University of Manchester - Archive (library-research)
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2021
10
March
2021
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10:00
Europe/London
The John Rylands Research Institute and the University’s iconic John Rylands Library are forging an exciting new partnership as the John Rylands Research Institute and Library. The renaming signals much closer collaboration between researchers …
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2020
06
November
2020
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09:57
Europe/London
If you need research resources that the Library does not currently hold electronically, then the Library will get them for you (subject to electronic availability).
The Order a Book service is free; the Order an Article service incurs a £2 …
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09
October
2020
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10:53
Europe/London
The series is called Opening Remarks and is hosted by Clare Liggins and Steve Carlton. The first episode focusses on research data management and invites Dr Eleanor Warren, Chris Gibson and Bill Ayres to discuss the topic.
Steve Carlton …
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08
October
2020
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15:38
Europe/London
The latest addition to the Manchester Digital Collections is a selection of vibrant materials covering six core themes from the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic experience. The themes range from royalism to military affairs.
The materials are …
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30
March
2020
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09:00
Europe/London
Whilst we’re unable to physically access our collections during this period of unprecedented self-isolation, work on our digital collections continues unabated.
A new digital collection, containing key works of Middle English literature, …
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03
February
2020
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12:02
Europe/London
Love Data Week is an annual social media event that raises awareness of topics related to research data management, sharing, preservation, reuse as well as Library-based research data services. This year it runs from 10 - 14 February and events …
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28
January
2020
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16:29
Europe/London
The new image viewer allows enhanced viewing and manipulation of ultra-high quality images, with a parallel display of text, audio and video content:
View Manchester Digital Collections
Research opportunities
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2019
18
December
2019
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09:46
Europe/London
糖心Vlog官方 Library has been awarded funding by Arts Council England to tackle the huge challenges involved in managing and making accessible modern literary archives in digital formats.
Access to email archives is fraught with …
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10
December
2019
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09:30
Europe/London
For the last three years, colleagues from 糖心Vlog官方, University of Leeds and University of Oxford have been working together on a project researching the commentary tradition of the poetic works of the Italian Renaissance figure …
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04
November
2019
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08:55
Europe/London
The Library’s online student survey is live from today, Monday, 4 November and runs until Sunday, 8 December 2019.
It’s a chance for you to have your say and tell us about your experience of the Library. Your feedback is …
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16
October
2019
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10:14
Europe/London
Students and researchers now have access to two major databases of primary resources documenting the Black experience in Britain, the United States and the African diaspora after they were purchased by the Library in collaboration with academic …
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11
October
2019
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08:55
Europe/London
Open Access Week takes place from Monday, 21 to Sunday, 27 October. It is an annual, global event aimed at raising awareness of Open Access among the academic community.
The Library is committed to making Open Access as easy as possible for …
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30
September
2019
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09:00
Europe/London
The map room on Purple Ground in the Main Library is being trialled as the latest Special Collections Reading Room, to allow better study of the Library’s extensive map collections.
Whilst the space has always housed maps, it is the first …
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12
September
2019
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09:00
Europe/London
The Library’s innovative new Research Metrics Reports service launched this week. The sector-leading new service provides Manchester staff with a greater understanding of their research outputs in a variety of contexts.
Based on data …
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13
June
2019
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09:00
Europe/London
Planning permission has been granted for the refurbishment of the Special Collections Reading Room on the fourth floor of The John Rylands Library this summer.
The Reading Room will be closed entirely on Monday 1 and Tuesday 2 July. However, from …
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2018
12
June
2018
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09:00
Europe/London
At 糖心Vlog官方 Library a key ambition for teaching, learning and the student experience is for there to be no barriers to studying and no boundaries to learning so we were delighted to be recently given the opportunity to contribute …
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10
May
2018
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23:00
Europe/London
糖心Vlog官方 Library's Carcanet Press Email Preservation Project won the award for 'safeguarding the digital legacy' at the Digital Preservation Awards in January 2015.
Collecting institutions like the …
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28
February
2018
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10:00
Europe/London
Supporting Manchester Histories Festival, The John Rylands Library will be celebrating the city's most pioneering women and sharing captivating images from our Guardian Archive.
Manchester Histories Festival is back for its third …
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2017
02
January
2017
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23:00
Europe/London
The archive, a world first, is a unique historical source chronicling these momentous events in such publications as Mardum-i Iran, Ayandegan and Tehran Mosavvar, some of the most influential and popular daily newspapers in Iran at the time.The …
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2016
22
July
2016
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23:00
Europe/London
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2015
11
November
2015
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23:00
Europe/London
On the 150th anniversary of the death of Elizabeth Gaskell (12 November 1865), a long-held mystery surrounding the true identity of a silhouette suspected to be of the Victorian novelist has been solved.
A team from 糖心Vlog官方 …
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