joseph Sharp / hopes that he may be / allowed to solicit his prayers / for one under the heavy hand / of an offended God – and / to subscribe himself his / afflicted friend / G W Bridges / Jamaica – 25th Feb: 1837.
Bridges’ melancholy references to his afflictions probably refer to the death of his four daughters in a boating accident on January 1, 1837. Bridges’ wife Elizabeth had left him in 1834, and was in England at the time of their death.
That same year, Bridges left for Canada with his surviving son, and after a five-year sojourn, returned to England. Bridges and his wife were never reconciled, but after her death, he explored the estrangement in a private publication entitled Outlines and Notes of Twenty-Nine Years, referring to the period between estrangement and Elizabeth’s death in 1862.
In addition to the Annals and Outlines, Bridges published several pro-slavery tracts. These included A Voice from Jamaica (1823), which argued against Wilberforce’s Appeal in favour of abolition, published earlier that year. He also published collections of his own photography.
The Annals of Jamaica is part of the West India Committee deposit, which was entrusted to the Institute of Commonwealth Studies on permanent loan from the Crown Agents in 1977.
Sources:
Anti-Slavery Monthly Reporter, London: for the London Society for the Abolition of Slavery, vol. 3, 1831.
Bridges, George Wilson, The Annals of Jamaica (2 vols.), London: John Murray, 1827-8.
Hannavy, John, ed., Encyclopedia of Nineteenth-century Photography, London: Routledge, 2008, s.v. “Bridges, Reverend George Wilson”.
Mitchell, Don, Mitchell’s West Indian Bibliography, 9th edition [ http://www.books.ai/ , accessed 19 March, 2009], s.v. “Bridges, George Wilson”, “Lushington, Stephen”, “Lescesne, Louis Celeste” and “Escoffery, John”.
Turner, Mary, Slaves and Missionaries: The Disintegration of Jamaican Slave Society, 1787-1834, Barbados: The Press University of the West Indies, 1998.
That same year, Bridges left for Canada with his surviving son, and after a five-year sojourn, returned to England. Bridges and his wife were never reconciled, but after her death, he explored the estrangement in a private publication entitled Outlines and Notes of Twenty-Nine Years, referring to the period between estrangement and Elizabeth’s death in 1862.
In addition to the Annals and Outlines, Bridges published several pro-slavery tracts. These included A Voice from Jamaica (1823), which argued against Wilberforce’s Appeal in favour of abolition, published earlier that year. He also published collections of his own photography.
The Annals of Jamaica is part of the West India Committee deposit, which was entrusted to the Institute of Commonwealth Studies on permanent loan from the Crown Agents in 1977.
Sources:
Anti-Slavery Monthly Reporter, London: for the London Society for the Abolition of Slavery, vol. 3, 1831.
Bridges, George Wilson, The Annals of Jamaica (2 vols.), London: John Murray, 1827-8.
Hannavy, John, ed., Encyclopedia of Nineteenth-century Photography, London: Routledge, 2008, s.v. “Bridges, Reverend George Wilson”.
Mitchell, Don, Mitchell’s West Indian Bibliography, 9th edition [ http://www.books.ai/ , accessed 19 March, 2009], s.v. “Bridges, George Wilson”, “Lushington, Stephen”, “Lescesne, Louis Celeste” and “Escoffery, John”.
Turner, Mary, Slaves and Missionaries: The Disintegration of Jamaican Slave Society, 1787-1834, Barbados: The Press University of the West Indies, 1998.
Wednesday 4 March 2009
Books received in February 2009
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Wednesday 11 February 2009
Books received in the Library in January
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Monday 9 February 2009
Society for Caribbean Studies Post-Doctoral Essay Prize
Researchers are reminded that the Society for Caribbean Studies Post-Doctoral Essay Prize deadline is February 28th 2009.
The SCS annual essay competition is open to postdoctoral scholars undertaking original research in the field of Caribbean Studies. The competition is funded by the British Academy Learned Societies Programme and forms part of the Joint Initiative for the Study of Latin America and the Caribbean (www.jislac.org.uk). The winning author will receive a cash prize of £500 and the paper will be published on the Society website. The winning paper may also be considered by the Editors for publication in the Bulletin of Latin American Research.
Papers should be submitted electronically to Clare Newstead at clare.newstead@ntu.ac.uk by 12 noon, 28th February 2009. Alternatively, three hard copies can be mailed, post-marked before noon on February 28th, to Clare Newstead at the address below.
Conditions of the competition:
* The subject of the paper should contribute to the advancement of Caribbean research * The author must have gained a PhD by the time of submission of the paper* The paper should not have been published or submitted for publication elsewhere * Previously submitted papers will not be accepted and former winners of the prize are not eligible to apply * Papers should be double-spaced and no more than 8,000 words in length (including notes, but excluding the bibliography). There are no strict rules about the format and style of the essay, but it should follow standard academic conventions.
The prize winner will be announced at the 2009 annual conference of the Society for Caribbean Studies at the Wilberforce Institute for the study of Slavery and Emancipation, University of Hull, July 1-3.
Information is also available on the SCS website: http://www.caribbeanstudies.org.uk/bursariesPrizes/scsEssayPrize.htm
The SCS annual essay competition is open to postdoctoral scholars undertaking original research in the field of Caribbean Studies. The competition is funded by the British Academy Learned Societies Programme and forms part of the Joint Initiative for the Study of Latin America and the Caribbean (www.jislac.org.uk). The winning author will receive a cash prize of £500 and the paper will be published on the Society website. The winning paper may also be considered by the Editors for publication in the Bulletin of Latin American Research.
