by aseifert | Apr 17, 2015 | History & Classics, Languages & Literature, Philosophy, Politics & Law, Training and Research
Data can be described as quantitative if it can be measured or identified on a numerical scale. Examples include length, height, area, volume, weight, speed, age, distance, cost and so on. However, not all data using numbers is quantitative: Datasets are often...
by aseifert | Apr 6, 2015 | Features, Projects, Republished, Training and Research
By Dr Ruth Craggs, lecturer in human geography, King’s College London. Politicians and diplomats from around the world have begun to offer tributes this week as it was announced that Singapore’s founding Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew died on Monday, 23 March 2015. Lee...
by aseifert | Mar 26, 2015 | Digital, Training and Research
By Fran Alvarez InScribe was conceived and developed at the heart of the SAS as a tool for researchers of different fields and members of the general public with an interest in medieval manuscripts. Its aim is to allow them to acquire basic palaeographic skills...
by aseifert | Mar 13, 2015 | History & Classics, Training and Research
By Jonathan Blaney Historians have always dealt with large amounts of text and have had to develop ways of dealing with the volume of it, such as the index card or the Renaissance book wheel. Now that much textual information comes in electronic form, that data is now...
by aseifert | Feb 27, 2015 | History & Classics, Training and Research
Historians don’t often like to think about data management. Indeed, it is almost considered an ugly word or a taboo. Data Management gets in the way of the interesting stuff – the research, the learning. Nevertheless, it is vital to the work that we do. ...
by aseifert | Feb 26, 2015 | Being Human festival, Public Engagement, Training and Research
To mark the launch our new Public Engagement Innovators Scheme, which offers small grants to fund public engagement activities within the School and the Senate House Libraries – this post reflects on the importance of integrating public engagement into the...
