Monthly Archives: January 2015
A Representation of War and Peace in the Special Collections
The presentation below is on the theme of War and Peace and highlights some of the UCL Institute of Education’s Special Collections. These include: The Historical Comparative Education Collection The History of Education Collection The Grantham Number Ones The Grenfell … Continue reading
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Tagged bbc /broadcast to schools, grantham number ones, Grenfell Collection, historical comparative education collection, historical textbooks collection, history of education, Official Publications, peace, school histories collection, special collections, textbook research, textbooks, war
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Ladybird reading schemes
Whilst looking through some recent book donations, I found some old press cuttings from Teachers World magazine. The advert on the back of one press cuttings- for a reading scheme- was a real snapshot of children’s publishing in the 1960’s; … Continue reading
A glimpse into The Historical Textbooks Collection
One of the largest of the Special Collections at the UCL Institute of Education’s Newsam Library is the Historical Textbooks Collection. It has approximately 88,000 textbooks and classroom teaching resources dating from the 1890s onwards, when state-funded education was introduced … Continue reading
Ch-ch-ch-changes
Changes to accessing information –whether it be your bank or a library database—can be downright annoying, especially when you’ve just acclimatised yourself to the old access route. Post-merger with UCL, we are in a phase of changes. While a great … Continue reading
Mine-Haha or Innocence?
One of the most unusual books that I have ever read is the novella Mine-Haha, or On the Bodily Education of Young Girls (Original German title is ‘Mine-Haha oder Uber korperliche Erziehung der jungen Madchen) which was originally published in 1903. … Continue reading
New LibGuide- ’Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) Education Resources’
A new LibGuide has been created for our growing collection of online guidance. The guide, ‘Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) Education Resources’ is a little late, as I had hope to launch it in time for Black History Month October … Continue reading
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If you are interested in historical feminist campaigns…
‘The Woman Teacher – the Organ of the National Union of Women Teachers’ New resource available to read and download from our repository Each issue of the journal has been scanned as one PDF. A sneaky bug we’re currently trying … Continue reading
Featuring DERA at the 2nd Annual Histories Day 2015
History Libraries & Research Open Day On 20th January Dan O’Connor and I will be promoting the Newsam Library’s Special Collections and Archives at the Annual History Libraries and Research Open Day 2015. ‘Histories Day’ as it is now referred … Continue reading
History Libraries & Research Open Day
Save this date: Tuesday 20 January 2015! For anyone studying and researching history or related disciplines, this will be an important opportunity to locate key libraries, archives and collections. Following up on the successful 2014 History Day, Senate House Library and the … Continue reading
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