Pollard the 3D Penguin in the IHR Library

Pollard the 3D Penguin in the IHR Library

To tie in with this year’s Being Human Festival theme of ‘Lost and Found’, the IHR Library recently installed a new exhibition focused on the four points of the compass and the library’s resources for each geographical area. I was tasked with...

User Experience in the IHR Library: UXLibsIII

As part of the IHR Library’s ongoing commitment to researching and improving user experience in the library, earlier this summer I attended the UXLibsIII conference in Glasgow. The two-day conference brought together 180 delegates from 19 countries and it was...

All the Right Ingredients: Food History Resources in the IHR Library

The IHR Library recently celebrated the opening of its latest exhibition, All the Right Ingredients: Food History Resources in the IHR Library. Food as a source of nourishment is a necessity of life, but it also has deeper significance. Its importance ensures that it...

An Evening of Food History in the IHR Library

On Monday 15th May, the IHR Library will host an evening dedicated to food history to coincide with the opening of a new exhibition, ‘All the Right Ingredients: Food History Resources in the IHR,’ examining the history of food as revealed by the...

Museum and Heritage Studies in the IHR Library

 – New research guide to the Library’s Museum Studies and Heritage collections – With research in the fields of museum studies and heritage continuing to expand and develop as a key trend in history, the IHR library has recently compiled a guide to the...