Press release
ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳ Library Launches New Digital Library
We are pleased to announce the launch of our new ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳ Digital Library!
Containing 500,000 pages of digital content freely available to search, browse and download, this is a significant step in furthering access to our collections for anyone who wants to use them. The site includes digitised and born-digital items from ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳ Library’s flagship collections such as The Women's Library, the Hall-Carpenter Archives and the Charles Booth Archive, as well as key Economic History collections of official statistics. But there is also much, much more to discover! Why not take a look and see what you can find?
This new platform provides access to the full range of nationally significant collections available on our previous Digital Library, as well as exciting new resources and a suite of enhanced user features.
A new has been made to help users and ensure that search and discovery of Digital Library content is now easier than ever.
We are eager to work with researchers using our collections so we can further develop the site to support teaching, learning and research. Get in touch if that is you!
Quote from the Director of ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳ Library:
“I am immensely proud to see our unique collections showcased brilliantly in the new ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳ Digital Library. It’s a big step forward in making our Digital Library collections more discoverable and accessible. The new platform is designed for use for everyone - the general public and digital scholars, and we are really looking forward to seeing the new and exciting ways that our users will engage with our digital collections.” Niamh Tumelty, Director of ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳ Library.
For more information, please contact:
Henry Rowsell
Digital Library Manager, ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳ Library
h.r.rowsell@lse.ac.uk
Descriptions of the flagship collections mentioned, and collection links
The Women's Library is the oldest and largest library in Britain devoted to the history of women's campaigning and activism. It developed from the Women’s Suffrage Committee founded in London in 1866. The library officially opened in 1926 and has been housed at ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳ since 2013. Read More on .
A digitised collection from The Women’s Library on ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳ Digital Library:
The Women’s Library Photos (1,216 postcards and photographs from The Women's Library museum collection relating to individuals, activists and campaigning groups in the 20th century) :
The Hall-Carpenter Archives, named in honour of the lesbian novelist Marguerite Radclyffe Hall and Edward Carpenter, the writer on social and sexual reform, are an extensive collection of archives, ephemera and printed material documenting the development of LGBT+ activism in the UK since the 1950s.
A digitised collection from the Hall-Carpenter Archives on ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳ Digital Library:
LGBT+ badges (226 badges from the Hall-Carpenter Archives ephemera collection) :
The Charles Booth Archive contains the poverty maps, papers and notebooks of Charles Booth’s inquiry into the ‘Life and Labour of the People in London’ an investigation into the distribution of wealth and poverty in late-Victorian London (published 1886-1903). The most famous items in this collection are the maps, known for their street-by-street colour-coded display of wealth distribution throughout the city at the time. Read more on ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳ Library Collection highlights.
Charles Booth Archive collection page on ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳ Digital Library:
Economic History Collection contains official publications selected from ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳ Library’s key collections of UK government and economic statistics, dating from 1884 to 2002. They contain time-series data on a range of topics, including demographics, economics, public health and housing.
Economic History collection page on ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳ Digital Library: