Malta will soon have a national librarian who will be responsible for ensuring that priceless books, documents and manuscripts are collected and maintained for posterity.
Malta's Education Minister Dolores Cristina recently said a call for applications would soon be issued for the post of national librarian following the publication of the long awaited Malta Libraries Act. She added that she was currently working on the appointments to the Libraries’ Council that will work to promote libraries and facilitate collaboration between different stakeholders. The council, which will serve for three years, will be made up of a chairman, national archivist, the head of the university’s archives studies, director of local council departments and another three members.
The law also sets up Malta Libraries as a legal entity that can enter into contracts, acquire books and manage resources. It also creates the roles of national librarian, to head Malta Libraries, and deputy librarians for the National Library and public libraries.
The Lions Club Sliema has embarked on a National Library Book Restoration Project in collaboration with Heritage Malta.The salvage operation started with the €9,000 restoration of three books from the Hortus Romanus, an eight volume collection of valuable botanical engravings published between 1772 and 1793. After sponsoring the restoration of about 50 rare books, the Lions Club yesterday unveiled its most recent contribution when it donated a restoration machine to the National Library.
The restoration of one manuscript’s page, that once took restorers an entire afternoon, can now be completed in five minutes by using a new machine. The €7,000 leaf-casting machine was donated by Lions Club Sliema to the National Library’s restoration unit that is dedicated to reviving the thousands of tattered pages in the library.
Friday, 8 July 2011
Important information: Senate House Libraries moves – STAGE 3
Senate House Libraries moves – STAGE 3
July 2011:
Starting from Monday July 11, 2011, we will begin the 3rd and final stage of the Library moves, dealing with collections in the publicly accessible areas of the library.
The first part this move will take place throughout July. During this time, periodical sequences in the 3rd Floor South Block and temporary North Block areas on the Ground and 2nd Floors will be relocated to the Library Tower.
In future, access to all periodical collections will be via the stack fetching service although please note that many periodicals titles are now also available in digital form. (Please also note that recent issues of periodicals titles are NOT affected by these moves).
Additionally during July, the IHR Library will re-locate temporarily from its current location in the North Block of Senate House to the 3rd Floor South Block.
These moves may mean that specific items in these collections are unavailable for short periods while they are in transit, normally no longer than 1 – 2 days.
A schedule of these moves will be posted on the library website. This will enable you to see which collections are scheduled to move on particular days.
Please refer to the library enquiry desk if you require further information or advice.
More information on the second part of these moves in August will follow shortly.
July 2011:
Starting from Monday July 11, 2011, we will begin the 3rd and final stage of the Library moves, dealing with collections in the publicly accessible areas of the library.
The first part this move will take place throughout July. During this time, periodical sequences in the 3rd Floor South Block and temporary North Block areas on the Ground and 2nd Floors will be relocated to the Library Tower.
In future, access to all periodical collections will be via the stack fetching service although please note that many periodicals titles are now also available in digital form. (Please also note that recent issues of periodicals titles are NOT affected by these moves).
Additionally during July, the IHR Library will re-locate temporarily from its current location in the North Block of Senate House to the 3rd Floor South Block.
These moves may mean that specific items in these collections are unavailable for short periods while they are in transit, normally no longer than 1 – 2 days.
A schedule of these moves will be posted on the library website. This will enable you to see which collections are scheduled to move on particular days.
Please refer to the library enquiry desk if you require further information or advice.
More information on the second part of these moves in August will follow shortly.
Thursday, 7 July 2011
New Zealand Studies at Birkbeck - an introduction and upcoming events
New Zealand studies at Birkbeck has been established with the aim of raising the profile of New Zealand in the UK.
Professor Janet Wilson is exploring research collaborations between New Zealand and UK scholars with a focus on shared areas of interest. She currently aims to introduce New Zealand topics into some of the MA teaching provision at Birkbeck (e.g. postcolonial children’s literature, the knowledge society and the cultural economy; colonial and postcolonial studies). Further integration of New Zealand topics into the undergraduate curriculum may follow.
