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The Evolutionary Archive

 

  • 12 November 2010, 13:00 - 14:00
Add to Calendar 11/12/10 01:00 PM 11/12/10 02:00 PM United Kingdom (GMT) The Evolutionary Archive <p>Accounts addressing the recent history of British evolutionary science have not yet fully benefited from research using archives held at British Library, including the papers John Maynard Smith FRS. This talk offers an overview of the John Maynard Smith archive, which primarily contains correspondence, original research records and offprint collections. I&amp;#39;ll explain how the archive is structured and what work is being undertaken to make it accessible to researchers, and mention some of the challenges.</p> The Royal Society, London, SW1Y 5AG
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Accounts addressing the recent history of British evolutionary science have not yet fully benefited from research using archives held at British Library, including the papers John Maynard Smith FRS. This talk offers an overview of the John Maynard Smith archive, which primarily contains correspondence, original research records and offprint collections. I&#39;ll explain how the archive is structured and what work is being undertaken to make it accessible to researchers, and mention some of the challenges.

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Accounts addressing the recent history of British evolutionary science have not yet fully benefited from research using archives held at British Library, including the papers John Maynard Smith FRS. This talk offers an overview of the John Maynard Smith archive, which primarily contains correspondence, original research records and offprint collections. I&#39;ll explain how the archive is structured and what work is being undertaken to make it accessible to researchers, and mention some of the challenges.

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Speaker: Dr Katrina Dean, British Library

Accounts addressing the recent history of British evolutionary science have not yet fully benefited from research using archives held at British Library, including the papers of John Maynard Smith FRS. This talk offers an overview of the John Maynard Smith archive, which primarily contains correspondence, original research records and offprint collections. I'll explain how the archive is structured and what work is being undertaken to make it accessible to researchers, and mention some of the challenges.