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Helpers seminars for family and local historians

Posted on behalf of Tom Boyd, Helpers Project Assistant

Stephanie Kenna
Manager, Regional and Library Programmes
The British Library
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Helpers seminars, Friday 24 February and Friday 24 March - 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 recently been launched, thanks to funding from the former Electronic Access to Resources in Libraries (EARL) Consortium and the Laser Foundation.

Helpers contains descriptions of archival and manuscript collections held in Senate House Library, University of London (URL) and other libraries in the University of London which are of particular interest to family and local historians.  There are also:

*       tutorials and introductions to higher education libraries and archives
*       information on access arrangements
*       digitised examples of the material described

To help you make the most of Helpers, you are invited to attend one of two introductory seminars.  The seminars are entirely free of charge and will be held on Friday 24 February and Friday 24 March, 15h00-17h00, at Senate House Library, University of London.  The programme will include:

*       Helpers - what's in it for family and local historians?
*       Presentations on archival and manuscript collections featured in Helpers
*       An introductory tour to Senate House Library, its collections and reading rooms, especially Special Collections

As places are limited, you are encouraged to make a reservation as soon as possible.  To make your reservation, 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
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