THE LONDON PALAEOGRAPHY SUMMER SCHOOL 2008

Tuesday 24 June 2008

Ms Mura Ghosh (ULRLS)
Electronic Resources for Manuscript Studies

Half day - from 10.00am
Venue: IHR Computer Room, Institute of Historical Research, Senate House - North Block

This is a practical course exploring resources and search techniques for accessing descriptions and images of medieval manuscripts in electronic databases and manuscript catalogues. Online tools for reading medieval manuscripts will be examined. Bibliographic, full text resources, periodical databases and electronic journals for systematic literature searching and research in manuscript studies will also be discussed. Participants will have the opportunity to gain hands-on experience during the course therefore a basic understanding of web resources would be an advantage.

Maximum: 12 students
AV: tbc