The Library Hub team are very excited to be attending History Day 2024 on Tuesday 5th November at Senate House, London!
This year marks the 10th anniversary of History Day which celebrates library, museum, archive and history collections across the UK & beyond. A free, annual one day event, History Day is created collaboratively between the Institute of Historical Research and Senate House Library. The day brings together students, researchers and anyone with an interest in history alongside professionals from galleries, libraries, archives, museums and research organisations.
Jisc Library Hub Discover, a free service, exposes rare and unique research material by bringing together the catalogues of over 200 major UK and Irish libraries. In a single search you can discover the holdings of the UK’s National Libraries (including the British Library), many university libraries, and specialist research libraries.
We’ve compiled some of our previous blog posts to look back at some of our celebrations of History Day over the past few years:
- 2022 Showcasing Science libraries and Historic Collections
- 2021 Environmental History and Specialist Libraries
- 2020 Highlighting Specialist Libraries and Historic Collections:
Many of the libraries that contribute to Jisc Library Hub are also participating in History Day so we’ve picked a few of their amazing 2024 contributions to highlight here:
- Linnean Society of London : From 15th Century to today, how to find Treasures in Linnean Collections
- LSE Library: current exhibition, Exposure and Contrast: The Exit Photography Group
- Royal College of Surgeons of England:
– The many forms of seasickness,
– The mysteries behind a mediaeval manuscript of “women’s ills”
– Poisons and the development of Toxicology in the 19th century - SOAS: Special Collections at SOAS University of London
You can find more about all of the showcased collections and institutions taking part here: https://historycollections.blogs.sas.ac.uk/discover-collections/
Fellow Jisc service, Archives Hub, will also be attending History Day and you will find us both exhibiting on the Jisc stand – so do please come and say hello! You can find their brilliant blog post which focuses on Autumn in the Archives and find out more about accessing their services.
We are looking forward to celebrating 10 years of History Day – what will you Discover? 11am – 4pm 5th November 2024, Senate House, London.
More information on Library Hub Discover:
- Visit Library Hub Discover
- Find out how to conduct basic and advanced searches
- View full list of Discover libraries, with details of their collections
- Join our mailing list: to receive updates about Library Hub Discover – visit Jiscmail to sign up
