Not Just Books! Digital Collections and Resources (25 August 2023), St Pancres,London
Web archives, metadata, born-digital collections, digital research and much, much more. Discover more about collection areas and methodologies you might not have considered for your research, and learn more from our digital research experts!
Please find programme below. Refreshments will be provided.
The day will:
- Introduce you to a range of research materials available in the British Library
- Support you in registering as a Reader and finding your way around the Library
- Introduce you to specialist curators at the Library
- Give you an opportunity to meet other postgraduate students from across the UK
Please note:
- Lunch will not be provided, but there will be tea, cake and coffee in the afternoon
- Sessions with Reference Specialists and Building Tours will be on first-come, first-served basis
Programme
11am onwards
Registration at the Knowledge Centre (KC)
11.00am-1pm
Optional activities
1) Pre-recorded Presentations Pre-recorded materials shown in the Pigott Theatre on a loop and also made available to attendees online:
- Introduction to Web Archives for Research Use – Jason Webber (Web Archiving Engagement and Liaison Manager)
- Europeana – Tom Miles (Metadata Coordinator, Europeana Sounds)
- The Endangered Archives Programme (EAP)’s Digital Collection – Jody Butterworth (EAP Curator)
- Digital Maps Collections – Gethin Rees (Lead Curator Digital Map Collections)
2) Reader Registration
We can assist you in registering for your Readers’ Pass!
3) Reference Specialists Sessions (Bronte Room, KC)
Join a session with one of our Reference Team Specialists to discuss your research.
1.00pm
Introduction to the Not Just Books: Digital Collections and Resources Doctoral Open Day (Pigott Theatre, KC) – Alice Marples (Research and Postgraduate Development Manager)
1.10pm-2.30pm
Not Just Books: Digital Collections and Resources at the British Library (Pigott Theatre, KC)
An opportunity to hear about collections areas with live presentations from Curators:
- Introduction to the Digital Storytelling Exhibition at the British Library – Giulia Carla Rossi (Curator for Digital Publications)
- Introduction to the Library’s Collection of Born-Digital Archives – Callum McKean (Digital Lead Curator for Contemporary Archives and Manuscripts)
- Digital Research at the British Library – Stella Wisdom (Digital Curator)
2.30-3.30pm
Meet your Peers (KC Foyer)
A free space and opportunity to meet one another and discuss your research over tea, coffee and cake!
2.30-3.30pm
Europeana (Bronte Room, KC) – Tom Miles (Metadata Coordinator, Europeana)
Europeana provides researchers with digital access to European cultural heritage material. Join this drop-in session with the Library’s Europeana Metadata Coordinator, Tom Miles, to learn more about finding and accessing material for your research.
3.30-4.30pm
Case Studies: PhD Research at the British Library (Bronte Room, KC)
- Mapping Caribbean Diasporic Networks through the Correspondence of Andrew Salkey (PhD Placement) – Eleanor Casson (Curator for Contemporary Archives & Manuscripts, Politics & Public Life and PhD Placement Supervisor)
- UK Web Archive: Anti-Racism within British Football Fanzines and Fan Websites, 1970-Present (Collaborative PhD) – Cameron Huggett (Collaborative Doctoral Student at Teesside University and the British Library)
4.30-5.15pm
Optional Building Tour (with the Research Development Team)
Booking link here: https://www.bl.uk/events/doctoral-open-day-not-just-books-digital-collections-and-resources
Our annual series of Doctoral Open Days offer PhD students the chance to discover our research resources and explore the practicalities of using the Library.