Latest information on library arrangements during relocation

Jun 30, 2011

During the two year period of relocation to the 3rd floor of the South Block, one-third of the IHR Library will remain on open access. Much of the remainder of the collection will be housed in the Senate House Tower, and the rest will be in offsite storage in Egham,...

New datasets for London history

Jun 27, 2011

Recently added to British History Online is the first in a series of datasets for early modern London. Generated by the People in Place project, each dataset is focussed on family and household in a group of London parishes in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries....

Has open access come of age ?

Jun 22, 2011

‘Open Access comes of age’ was the headline in a recent issue of Nature News, the article reporting a recent study published in Public Library of Science One, that found that the number of articles in freely accessible journals is growing at a rate of 20%...

A sneak preview of the Library’s new accommodation

Jun 20, 2011

Author: Jennifer Higham (IHR Librarian) From the beginning of August 2011 the IHR Library will be open in its new temporary home on the 3rd floor of the south block of Senate House. We thought it would be helpful to use this blog to provide a preview of what to expect...

IHR members’ post

Jun 17, 2011

For many years some IHR members have had post sent to the IHR. We have provided space to keep this post until collected, on the understanding that this was at members’ own risk. For various reasons – unsolicited mail, infrequent visits by members –...

The IHR’s original home

Jun 17, 2011

The Institute of Historical Research has not always occupied its current home. When it opened in 1921 it was based in temporary wooden buildings along Malet Street. Although lacking the grandeur of Senate House, these ‘Tudor style’ huts were purpose built,...