Geeky stuff- Building an archive solution
- Preprints and repositories in the Soviet Union
- Light weight cataloguing with BibTex
- What do we actually mean by data retention?
- Using BibTex for artefact description
- Open source literature and citizen science
- Scientific communication in pre 1989 Eastern Europe
- What is a repository?
- Lodlam 2015
- Electronic resources and BibTeX
- Exporting references from Dspace in BibTeX format
Monthly Archives: November 2024
Technology and me in 2024 …
For a long time now, I’ve been doing an annual review of my personal use of technology, so following on from last year’s review here’s the review for 2024. In a sense, not much has changed. I have finally bought … Continue reading
A nineteenth century hockey playing cult
While researching something else entirely I came across the story of the Agapemone, a nineteenth century quasi christian cult in England. I came across the cult due to the misuse of the laws governing lunacy in England in the mid … Continue reading
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Sewing machines and bicycles
Down at Lake View yesterday, one of the items I documented was an 1867 Britannia sewing machine made in Colchester in England Britannia machines were extensively advertised at the time and at a cost of GBP 9 – which works … Continue reading
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