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Indigenous lands
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2022/11/04/indigenous-lands/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 4, 2022 Find out which Indigenous lands you live on using an interactive map .
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Peacekeeping Resource Hub
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2023/02/24/peacekeeping-resource-hub/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 24, 2023 The official UN website on peacekeeping now has an improved design.
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Library Special Collections: Academic and staff blogs from the University of Leicester: Page 11
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/page/11/
Academic and staff blogs from the University of Leicester
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Margaret Maclean
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/author/mm219/
Library Assistant, Rare Books and Archives in the University Library
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Discovering Collections Discovering Communities
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2015/10/15/discovering-collections-discovering-communities/
Posted by Simon Dixon in Library Special Collections on October 15, 2015 This week I attended the Discovering Collections, Discovering Communities conference in the impressive Lowry Centre at Salford Quays.
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A first-hand account of the Great Fire of London
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2015/09/28/a-first-hand-account-of-the-great-fire-of-london/
Posted by Margaret Maclean in Library Special Collections on September 28, 2015 Engraved portrait of John Evelyn by Nanteuil, for which Evelyn sat on 13 June 1650, while visiting Paris. From the Fairclough Collection, EP36, Box 2, p. 245.
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Local Politics in Leicester During the 1890s
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2015/04/29/local-politics-in-leicester-during-the-1890s/
Posted by Margaret Maclean in Library Special Collections on April 29, 2015 ‘The Wyvern Smiles’ from ‘The Wyvern’, (Leicester, 20 November 1891).
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Who owned the Wicked Bible?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2015/10/23/who-owned-the-wicked-bible/
Posted by Simon Dixon in Library Special Collections on October 23, 2015 It’s been reported in the news this week that a copy of the so called “Wicked Bible” is to be auctioned at Bonhams in November.
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Margaret Maclean: Page 3
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/author/mm219/page/3/
Library Assistant, Rare Books and Archives in the University Library
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Don’t panic, Mary Berry’s Bakewell tart recipe is safe!
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2016/05/19/dont-panic-mary-berrys-bakewell-tart-recipe-is-safe/
Posted by Simon Dixon in Library Special Collections on May 19, 2016 University of Leicester Homepage, 13 June 1997 (source: Wayback Machine) It is almost impossible to conduct academic research today without at some stage needing to access information on the internet.