In this blogpost we take a look at a couple of books found in the Reece Collection, a collection of items largely on the topics of small pox and early vaccination once owned by Richard J Reece.
In the early 19th century, the advent of vaccination sparked intense debates within…
World Environment Day, observed annually on 5 June, serves as a global platform for raising awareness and prompting action for environmental protection. Established by the United Nations in 1973, this day has become one of the most significant global events dedicated to environmental advocacy, engaging individuals, communities, and governments in…
These take place on:
Part 1 – step by step literature searching: relevant to all types of MSc project.Monday 24 June 13:00 to 14:30Thursday 27 June 11:00 to 12:30Monday 1 July 12:00 to 13:00Tuesday 2 July 10:00 to 11:30
All the above…
Open Research Services have produced a series of PDF guides to five main areas of Open Research:
Pre Registration and registered reports
Data Verification
Open Code and software
Preprints
Citizen Science
These provide an overview of each activity. The LAORS is planning a series of introductory training sessions which will…
One of our current projects in the Collections Team is going through our historical collections and enhancing the catalogue records so that they conform to modern standards for rare books. One aspect of this process are the fields on the records relating to the provenance of the book in question…
This is a blog post about the book “The Inspection of Meat: A Guide and Instruction Book to Officers Supervising Contract-Meat and to All Sanitary Inspectors Embodying the Teaching Imparted to the Army Service Corps.” By W. Wylde. This item is part of the London School of Hygiene and…
Prioritising Mental Health
This week is Mental Health Awareness Week, it’s crucial to recognise that good mental health is a fundamental for our overall wellness. Modern life can be stressful, the ever-increasing cost of living crisis, balancing your postgraduate studies with work, life and family. It’s important…
Thu, May 23, 2024 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM BST.
Seminar recording
The recording can be accessed by completing the registration form at https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/2890971650647376730.
This online seminar will introduce the open publishing and peer review model used by Wellcome Open Research, alongside other F1000-supported platforms, such as Gates Open Research, Open Research Europe, NIHR Open Research and F1000Research.
Attendees will gain an understanding of the publication requirements for Wellcome Open Research, and the workflows for submission, revision, and post-publication open peer review. It will provide advice for authors on how to address challenges in open access publication, and engage with the revision and peer review process that follows.
The seminar will also highlight several emerging trends in open publishing and research, including the use of pre-print servers, and the newly announced verified pre-print platform, VeriXiv – a partnership between F1000 and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
Read moreThe LSHTM research repository, ‘Research Online’, currently contains 61,867 items, which were downloaded over 55,000 times in 2022-2023. But have you ever wondered exactly who is actually using it?
Well, look no further! We’ve broken down the numbers for an in-depth look at exactly what…
The library at LSHTM holds a variety of material in its historical collections, much of it dating from the 19th century before the School was founded. Read on for some highlights from among this material.
