by sams | Sep 28, 2021 | Features, Graduate Study, Languages & Literature, Libraries & Publications, Research & Resources, Training and Research
Laurence Worms, owner of Ash Rare Books since 1971 and past president of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association, on a partnership that spans some 12 years. The Antiquarian Booksellers Association (ABA) has long had a problem with the lack of training opportunities...
by sams | Sep 28, 2021 | Archives & Libraries, Digital, Features, Graduate Study, Libraries & Publications, Research & Resources, Training and Research
Dr David Pearson, retired librarian and creator of the electronic database, Book Owners Online, talks about the rewards of teaching and how his summer school students helped to hone his thinking and knowledge. Teaching on the London Rare Books School (LRBS) run the...
by sams | Sep 28, 2021 | Features, Graduate Study, Languages & Literature, Research & Resources, Training and Research
Amy Kaufman, head law librarian at the William R. Lederman Law Library, Queen’s University, Ontario, remembers her first London Rare Books School. I had been a law librarian at a Canadian university for about ten years when I first heard about the Institute of...
by sams | Sep 28, 2021 | Archives & Libraries, Features, Graduate Study, Research & Resources, Training and Research
Katherine Hindley, assistant professor of medieval literature at Singapore’s Nanyany Technological University, discusses the advantages of studying palaeography as a cross-institutional community. My interest in manuscript studies began as a postgraduate student on a...
by sams | Sep 28, 2021 | Uncategorized
Professor Clare Lees, Institute of English Studies director, and Dr Andrew Nash, director of the London Rare Books School, introduce this special issue of Talking Humanities, which describes the institute’s summer schools and short courses. These activities provide...
