Ross’s War – death of Second Lieutenant Ronald Campbell Ross

Sir Ronald Ross and his wife, Rosa, had four children, the eldest Ronald Campbell was killed at the start of the war in the retreat from Mons. Ross writes about his son’s death in his Memoirs which were published in 1923. His son had just obtained his commission as…

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Bank Holiday Opening

Even though it is the bank holiday this coming Monday, there is no need to hang around outside as the Library is open.  Our opening hours during the Bank Holiday Monday are 11:00 am to 5:pm  for staff and students only. Any visitors are welcome during core working…

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The proof is in the pudding

As part of the ‘Improving Health in Wartime’ exhibition, we are planning a series of events using archive material.

In keeping with the World War theme, I have selected leaflets from our Nutrition collection produced by the Ministry of Food on the onset of the Second World War and after…

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Ebola research articles freely available in Science

Science and Science Translational Medicine have made all current and past content research articles concerning the Ebola virus freely accessible to all at http://www.sciencemag.org/site/extra/ebola/.

In their web statement AAAS state: “Given the current outbreak, unprecedented in terms of the number of people killed and…

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Hurry! Journal Consultation 2014 closes 31st August

The Journal Consultation closes on 31st August 2014, and we want to hear from you whilst there’s still time. There are 3 different questionnaires, one for each Faculty:

EPH: https://www.survey.lshtm.ac.uk/eph

ITD: https://www.survey.lshtm.ac.uk/itd

PHP: https://www.survey.lshtm…

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Beep, beep, beep… Library stocktake in process

If you’ve been into the Library this week, you may have heard a beeping noise. No need to worry, we’re just doing a stocktake of our books.

This means that the location information on the Library Catalogue may not be correct at the moment. If you are looking…

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LSHTM Library & Archives Service are now on Facebook

 It is now possible to follow the latest news and developments in the Library on Facebook. The Library has created a fan page on the popular social media site (https://www.facebook.com/pages/London-School-of-Hygiene-Tropical-Medicine-Library-Archives-Service/635224796567510) that provides regular updated information on…

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Library Laptop Lockers

Ever been tied to your desk all day because you couldn’t face hauling your laptop around with you? Well LSHTM library have just the thing for you! We are very excited to announce the arrival of 13 laptop lockers to free you (for a short time at least!) from…

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Library Opening Hours Friday 15th August 2014

The Library will be closing at 12pm on Friday 15th August in preparation for the Mosquito Day Event. The Library will re-open as usual at 9am on Saturday 16th August…

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Ross’s War

The Library & Archives Service holds a collection of over 20,000 items relating to Sir Ronald Ross, the discoverer of the mosquito transmission of malaria and the first Briton to be awarded the Nobel Prize for Medicine in 1902.

The collection spans the whole of his career from his…

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