New Zealand studies at Birkbeck is associated with the New Zealand Studies Network (UK and Ireland). See http://nzstudies.wordpress.com/. The Network draws together professional people, scholars, students and the general public who are interested in, or experts on, aspects of New Zealand life. The Network organises meetings of general public interest which are addressed by an expert: their papers may be found on the website. It also presents film screenings, poetry readings, and musical events.
More specialised conferences, seminars and colloquia are intended to be held on the humanities, fine arts, sciences, social sciences, the law, architecture, business and management studies. It may also be expected that from time to time current events in the UK may call for comment from a New Zealand perspective.
■Friday 8th July. 6.00 pm -8.30 pm - New Zealand Studies launch
Professor Andrew Sharp will discuss the reasoning behind the expansion of Maori rights to property, political power, and group expression in the last thirty years. He will reflect on what this could teach the British and Irish about the potential of a way of thinking that originated with them.
■Saturday 9th July, 9am -1pm - Readings by New Zealand writers and poets
Fleur Adcock, Briar Wood, Robert Sullivan, Kirsty Gunn, Paula Morris, Mia Farland
Professor Janet Wilson is exploring research collaborations between New Zealand and UK scholars with a focus on shared areas of interest. She currently aims to introduce New Zealand topics into some of the MA teaching provision at Birkbeck (e.g. postcolonial children’s literature, the knowledge society and the cultural economy; colonial and postcolonial studies). Further integration of New Zealand topics into the undergraduate curriculum may follow.
New Zealand studies at Birkbeck is associated with the New Zealand Studies Network (UK and Ireland). See http://nzstudies.wordpress.com/. The Network draws together professional people, scholars, students and the general public who are interested in, or experts on, aspects of New Zealand life. The Network organises meetings of general public interest which are addressed by an expert: their papers may be found on the website. It also presents film screenings, poetry readings, and musical events.
More specialised conferences, seminars and colloquia are intended to be held on the humanities, fine arts, sciences, social sciences, the law, architecture, business and management studies. It may also be expected that from time to time current events in the UK may call for comment from a New Zealand perspective.
■Friday 8th July. 6.00 pm -8.30 pm - New Zealand Studies launch
Professor Andrew Sharp will discuss the reasoning behind the expansion of Maori rights to property, political power, and group expression in the last thirty years. He will reflect on what this could teach the British and Irish about the potential of a way of thinking that originated with them.
■Saturday 9th July, 9am -1pm - Readings by New Zealand writers and poets
Fleur Adcock, Briar Wood, Robert Sullivan, Kirsty Gunn, Paula Morris, Mia Farland
Wednesday, 6 July 2011
South Australia - celebrating 175 years since establishment
Notwithstanding and acknowledging the much longer habitation and history of that part of Australia, South Australia this year celebrates the 175th years since the formal establishment of the State of South Australia.
As part of activities for the year a range of events are taking place and resources are being created. These include:
The Oral History Association of Australia - South Australia Branch's SA175 Oral History Web Gateway providing access to a growing collection of oral histories of residents of the State.
The Professional Historian's Association (South Australia) Celebrating South Australia site - with content including "On this Day" in South Australian history; and collections of documents, articles and images.
Bound for Australia 1836 - a blog which follows the journeys of the first nine ships bound for South Australia
As part of activities for the year a range of events are taking place and resources are being created. These include:
The Oral History Association of Australia - South Australia Branch's SA175 Oral History Web Gateway providing access to a growing collection of oral histories of residents of the State.
The Professional Historian's Association (South Australia) Celebrating South Australia site - with content including "On this Day" in South Australian history; and collections of documents, articles and images.
Bound for Australia 1836 - a blog which follows the journeys of the first nine ships bound for South Australia
Tuesday, 5 July 2011
Anniversary of signing of UN Charter
The 26th of June was the 65th anniversary of the signing of the UN Charter. A small selection of photographs of the signing and anniversaries, etc are available on this Flickr site.
The Commonwealth Studies Library has a large collection of publications from the United Nations and the various agencies that are part of the United Nations. These include material relationg to issues such as apartheid, human rights, development, trade, population, land reform, economics and conflict. The matyerial can be searched for on the catalogue by using the agency name as an author search.
