Bank Holiday Monday

The Library and Archives Service will be closed on the August Bank Holiday, Monday 26th August.  We will re-open on Tuesday 27th August at 8:30 am.

World Mosquito Day 20th August

 


Tea party at the Ross Institute, 20 Aug. 1931, celebrating 34th anniversary  of Mosquito Day; the day on which Sir Ronald Ross discovered the mosquito transmission of malaria. Ross's dog, Binkie, takes pride of place.

 

LSHTM Archives contain Sir Ronald Ross' Archive, including the now fragile notebook in which he recorded his discovery  in 1897. The collection contains over 20,000 items. Details of the archive can be found online at http://www.lshtm.ac.uk/library/archives/index.html 




Ross notebook detailing discovery

 




Sir Ronald Ross with microscope

 

As well as papers, the archive also contains Ross's microscope plus a box of original malarial blood slides taken in India, and a fragile mosquito box, used in field work.

Add your Research Centre/Group to LSHTM Research Online

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We already have a  number of research centres and groups listed as collection within LSHTM Research Online http://researchonline.lshtm.ac.uk/view/research_centre/ but know there are a number of others which we don't. Having your centre or group collected in LSHTM Research Online means that it's research will be managed in a standardised way and will preserve and promote the outputs probably beyond the life of the centre or group.

If you centre or group is not here, all we will need you to do is send through to researchonline@lshtm.ac.uk the members of the centre or group and a list of publications that should be 'tagged' with that name. We will then set up the centre or group and provide you with the ability to 'tag' future publications. Once this has been done we will also provide you with a RSS feed which you can then embed in your own centre or group website this will mean that once a new publication is 'tagged' it will automatically show up on your site.

We can also add posters, powerpoints, reports, conference presentations, audio and video.

To put this in motion or find out how LSHTM Research Online can help promote and preserve  your research just contact us.

Library Closing at 2pm on Friday 16th August

The Library will be closing at 2pm on Friday 16th August for the Mosquito Day Event. The Library will re-open as usual at 9am on Saturday 17th August.