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Colourful drawing of a person with disability on a wheelchair.

Book Display: International Day of Persons with Disabilities (IDPD) 3 December 2024

By lshvp2 · November 29, 2024 · Books, Collections · No comments

On 3 December, we observe the International Day of Persons with Disabilities (IDPD), an annual event established by the United Nations General Assembly in 1992 (Resolution 47/3). This important Day aims to raise awareness about the challenges faced by persons with disabilities while championing their dignity, rights, and wellbeing…

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Barnard 3.0 – Updating the library collection: a look at the pamphlets

By Martyn Post · August 11, 2021 · Books, Journals, Uncategorised, User Services · No comments

With the update to the Barnard Classification Scheme completed, thousands of physical items in the library collection have had classmarks changed. Updating items on the records management system and the physical items in the main collection, the basement and the pamphlet collection in the gallery. Rather the large and daunting…

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Introducing Item of the Month

By · April 1, 2016 · Archives · No comments

April marks the start of our Item of the Month, an initiative that aims to promote items from the LSHTM Archives that may have been overlooked in the past. We will choose items that reflect events, news, or themes of the month. This month we have chosen the School’s…

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