Library Science recognises that knowledge organisation systems, grouping related materials together, impose particular views of the world. Conscious and unconscious decisions play a part in how these organisational systems are created. In Part I of this Library Story, I explore how the BSA Map Collection was organised and the implications ...
The BSA Library has a significant cartographic collection. Thanks to the invaluable support of outgoing IT Officer, Hallvard Indgjerd, we can now offer a digital tool that allows searching and browsing of around 1,000 British Admiralty and Greek Army maps from the 19th and 20th centuries. Library Research Assistant Emily ...
Library stories launches a series where new and old library users share their experiences of the BSA Library and describe how it has facilitated their research and study. In this post, Professor Mike Edwards, BSA Visiting Fellow 2019-20 writes about his time as a library user. I first used the ...
After careful consideration, the British School at Athens reopened its library to members and readers on 3 June, after a long period of general lockdown. The library adapted its protocols to meet the new regulations in force to ensure safety for users and staff. These are reviewed regularly and are ...
Thanks to the generosity of the Friends of the British School at Athens the processing of Richard and Mary Jo Clogg’s Levant Library, which was donated to BSA, is continuing. Project librarian Evgenia Villioti is now working on the part of the collection dedicated to Modern Balkan History. Here we ...