The Commonwealth Studies Library has a large collection of publications from the United Nations and the various agencies that are part of the United Nations. These include material relationg to issues such as apartheid, human rights, development, trade, population, land reform, economics and conflict. The matyerial can be searched for on the catalogue by using the agency name as an author search.
Monday, 4 July 2011
CFP: Imperial Relations: Families in the British Empire Institute of Historical Research, London 5-6th September 2011
Imperial Relations: Families in the British Empire Institute of Historical Research, London 5-6th September 2011
Call for papers
In the past decade, historians have increasingly turned to the family as a key site of imperial processes. This conference aims to bring together local and international scholars working on any aspect of British imperial family history between the eighteenth and twentieth centuries. Across the British Empire, the family was a social and economic unit at the heart of life. It operated as a site of economic strategy and capital accumulation; shaped identity formation; and structured political, gendered, sexual, generational and racialised power relations. By exploring these themes, the conference aims to provoke a conversation about the multiple and complex ways in which the family operated as a critical building block that shaped, enabled, sustained and resisted colonialism in a range of geographic and temporal contexts, from British Columbia to British India.
In so doing, the conference aims to facilitate deeper connections and future collaborations between historians interested in different aspects of family history, from the family economies of colonial rule to the social histories of imperial education.
Key themes include, but are not limited to:
• Family intimacy at a distance
• Age and Generation
• Race, nation and ethnicity
• Affective economies
• Colonial Networks
• Sexuality
To submit a proposal please email an abstract of up to 300 words and a 1-page CV to Colonial.Families@gmail.com by Friday 22 July 2011. The numbers of papers that can be accepted is limited. Proposals from Postgraduates and Early Career Scholars are particularly welcome! If you are interested in attending and participating in the conference, registration details will be available on our website later in July.
This conference is organised by Esmé Cleall, Laura Ishiguro and Emily Manktelow on behalf of the Family & Colonialism research network. For more information, please see: http://colonialfamilies.wordpress.com/
Call for papers
In the past decade, historians have increasingly turned to the family as a key site of imperial processes. This conference aims to bring together local and international scholars working on any aspect of British imperial family history between the eighteenth and twentieth centuries. Across the British Empire, the family was a social and economic unit at the heart of life. It operated as a site of economic strategy and capital accumulation; shaped identity formation; and structured political, gendered, sexual, generational and racialised power relations. By exploring these themes, the conference aims to provoke a conversation about the multiple and complex ways in which the family operated as a critical building block that shaped, enabled, sustained and resisted colonialism in a range of geographic and temporal contexts, from British Columbia to British India.
In so doing, the conference aims to facilitate deeper connections and future collaborations between historians interested in different aspects of family history, from the family economies of colonial rule to the social histories of imperial education.
Key themes include, but are not limited to:
• Family intimacy at a distance
• Age and Generation
• Race, nation and ethnicity
• Affective economies
• Colonial Networks
• Sexuality
To submit a proposal please email an abstract of up to 300 words and a 1-page CV to Colonial.Families@gmail.com by Friday 22 July 2011. The numbers of papers that can be accepted is limited. Proposals from Postgraduates and Early Career Scholars are particularly welcome! If you are interested in attending and participating in the conference, registration details will be available on our website later in July.
This conference is organised by Esmé Cleall, Laura Ishiguro and Emily Manktelow on behalf of the Family & Colonialism research network. For more information, please see: http://colonialfamilies.wordpress.com/
The Caribbean in a Changing Global Environment - LSE and CARICOM public lecture
The Caribbean in a Changing Global Environment
LSE and CARICOM public lecture
Tuesday 5 July 2011, 6.30-8pm, Old Theatre, Old Building
Speaker: Professor Sir Hilary Beckles
This event is part of the celebrations that the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Caucus of High Commissioners are organising to celebrate CARICOM day on 1 July 2011. Several activities are being planned to mark the day from July 3-8, which aim to showcase CARICOM countries.
