World Humanitarian Day 19th August 2024

World Humanitarian Day on August 19 2024 honours humanitarian aid workers all over the world.  Established by the UN in 2009, this day commemorates  the anniversary of the bombing of the United Nations headquarters in Iraq. 22 people lost their lives, including the UN’s High Commissioner for…

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Photo of the library book display on World Hepatitis Day 2024. The photo shows the books selection from the library collections displayed in the Reading Room on the black table alongside the bust of Richard Doll.

Book Display: World Hepatitis Day – 28July 2024

This Sunday, 28th July is World Hepatitis Day and LSHTM Library, Archive & Open Research Services (LAORS) have prepared a book display to raise awareness on this important topic. Before showcasing some of the gems from our collections, let’s have a look at what the most recent figures about…

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Front covers of "Labour and life of the people"

Labour and life of the people / Charles Booth. – London : Williams and Norgate, 1889-1891.

Four editions of Booth’s work were published, based on his notebooks, the version in our collection comprising three volumes including an appendix with maps. The work paints a vivid picture of the social conditions in London in the late 19th century. For much of the book, Booth is the…

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Books on positive fitness and well-being

Positive health

Find out about positive fitness!

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Does LSHTM need an institutional rights retention policy?

Photo by Andrea De Santis on Unsplash

Yes!

For too long research outputs have been restricted behind paywalls, with authors unable to reuse their own work without first getting permission from their publisher – having signed away their rights in restrictive licence to publish agreements. We argue that having an institutional…

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Title page of Arthur Shadwell's "The London water supply" - 1989

The London water supply / by Arthur Shadwell – London : Longmans Green & Co, 1899.

A work on the water supply of London, written one year after the East End drought of 1989

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Large CRUK logo

Open Research seminar: Cancer Research UK’s Registered Reports Funding Partnership: lessons to improve research quality, transparency and reproducibility

THURSDAY JULY 18, 2024. 12:00–13:00 BST
Attendance Link: https://lshtm.zoom.us/j/99442400497

This online seminar will introduce Registered Reports and a new pathway being piloted at Cancer Research UK (CRUK) to submit Registered Reports to journals for peer review, alongside the grant application and review process. CRUK’s unique pilot is being performed in consortium with 12 journals and the University of Bristol.

Attendees will gain an understanding of Registered Reports, the rationale for CRUK’s pilot, how the Registered Reports Funding Partnership pathway works and the process for preparing a report for publication. The seminar will share different consortium partner perspectives and requirements – from a publisher, a funder and an academic institution – and highlight insights, feedback from researchers about opting-into to the pilot, advice on putting together a report and how to avoid common pitfalls.

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Looking for Help with Your MSc Project?

Tackling your summer projects can be daunting. The library is here to support you every step of the way.  We currently have a new book display in the Reading Room at Keppel Street, focusing on several resources which can help you complete your Master’s dissertation with confidence.

Library…

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Eleanor Anne Ormerod (1828-1901) : agricultural entomologist and an early authority on insect pest control. LSHTM Rare Book Blog series No. 10. June 2024

From the seventeenth century, women have played a small but significant role in exploring the world of insects by listing, drawing, and collecting them. Some women have also observed and recorded the extraordinary life histories of insects. Eleanor Anne Ormerod (1828-1901) did all this before becoming the first woman…

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Bookplate of A Treatise on the small-pox by Lobb

Treatise on the small pox : in two parts, by Theophilus Lobb, MD. – London : printed for T. Woodward, 1731.

https://discover.lshtm.ac.uk/permalink/44HYG_INST/1m9295r/alma991000243259703736 (catalogue entry – no digitized version available)

Theophilus Lobb, M.D.  was a Fellow of the Royal Society (1678-1763). His biography makes interesting reading (1). Born to a pastor of independent dissenters in London, his education and career combined ministry…

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