The @BL_Labs Roadshows: dates and locations for 2018

Do you want to learn more about the British Library’s digital collections? Are you interested in discovering how other researchers have used our digitised material in creative and innovative ways? Would you like to give us feedback on the kinds of services we are providing and would like to provide for digital scholars? Come and meet Library staff and gain an insight into some of the opportunities and challenges of working with our digital content. Get advice, pick up tips, and consider entering the digital project you have been working on for one of the BL Labs Awards (deadline Thursday 11^th October 2018).

Our @BL_Labs Roadshows will be held at university departments across the UK between March and June 2018. Events will include presentations from the British Library and host institutions, practical hands-on workshops, a chance to explore and discuss what you may do with some of the Library's data and for you to speak to and get feedback from experts. We’re also keen to hear your views on some of the long-term services the British Library is hoping to develop for those who want to work with our digital collections and data.

Register for one of the roadshows! They are FREE to attend and OPEN TO ALL (unless otherwise stated). For further details about locations we are visiting this year, see below: 

BL Labs Roadshow locations for 2018

Map from the BL's 1 Million Flickr Images - p.12 of "A Manual of British and Irish History" by Thomas Flanagan. British Library HMNTS 1325.e.21

March

• Monday 26 March 2018 (10:00 – 13:00) - BL Labs Roadshow at CityLIS (City University of London Department of Library and Information Science), London (internal event)

April

• Monday 9 April 2018 (10:00 – 16:00) - BL Labs Roadshow at the Open University, Milton Keynes (internal event)
• Thursday 12 April 2018 (12:00 – 16:30) - BL Labs Roadshow at the University of Bristol, Bristol
• Tuesday 24 April 2018 (09:00 – 13:00) - BL Labs Roadshow at UCL (University College London), London
• Wednesday 25 April 2018 (12:30 – 16:00) - BL Labs Roadshow at the University of Kent, Canterbury

May

• Wednesday 2 May 2018 (09:30 – 13:00) - BL Labs Roadshow at the University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh
• Tuesday 15 May 2018 (09:00 – 13:00) - BL Labs Roadshow at the University of Wolverhampton, Wolverhampton
• Wednesday 16 May 2018 (12:30 – 16:00) - BL Labs Roadshow at the University of Lincoln, Lincoln

June

• Tuesday 5 June 2018 (12:00 – 16:00) - BL Labs Roadshow at the University of Leeds, Leeds
• Wednesday 27 June 2018 (09:00 – 13:00) - BL Labs Roadshow at the University of Birmingham, Birmingham

You will be able to view the full programme details for each of the roadshows, and book your place via Eventbrite. Links will be live shortly or visit our events page.

For any further questions, please contact us at [email protected].

The British Library Labs project is funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and the British Library.

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