Open access – a postgrad perspective

Kathleen McIlvenna, Institute of Historical Research, University of London (first published on The History Student blog) Last Friday I went to the ‘Finch Report, Open Access and the Historical Community’ event organised by the Institute of Historical Research and...

April Fool’s Day: RCUK adds fuel to the Open Access fire

Derek Sayer, Professor of Cultural History at the University of Lancaster and Professor Emeritus at the University of Alberta (first posted on the Coasts of Bohemia blog) On March 6 Research Councils UK (RCUK), the umbrella organization representing all the major UK...

The Finch Report, open access and the historical community

On Friday 1 March 2013, the Institute of Historical Research and the Royal Historical Society organised a free colloquium on the subject of ‘The Finch Report, open access and the historical community’. The event was attended by more than 120 people, who...

Image Copyright: An Introduction (1)

Our Permissions Controller for the digitisation of the Royal Commission on Historical Monuments of England, Rachael Lazenby, has written an introductory guide to copyright for images, drawing on her experience on this project and on other work that she has done. This...

James Bettley on RCHME, Essex

This post first appeared on our British History Online blog. British History Online is currently making freely available all the inventory volumes of the Royal Commission on Historical Monuments of England: Following the publication of the RCHME, Essex volumes on...

James Bettley on RCHME Essex

Following the publication of the RCHME, Essex volumes on British History Online, the architectural historian James Bettley has kindly written a guest post about the value, and limitations, of these volumes. Dr Bettley’s revision of the Pevsner Architectural...