British Library Annual Research Reports
British Library Annual Research Reports
British Library Annual Research Reports
This series of annual publications from the British Library highlights the research conducted by Library staff and affiliated researchers. The reports cover collaborative research projects and PhD research, as well as research done in the course of regular Library activities, such as exhibitions and conservation.
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Item type:Research report, British Library Research Report 2018-19(2020)British LibraryWelcome to our third annual Research Report, covering the academic year October 2018 to September 2019. Research is central to the work of the British Library, permeating what we do as an organisation and shaping what we are able to offer to all our users, collaborators and audiences. Reflecting on last year, I would normally highlight how we provide access to our collections and resources to researchers on site and online. As I write this during a global pandemic, when throughout lockdown researchers and public have been unable to use our physical spaces, it is particularly timely to signal how our own research also underpins growth in the remote discovery, access and use of our digital collections.3 2 - Some of the metrics are blocked by yourconsent settings
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Item type:Research report, British Library Research Report 2021–22(2023-04)The British LibraryThe latest edition of our Research Report, covering the academic year October 2021 to September 2022 is available. This is the sixth issue of this publication, which has become an annual highlight in our communications about our research. It is an opportunity to reflect on and celebrate achievements of the year, and to inspire future research activity at the Library. Our research continues to be as varied as the collections we hold and the range of services we offer as the national library. One of the spotlights in this issue takes a look at several projects that are unlocking visual collections at the Library. We have vast holdings of prints and drawings within our collection, but the majority of this material is hidden without research and interpretation to make them findable and visible to our audiences. We see several examples of how research underpins Library exhibitions at various stages in the development and even afterlife of a physical display. A new venture this year was an exhibition at Leeds City Museum, co-curated with Leeds Museums and Galleries, inspired by the major Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) project Living with Machines. Supporting our staff to develop research skills and expertise is another recurring theme in this issue. This year, we celebrated ten years of our in-house Digital Scholarship Training Programme, grew our membership of the AHRC Peer Review College, and enabled colleagues to take up fellowship opportunities and supervise PhD projects. In 2023, we celebrate the Library’s 50th anniversary. Our existing corporate strategy Living Knowledge (2015–23), which looks towards this milestone, affirms our organisational commitment to supporting research of all kinds. As I write, we are finalising a successor strategy to take us to 2030, which will build on the achievements of Living Knowledge and its framework of public value, while adapting to the challenges of a changing world. Research remains one of the core purposes of our organisation, and will continue to inform the other strands of our work: custodianship, business, culture, learning and international. We look forward to sharing more about research in the next chapter of our history in future reports.2 4 - Some of the metrics are blocked by yourconsent settings
Item type:Research report, British Library Research Report 2019-20(2022)British LibraryIt will come as no surprise that the impacts of a global pandemic on our research activities are a major theme of this, our fourth, annual Research Report. Regular readers will know that our reports reflect the breadth of research undertaken by our staff, students, fellows and collaborators during the previous academic year, in this case October 2019 to September 2020. This was a year of momentous change for many of us. The effects of national lockdowns, travel restrictions and the ability to access and research our physical collections, or collaborate safely in person, presented a great challenge. But it was also an opportunity to rethink how we do research effectively together when apart. And the range of successful projects, international collaborations and fellowships celebrated within these pages are testament to this.2 2 - Some of the metrics are blocked by yourconsent settings
Item type:Research report, British Library Research Report 2020–21(2022)British LibraryThis fifth annual research report has a particular emphasis on digital research, with features on crowdsourcing, international collaborations in digital scholarship and digitising our collections. A highlight this year was the return of exhibitions at our St Pancras site in London. You can read about the research that informed three exhibitions that took place this year, as well as projects that will feed in to future shows. Another theme in this report is the strength of our partnerships with organisations in a wide range of sectors. These include the Library's involvement in the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) Independent Research Organisations Consortium of cultural and heritage organisations, the renewal of partnerships with the government's Chevening Fellowship programme and Wikimedia UK, and a new collaboration with the National Trust.5 5