Professor Sir Hilary Beckles was born in Barbados in 1955. He attended secondary school in Barbados and Birmingham in the UK. He received his higher education in the United Kingdom. He graduated with a BA (Hons) degree in Economic History from Hull University in 1976 and a PhD from the same university in 1980. In 2003, he received an Honorary Doctor of Letters for outstanding work as a scholar from his alma mater. He joined the History Department at the University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona Campus in 1979 as a lecturer; in 1984 he transferred to the Cave Hill Campus in Barbados and was promoted to a personal professorship in 1993 at age thirty-seven, the youngest in the history of UWI. Professor Sir Hilary has served the University as Head of the History Department and Dean of the Faculty of Humanities.
In 1994 he won the first University of the West Indies Vice Chancellor's Award for Excellence in the field of research. In 1998 he was appointed Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Undergraduate Studies and returned to the Mona Campus. In August 2002 he returned to Cave Hill as Pro-Vice-Chancellor and Principal.
Professor Sir Hilary Beckles was awarded Knight of St. Andrew, the highest national honour in Barbados, for his contribution to "Higher Education, the Arts, and Sports" in 2007.
Professor Sir Hilary is an internationally reputed historian and serves on the editorial boards of several academic journals, including the Journal of Caribbean History, Sports in Society, William and Mary Quarterly, the flagship journal of the Institute of Early American History and Culture, Williamsburg Virginia, and an international editor for the Journal of American History. He is also the Chair, Board of Directors of the University of the West Indies Press. He is Director of Cable & Wireless Barbados Ltd., as well as Sagicor Financial Inc, the largest Caribbean financial conglomerate. He has lectured at universities in Europe, Africa, Asia and the Americas. He served for five years as a member of the Cultural Committee of His Royal Highness, Prince Claus of the Netherlands.
Suggested hashtag for this event for Twitter users: #lsecaricom
Entry Information
Update: Tuesday 28 June, 9.45am: This event will now be first come, first served, no ticket required. The event is still free and open to all but you do not need to request a ticket, apologies for this last minute amendment.
LSE and CARICOM public lecture
Tuesday 5 July 2011, 6.30-8pm, Old Theatre, Old Building
Speaker: Professor Sir Hilary Beckles
This event is part of the celebrations that the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Caucus of High Commissioners are organising to celebrate CARICOM day on 1 July 2011. Several activities are being planned to mark the day from July 3-8, which aim to showcase CARICOM countries.
Professor Sir Hilary Beckles was born in Barbados in 1955. He attended secondary school in Barbados and Birmingham in the UK. He received his higher education in the United Kingdom. He graduated with a BA (Hons) degree in Economic History from Hull University in 1976 and a PhD from the same university in 1980. In 2003, he received an Honorary Doctor of Letters for outstanding work as a scholar from his alma mater. He joined the History Department at the University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona Campus in 1979 as a lecturer; in 1984 he transferred to the Cave Hill Campus in Barbados and was promoted to a personal professorship in 1993 at age thirty-seven, the youngest in the history of UWI. Professor Sir Hilary has served the University as Head of the History Department and Dean of the Faculty of Humanities.
In 1994 he won the first University of the West Indies Vice Chancellor's Award for Excellence in the field of research. In 1998 he was appointed Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Undergraduate Studies and returned to the Mona Campus. In August 2002 he returned to Cave Hill as Pro-Vice-Chancellor and Principal.
Professor Sir Hilary Beckles was awarded Knight of St. Andrew, the highest national honour in Barbados, for his contribution to "Higher Education, the Arts, and Sports" in 2007.
Professor Sir Hilary is an internationally reputed historian and serves on the editorial boards of several academic journals, including the Journal of Caribbean History, Sports in Society, William and Mary Quarterly, the flagship journal of the Institute of Early American History and Culture, Williamsburg Virginia, and an international editor for the Journal of American History. He is also the Chair, Board of Directors of the University of the West Indies Press. He is Director of Cable & Wireless Barbados Ltd., as well as Sagicor Financial Inc, the largest Caribbean financial conglomerate. He has lectured at universities in Europe, Africa, Asia and the Americas. He served for five years as a member of the Cultural Committee of His Royal Highness, Prince Claus of the Netherlands.
Suggested hashtag for this event for Twitter users: #lsecaricom
Entry Information
Update: Tuesday 28 June, 9.45am: This event will now be first come, first served, no ticket required. The event is still free and open to all but you do not need to request a ticket, apologies for this last minute amendment.
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