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Digging Out the Past – the legacy of Alan McWhirr
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2019/06/13/digging-out-the-past-the-legacy-of-alan-mcwhirr/
Posted by Colin Hyde in Library Special Collections on June 13, 2019 Alan McWhirr in a field. The first collection we have finished digitising for the Unlocking Our Sound Heritage (UOSH) project is a monthly radio series about archaeology, Digging Out the Past.
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Dryad Collection – S is for Smock and Sheepskin
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2022/06/29/dryad-collection-s-is-for-smock-and-sheepskin/
Posted by cl13 in Library Special Collections on June 29, 2022 As I continue to catalogue the Dryad Collection , some of the books stand out as belonging to a different era of attitudes towards clothes.
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Library Internship
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2014/02/20/internship/
Posted by Ceri Ashwell in Library Special Collections on February 20, 2014 From the majority of people I’ve spoken to it seems that few expected to work in academic libraries after leaving university. And the same goes for me.
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The many languages of Sue Townsend
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2014/08/22/the-many-languages-of-sue-townsend/
Posted by Simon Dixon in Library Special Collections on August 22, 2014 The Special Collections team has been joined for the last couple of weeks by Claire Preval , an undergraduate intern from the Department of the History of Art and Film.
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Joe Orton exhibition runs until 31 August 2014
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2014/07/14/joe-orton-exhibition-runs-until-31-august-2014/
Posted by Margaret Maclean in Library Special Collections on July 14, 2014 Our current exhibition in the Library, ‘Joe Orton in 1964’, which runs until 31 August 2014, commemorates the 50th anniversary of Orton’s first major success, Entertaining Mr Sloane .
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The Great British Bake-Off, but not as we know it!
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2016/08/12/the-great-british-bake-off-but-not-as-we-know-it/
Posted by csampson in Library Special Collections on August 12, 2016 If rumour proves to be correct, the seventh series of the Great British Bake Off is due to appear on our screens towards the end of August.
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Sites for Pride Month
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2021/06/28/sites-for-pride-month/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on June 28, 2021 Europeana LGBT Plus now has a page of great historic LGBT resources from Europe’s national and libraries and museums.
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University of Leicester receives VIP visit
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/january/university-of-leicester-receives-vip-visit
Our University has today welcomed a VIP from the United States of America. It is a common misconception that ‘VIP’ always stands for Very Important Person. Actually, sometimes it stands for Very Important Per.
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The characteristics of successful entrepreneurs?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/11/17/the-characteristics-of-successful-entrepreneurs/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 17, 2014 A recent report by the Centre for Policy Studies revealed the backgrounds of over of 1,000 high earning individuals.
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The Tablet Book
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/04/15/the-tablet-book/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on April 15, 2015 Reframe’s digital publishing platform release the free open access Tablet Book. Reframe specialises in media and cultural studies.