News and Views
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Published Date
- December 17, 2015
Travel Thursday: John Arrowsmith
Written by Louise Cowan, Trainee Liaison Librarian Born in 1790 in County Durham, John Arrowsmith moved to London at the…
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Published Date
- December 16, 2015
Nancy Astor: Reading and Parliamentary Archives collaborate on exciting new project
Special Collections are delighted to have been supporting this collaborative project, which celebrates the parliamentary career of Nancy Astor. We…
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Published Date
- December 15, 2015
Christmas Cards – The John Lewis Printing Collection
Written by Louise Cowan, Trainee Liaison Librarian Our lovely John Lewis Printing Collection comes complete with a fabulous and fun…
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Published Date
- December 4, 2015
Emma: a heroine whom no one but myself will much like
Written by Louise Cowan, Trainee Liaison Librarian This month celebrates the 200th anniversary of the publication of Jane Austen’s ‘Emma.’…
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Published Date
- December 3, 2015
Finding Items in the Cole Library
Written by Helen Westhrop, Library Assistant Next week I begin the reclassification of the Cole Library; by this I mean…
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Published Date
- November 26, 2015
Travel Thursday: Wish you were here…
Written by Louise Cowan, Trainee Liaison Librarian This week’s Travel Thursday feature focuses on postcards and in particular, the postcards…
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Published Date
- November 20, 2015
Explore your Archive: Ducks
Written by Louise Cowan, Trainee Liaison Librarian Today the theme of Explore Your Archives is Archive Animals so we’re going…