Papers should be submitted electronically to Clare Newstead at clare.newstead@ntu.ac.uk by 12 noon, 28th February 2009. Alternatively, three hard copies can be mailed, post-marked before noon on February 28th, to Clare Newstead at the address below.
Conditions of the competition:
* The subject of the paper should contribute to the advancement of Caribbean research * The author must have gained a PhD by the time of submission of the paper* The paper should not have been published or submitted for publication elsewhere * Previously submitted papers will not be accepted and former winners of the prize are not eligible to apply * Papers should be double-spaced and no more than 8,000 words in length (including notes, but excluding the bibliography). There are no strict rules about the format and style of the essay, but it should follow standard academic conventions.
The prize winner will be announced at the 2009 annual conference of the Society for Caribbean Studies at the Wilberforce Institute for the study of Slavery and Emancipation, University of Hull, July 1-3.
Information is also available on the SCS website: http://www.caribbeanstudies.org.uk/bursariesPrizes/scsEssayPrize.htm
Tuesday 3 February 2009
Snow update
All buildings of the University including the Institute of Commonwealth Studies Library will be open as normal today. Do take care if coming in as the snow is compacted in many areas coming in to the Institute and can be slippery.
Monday 2 February 2009
ANZLAG workshop
The annual ANZLAG (Australia and New Zealand Library and Archives Group) workshop will be held on Friday 8th May 2009, and hosted by the Menzies Centre for Australian Studies at Kings College London. This is both advance notice and a call for presentations and papers.
We are interested in presentation on the following themes:
· Labour history
· Exploration and maps
· Notable library and archive collections in the UK and Europe
With relevance to Australia, New Zealand and/or the Pacific
Researchers, librarians and archivists are all encouraged to contact David Clover at the Institute of Commonwealth Studies (david.clover@sas.ac.uk) with suggested topics – and we would encourage anyone interested to get in touch.
Further details of programme and cost will be sent out once available
We are interested in presentation on the following themes:
· Labour history
· Exploration and maps
· Notable library and archive collections in the UK and Europe
With relevance to Australia, New Zealand and/or the Pacific
Researchers, librarians and archivists are all encouraged to contact David Clover at the Institute of Commonwealth Studies (david.clover@sas.ac.uk) with suggested topics – and we would encourage anyone interested to get in touch.
Further details of programme and cost will be sent out once available
Snow
Owing to the adverse weather conditions and staff shortages, the Institute of Commonwealth Studies Library (and the Senate House Library) will close to users at 2.30pm today. We hope to be open tomorrow but please check our website or phone 020 7862 8842 before travelling.
Wednesday 21 January 2009
Opportunity at the British Library - Australia and New Zealand Curator
Australia and New Zealand Curator
British Library
St Pancras
London
£29,332-£34,237 p.a.
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a specialist curator to take responsibility for developing and exploiting the BL's extensive collection of books and serials published in Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific Islands. As the sole curator for the Pacific area, you will also answer queries, liaise with external organisations and promote greater awareness and use of the collection by scholars, researchers and general readers. Ensuring that acquisitions from the region are maintained to the highest level will be crucial to your success.This challenging post calls for an enthusiastic and well-organised curator with a degree preferably related to Australian or New Zealand studies, and / or ideally a professional qualification and/or experience in library or information science. You will have specialist knowledge of some aspects of the area’s literature, history, economics, politics and arts, and will be keen to use, increase and share your expertise by taking on the role of the Library’s expert on the Pacific region.To apply, please visit www.bl.uk/recruitment
Ref: S&C00157 • Closing date: 9 February 2009
British Library
St Pancras
London
£29,332-£34,237 p.a.
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a specialist curator to take responsibility for developing and exploiting the BL's extensive collection of books and serials published in Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific Islands. As the sole curator for the Pacific area, you will also answer queries, liaise with external organisations and promote greater awareness and use of the collection by scholars, researchers and general readers. Ensuring that acquisitions from the region are maintained to the highest level will be crucial to your success.This challenging post calls for an enthusiastic and well-organised curator with a degree preferably related to Australian or New Zealand studies, and / or ideally a professional qualification and/or experience in library or information science. You will have specialist knowledge of some aspects of the area’s literature, history, economics, politics and arts, and will be keen to use, increase and share your expertise by taking on the role of the Library’s expert on the Pacific region.To apply, please visit www.bl.uk/recruitment
Ref: S&C00157 • Closing date: 9 February 2009
Thursday 15 January 2009
Archive Cataloguing project: Catholic Institute for International Relations
The ULRLS commences an exciting new archives cataloguing project this week, which will provide improved access to the papers of the Catholic Institute for International Relations. These papers relate to Southern Africa, Sri Lanka, and Latin America, and were recently deposited with the libraries of the Institute of Commonwealth Studies and the Institute for the Study of the Americas. A one-day conference is planned as part of this project, looking at the role of NGOs in development and resources for the study of such NGOs. The ULRLS is grateful to the Vice Chancellor's Development Fund, which has funded this project.
We are therefore delighted to welcome Jane Kirby who has taken up the archives cataloguing post for this project. Jane joins us having just completed a project at the Wellcome Library.
We are therefore delighted to welcome Jane Kirby who has taken up the archives cataloguing post for this project. Jane joins us having just completed a project at the Wellcome Library.
Tuesday 6 January 2009
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