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Peer-review of systematic review search strategies: a new service from your Library and Archives Service

By Russell Burke · March 25, 2019 · Databases, Library, Library Resources, literature searching, Systematic review methodology, training, Uncategorized · No comments

Introducing a new service for researchers, staff and MSc students working on MSc Projects

Peer-review of systematic review search strategies
You can now have your systematic review search strategy peer-reviewed by a Librarian. The peer-review is based on the Peer-Review for Electronic Search Strategies (PRESS) guidance…

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International Women’s Day 2019

By Martha Julings · March 1, 2019 · Uncategorized · No comments

On Friday 8th March, the world will celebrate International Women’s Day!

The roots of International Women’s Day (IWD) lie in the New York garment workers’ strike of 1908, when 15’000, predominantly Jewish, members of the Ladies’ Garment Workers’ Union downed tools and marched through New York’s…

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World AIDS Day: the Red Ribbon

By Claire Frankland · November 30, 2018 · Uncategorized · No comments

The Red Ribbon is synonymous with raising awareness of HIV/AIDS, and those living with the disease. The ribbon was designed by the New York based Visual AIDS Artists’ Caucus in 1991 as a symbol to raise awareness of HIV/AIDS. It was not trademarked and was not designed to…

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Senate House Library Membership Event

By Gemma Bayliss · November 13, 2018 · Library, Uncategorized, User Services · No comments

All School staff and students are entitled to free membership of Senate House Library. This is an excellent resource which gives you access to thousands of online resources. It also entitles you to use their study space and borrow library items.

On Tuesday 4th December, from 13:00-15:00…

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Sir Ronald Ross and malaria in the First World War

By Victoria Cranna · November 7, 2018 · Archives, Uncategorized · No comments

Today is World Malaria Day, to mark this day the Archives service will be posting blogs that look at malaria from its collections.

The LSHTM Archives Service holds the records of Sir Ronald Ross, discoverer of the mosquito transmission of malaria and the first Briton to be awarded the Nobel…

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FORCE2018: Post-conference Reflections

By Alice Gibson · November 5, 2018 · Uncategorized · No comments

Keywords: DORA, Responsible metrics, data sharing, mental health, bibliometrics, Creative Commons
Introduction
Further to my post Planning to get the most out of FORCE2018, written before the conference, I have been back from Montreal for over a fortnight now and have had time to reflect on the key points I…

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History in the Making: Ross’s Slides Explored & Explained

By Claire Frankland · November 5, 2018 · Uncategorized · No comments

 

In 2016, students from the History & Health M.Sc. module suggested that the Archives should put Sir Ronald Ross’s malarial slides, dating from 1900, under the microscope.

 

 

Due to the age and rarity of these slides, you can imagine I was a little nervous but also…

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Library Information Skills Training for new students

By Gemma Bayliss · September 24, 2018 · Uncategorized · No comments

A warm welcome to all our new students – we look forward to supporting in your studies this year!

There is a lot of information for new arrivals to take in during orientation week.  When you have had a chance to catch your breath, come along to the Library any time…

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Library floor restoration

By Gemma Bayliss · August 8, 2018 · Library, Uncategorized · No comments

From 25th August, for one month, the floor of the Library is being restored. The Library will remain open throughout this time, however there will be some disruption to study spaces and accessing the book collection.

During the restoration the floors will be sanded back to the original cork tiles…

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EAHIL 2018 – Take away messages

By Jane Falconer · July 27, 2018 · Uncategorized · No comments

I attended the EAHIL Conference held in the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama from 11-13 July. EAHIL is the European Association for Health Information and Libraries and it was great to meet and learn from health librarians from across Europe and further afield.

I was presenting in…

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