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
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Madeleine and George
A few years ago, I got interested in the story of Madeleine Smith, a youg woman in Glasgow who was put on trial for murdering her clingy boyfriend by putting arsenic in his cocoa when he refused to break off … Continue reading
The afterlife of Katherine Scragg
As I often do, I decided to find out a little of Katherine Scragg’s life after her 1887 assault. I’d already established that in both the 1891 and 1901 censuses she was listed as a school teacher living in Cheslyn … Continue reading
Ethel Voynich’s early life as revealed by the census…
As I’ve said elsewhere I spent part of yesterday afternoon in the library researching Ethel Voynich’s early life to see what I could glean from the England Wales census records Ignoring the 1871 census which unsurprisingly confirms she was living … Continue reading
The Lunatic Asylum Soviet …
When I was researching the story of Ethel Voynich, I came across the following link I couldn’t of course access it as I’m not a UCC student or staff member, but fortunately the State Library of Victoria also provides access … Continue reading
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Ethel Voynich
If you’ve been following my blogs you’ll know that I have an interest in both the role of the Okhrana, the tsarist secret police, in penetrating groups of anti tsarist dissident living in London, and also the attempts by the … Continue reading
Adelaide to Port Lincoln 1877
As I’ve said elsewhere, I’m no way a serious collector of nineteenth century postal ephemera, but I will admit to buying the occasional item now and then. My most recent purchase was inspired by our recent trip to Port Lincoln … Continue reading
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The time before the internet …
While we were away in South Australia, I took a couple of paperbacks with me to read, rather than an e-reader. J likes to sit and sketch, and in the bright sun of a South Australian autumn an e-ink screen … Continue reading
An autumn road trip …
We’ve had ourselves a road trip out west, as far west as Port Lincoln in South Australia. It was really just a little vacation, but we had ourselves a good time and visited some interesting places along the way. We … Continue reading
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The Galloway Hoard – in Adelaide
By pure chance, we were in Adelaide at the same time of as the Galloway Hoard exhibition at the South Australian Museum. The Galloway Hoard is a collection of hack silver and other pillaged objects that probably came from the … Continue reading
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Colonial era post box in Glenelg SA
A nice example of a preserved colonial era pillar box in Glenelg. The box is outside the library, not far from where the tram line ends in Moseley Square. while obviously well loved by the local dogs it is a … Continue reading
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