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Class of 1913
For all the new students, we thought that it would be nice to meet the students from 100 years ago. In 1913, the School ran three sessions during the year; the 43rd session began in October 1913 and...
View ArticleDisruption to PubMed and MEDLINE databases
Due to the US Government shutdown, the National Library of Medicine in the USA is working with minimal staffing. Therefore, PubMed and MEDLINE are not being updated at this time.
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Open Access and Open Data drop-in advice session
When: Wednesday 23 October, 1pm-3pmWhere: Manson Foyer, Ground Floor, South Courtyard To celebrate International Open Access Week (21-27 October) Andrew Gray (LSHTM Research Online Manager) and Gareth...
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Peter Piot and the Ebola outbreak in the Yambuku in 1976
Within the archives of Peter Piot, surrounded by decades of material surrounding HIV/AIDS was a small box file, simply entailed, ‘Ebola’. Within it were papers relating to his work with the...
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US Government Shutdown and MEDLINE updates
As you may already know, Ovid MEDLINE and PubMed were not updated during the recent US Government Shutdown. Ovid MEDLINE has not been updated since 2 October.Therefore, on 23 October a larger update...
View ArticleLibrary Opening Hours Thursday 31st October 2013
Due to the industrial action taking place on Thursday 31st October, the Library will be open between 8.30am and 12pm only on that day. The Library will re-open as usual at 8.30am on Friday 1st November.
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London’s Pulse from the Wellcome Library: Medical Officer of Health reports...
The Wellcome Library has launched London’s Pulse, providing free online access to digitised versions of more than 5500 Medical Officer of Health Reports covering the City of London, 32 present-day...
View ArticleTop 10 downloads from LSHTM Research Online - October 2013
This month's top 10 downloaded papers from LSHTM Research Online, the School’s publically accessible database of LSHTM research. 1. Michael, M; King, L; Guo, L; McKee, M; Richardson, E; Stuckler, D;...
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Wartime at LSHTM exhibition
An exhibition to mark Remembrance Day (11 November) is now on display in the Library exhibition area. Designed as a tribute to staff and students who have served in or been affected by war, the...
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Explore Your Archive Week coming up
Next week is the launch of Explore Your Archive 2013, and LSHTM archives are taking part.Tuesday 19th November - 12-2pm - South Courtyard Drop by South Coutyard at lunchtime on 19th and learn more...
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World Toilet Day: Dr James Balfour Kirk's guide to excretion in the tropics
To celebrate World Toilet Day we thought it would be appropriate to quickly highlight one of our archival manuscripts on sanitary care in the tropics. Written by Dr James Balfour-Kirk to his godson who...
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World AIDS Day Events at LSHTM Archives
For this year's World AIDS Day the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine archives will be hosting two events on the 2nd December 2013.World AIDS Day: Global VisionsMonday 2rd December,...
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The Red Ribbon: A donation from Lyn Rothman, a friend of the School
With World AIDS Day soon approaching, it seems opportune to mention a special acquisition that the LSHTM Archive received this September. Following a visit to the archives to view the LSHTM HIV/AIDS...
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Exploring The Archive...
Explore Your Archive Week kicked off at LSHTM Archives with a lunchtime Exchange of Experience featuring our Research Data Manager Gareth Knight and Archivist Victoria Cranna. Archivists and...
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World AIDS Day 2013: Launch of AIDS awareness poster gallery on Flickr
To complement last night's excellent talk on the HIV/AIDS posters at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, the archives has created an online gallery of HIV/AIDS posters within our...
View ArticleTop 10 downloads from LSHTM Research Online - November 2013
This month's top 10 downloaded papers from LSHTM Research Online, the School’s publically accessible database of LSHTM research. 1. Goodman, A; Panter, J; Sharp, SJ; Ogilvie, D; (2013) Effectiveness...
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An Exchange of Experience on Managing Research Data
On November 18th 2013, the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine organised a two hour seminar for support staff interested or involved in RDM developments. The seminar kick-started a week of...
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World AIDS Day 2013: Gems of the Collection revisited
This is a belated thank you to all those who attended both the Gems of the Collection and evening seminar on 2nd December to mark World AIDS Day 2013. The two events allowed us to showcase some of the...
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2013 Photo Competition
It's the time of year again when budding photographers have the opportunity to show off their photographic skills to the rest of the School. Staff and students are encouraged to submit photos which...
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Merry Christmas from the Archives - Ready, Steady, Bake!
This collection of seasonal recipes dates from December 1945. The recipes were produced by the Ministry of Food during the period of food rationing in Britain during and following the Second World...
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