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1 Sociological and Cultural Research at the British Library Sarah Evans
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Sociological and Cultural Research at the British Library
Sarah Evans
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Our collections
• 150 million items 625 km shelves 12 km p.a. growth
• Most known languages Ancient to modern Conferences
• Newspapers Grey lit Patents
• PaintingsMagazines Official Publications
• Wax cylinders Sound Talks
• IOR BIPC Photographs
• Oral history e-publications Fanzines
Manuscripts Websites IGOs
Maps and atlases WeaponsModels
Research reportsBooks
Music scores Bread booksExhibitions
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Social Sciences at the BL
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Research and Collection Development Partnerships
(1) Sisterhood and After
http://www.sussex.ac.uk/clhlwr/1-7-11.html
(2) Voices of the UK
(3) Children’s Playground Games
in the New Media Age
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Ethnicity, ‘race’, anti-fascism
Bibliographical material to expose collections
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Ethnographic recordings
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Health: oral histories
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Sport and Society
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The sporting body
Women’s training manuals
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19th Century Newspapers
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1990s calling cards
