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

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.

Titles received in December

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Titles received in November

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Australian National Archives - Mapping our Anzacs

Mapping our Anzacs is a new resource from the National Archives of Australia on Australia’s involvement in World War I. It uses a map interface created from Google maps and the Google geocoding service to explore Australia’s involvement in this conflict. Visitors to the site can browse the 375,971 service records of soldiers, nurses, and chaplains in the Australian Army according to the person’s place of birth or enlistment.

In addition to locating records of service, visitors may share information on the the site’s scrapbook, offering information about a particular person, or they may build a tribute to a group of service personnel.

To explore the site, and to find out more about how it works, go to http://mappingouranzacs.naa.gov.au/

British Library Exhibition: Taking Liberties

The British Library is offering tours to PhD students in December, January, and February of its new exhibition, Taking Liberties: the Struggle for Britain's Freedoms and Rights. The hour-long tour will be followed by a presentation delivered by one of the exhibition's curators. Any Research Student who is interested should contact mailto:sophie.villiers@bl.uk for more information about dates and booking.
This free exhibition runs until 1 March 2009, and explores the evolution of British Democracy in the last millennium from the Magna Carta to the Good Friday Agreement.
On 2 February 2009, join leading historians, social scientists, politicians, campaigners and writers for a Taking Liberties Study Day. Key speakers will include Lord Lester QC, Professor Barbara Taylor and human rights campaigner Peter Tatchell . This Study Day is open to anyone who is interested - for more information or to book for this event, please go to http://boxoffice.bl.uk/

CNZS Bulletin of New Zealand Studies student awards

The Centre of New Zealand Studies (CNZS) recently announced that it is offering two student awards of £100 each for submission to its journal, Bulletin of New Zealand Studies.

The first shall be awarded for the best student submission from any subject within New Zealand studies, and the second awarded for the best student submission from any subject within any area of Maori studies.

The closing date for any submission to be considered is 28th February 2009. The following conditions for entry have been outlined by Ian Conrich of the CNZS as follows:

All submissions must be previously unpublished, and follow the CNZS Bulletin's style guidelines. Anyone engaged in part time or full time undergraduate or postgraduate studies or research is able to submit an article, and more than one submission is permitted and to both categories of awards if appropriate. A panel of judges will be drawn from the CNZS Academic Council, International Council, and the advisory boards for the Bulletin and Kakapo Books. The winning article in each category will be published in the CNZS Bulletin for New Zealand Studies.

Anyone interested in further information is directed to contact:
Ian Conrich
Centre for New Zealand Studies
Birkbeck
University of London
Rm.NB300/1
Senate House
Malet Street
London WC1E 7HU
Tel: 0207 862 8065
Email: ian@ianconrich.co.uk