Students at the Heart of the System
The Publishers Association are keen on getting together representatives of all those involved in learning and teaching to discuss in a one-day conference the recent white paper on higher education. The...
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UCLDIS Goes Viral
It started at a meal for PhD students in the Centre for Digital Humanities, based here at the Department of Information Studies. A discussion of the importance of being able to state your research aims...
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Decoding Digital Humanities London
Pub-based DH discussion / social evening Decoding Digital Humanities London has a meeting coming up. Anyone with an interest in DH is encouraged to attend. DDH founding member Claire Ross has posted...
View ArticleLIS Research Coalition’s ‘Developing Research Excellence and Methods’ project
The LIS Research Coalition recently held the second of their DREaM (Developing Research Excellence and Methods) project workshops, here in London at the British Library’s conference centre. Myself and...
View ArticleEvent: Barriers to Public Engagement with Archaeology Online
Received by email this morning: As part of the UCL Archaeology & Communication Network, Lorna Richardson (UCL Centre for Digital Humanities) and Chiara Bonacchi (UCL Institute of Archaeology) have...
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LIS Research Coalition DREaM workshop 3
Following on from January’s workshop in London, this time it was especially nice to have the opportunity to get out of town and visit that fine city of literature and libraries that is Edinburgh in...
View ArticleConference in November: Digital Engagement in Archaeology
8-9 November 2012, UCL Institute of Archaeology REGISTRATION OPEN! Registrations for the conference on ‘Digital Engagement in Archaeology. Strategies and Evaluation Methods’ (UCL Institute of...
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Zine Workshop
Yesterday part-time MA LIS student Siobhan Britton gave an introduction to zine-making at a workshop in UCL’s temporary exhibition Strindberg’s Red Room – the location of PhD student Sara Wingate...
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Graduate Open Day
UCL Graduate Students Open Day Wednesday 21 November 2012 UCL Department of Information Studies (DIS) is a leading centre for research and professional education inlibrarianship, information...
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Profiles in Law Librarianship
At our recent open day, we were pleased to meet prospective students from a range of sectors including academic, health, business and law. Perhaps because we teach a traditional MA LIS, with core...
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University College School Visit by Joanne McPhie, Emily Delahaye and...
Editorial Note: We are grateful to Rebecca Hemming and her colleagues for hosting this Induction Week visit to University College School. – Anne Welsh, Programme Director MA Library and Information...
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CILIP New Professionals Day 2014 by George Bray
Tweet: @jonasherriot Yesterday I attended CILIP’s New Professionals Day. Of the eight workshops that ran, each person could go to four, so the following account is selective in coverage. Welcome: Simon...
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Lucy Broughton Wins MA Publishing Treasure Hunt Blog Post Competition by...
In Induction Week, Professor Iain Stevenson set up a fiendish treasure hunt for the incoming cohort: this took them on a walk via some key publishing-related sights in London, and ended up, as all good...
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Zoological Society of London Library Visit by Sophie Rose
Editorial Note: We are grateful to Ann Sylph, Emma Milnes and their colleagues for hosting this Induction Week visit to the Zoological Society of London Library. – Anne Welsh, Programme Director MA...
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Plan Your Weekly Events by Emily McCracken
Hi everybody! We are hoping to keep you up to date about events in the publishing world and big events happening in our programme. It’s not definitive but it is more than enough to fill your calendar…...
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Visit to the Royal Astronomical Society Library by Maddie House
Editorial Note: We are grateful to Sian Prosser, Librarian of the Royal Astronomical Society for hosting this Induction Week visit. – Anne Welsh, Programme Director MA Library and Information Studies....
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Bake Sale in Foster Court TODAY
Looking for a sugar fix at lunchtime? Call into Foster Court (opposite UCL Science Library) today for the MA Publishing students’ Children in Need bake sale:
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INSTG012 Historical Bibliography Visit to St Bride’s Printing Library by...
On Monday 13th October, 2014 as part of our Historical Bibliography module, half of the class visited St. Bride’s Printing Library on Fleet Street, while the other half visited the British Library. As...
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MA Publishing Does Children in Need by Amy Davies
On Thursday 14th November the Publishing MA students took a literary theme and combined it with baking and dressing up to raise money for Children in Need. As well as a book-themed Bake Sale in Foster...
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INSTG012 Historical Bibliography Print Techniques Workshop at the UCL Art...
Following Simone’s post about our class visit to St Bride’s Printing Library, I thought I would share our experience learning about different print techniques using materials from the UCL Art Museum....
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