Historical Bibliography is available for
CPD as a standalone course:
http://www.ucl.ac.uk/dis/taught/
shortcourses
Each year around half the class are
studying towards their MA LIS, the first
qualification for information
professionals:
http://www.ucl.ac.uk/dis/taught/pg/lis
Qualified librarians can work towards
their MRes:
http://www.ucl.ac.uk/dis/taught/pg/mres
Since 2011, the module has also been
available as part of the new MA/MSc
Digital Humanities:
http://www.ucl.ac.uk/dh/courses/mamsc
MRes in Library, Archive and
Information Studies
Historical Bibliography
The MRes is a mid-career cross-domain
qualification for those who wish to
develop their leadership, management
and professional skills. Students are
offered a flexible but guided programme
of study to develop their leadership,
management, information technology
and professional skills. Students choose
from a range of taught courses, and
research and write a dissertation of
25,000 words.
http://www.ucl.ac.uk/dis/taught/pg/mres
MA/MSc Digital Humanities
The Master's degree in Digital
Humanities at UCL draws together
teaching from a wide range of
disciplines, to investigate the application
of computational technologies to the
arts, humanities, and cultural heritage.
Core modules include XML, Internet
Technologies and Server Programming
and Structured Data.
http://www.ucl.ac.uk/dh/courses/mamsc
Short Course / MA LIS /
Master of Research /
MA Digital Humanities
Anne Welsh, a.welsh@ucl.ac.uk
Historical Bibliography is a ten-week
Teaching is delivered by a team
module taught on Monday afternoons
including Anne Welsh (module
in the Autumn term (October –
coordinator), Frederick Bearman,
December).
Genny Grim and Joanne Maddocks.
It provides an overview of Western
The course is supported by UCL
Book History, from the development of
Library Special Collections and two
the codex to the 21st century, with an
thirds of class time involves hands-on
emphasis on the printed book.
Lectures cover significant developments
in History of the Book, Bibliography as a
Practical workshops include rare
books handling; identification of
watermarks, bindings and print
techniques; quasi facsimile; foliation
subject discipline, and research
techniques including provenance,
readership studies, authorship studies
and textual analysis.
and collation; bibliographic description
and an introduction to rare books
cataloguing (DCRMB).
Classes give an introduction to practical
skills for new rare books professionals.
work with rare books.