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Tom Boyd Helpers - a new web resource for family and local historians Helpers, (http://helpers.shl.lon.ac.uk), a web interface designed to open up archival and manuscript collections in the University of London to family and local historians and other public library users, has just been launched, thanks to funding from the former Electronic Access to Resources in Libraries (EARL) Consortium and the Laser Foundation (http://www.bl.uk/about/cooperation/laser.html). Helpers contains descriptions of archival and manuscript collections held in Senate House Library, University of London (www.shl.lon.ac.uk) and other libraries in the University of London which are of particular interest to family and local historians. There are also: * special tutorials and introductions to higher education libraries and archives * details of access arrangements * digitised examples of the material described This growing new web interface will help family and local historians to make the most of archival and manuscript collections held in higher education libraries and to build up a rich and contextualised history of their ancestors and localities. For further information about Helpers (http://helpers.shl.lon.ac.uk) please contact: Tom Boyd Senate House Library University of London Senate House Malet Street London WC1E 7HU Telephone 020 7862 8477 Fax 020 7862 8480 Email [log in to unmask]