London 2014

For four weeks in 2014, I attended libraries and museums throughout London and Edinburgh as part of a class for library and information science (LIS). The class was officially called "British Libraries and Information Centers" and focused on research methods and compared librarianship in the United Kingdom and the United States.

You can read the blog I officially kept for coursework here. 

Here is a list of the libraries and information centers I visited:

Week 1

• Monday, June 30th:  Oxford University day trip
• Tuesday, July 1st: Stratford-upon-Avon day trip
• Wednesday, July 2nd: Stowe School day trip
• Thursday, July 3rd:  British Library (Big Bus Tour by myself)
• Friday, July 4th: WeekendExplore Trip1, Stonehenge and Winchester
• Saturday, July 5th: WeekendExplore Trip 2, Dover and Canterbury

Week 2

• Monday, July 7th: LAARC (London Archaeological Archives and Research Center) and place we are not allowed to name
• Tuesday, July 8th: Barbican Lending Library and St. Paul's Cathedral Library
• Wednesday, July 9th:  National Maritime Museum and Caird Library; researched at the Globe Theater Library on my own.
• Thursday, July 10th: British Museum Archives and Weiner Library
• Friday, July 11th: Kew Gardens and Andrew Wiltshire Lecture on Beatrix Potter
• Sunday, July 13th: Rode to Edinburgh

Week 3

• Monday, July 14th: National Library of Scotland and National Archives of Scotland
• Tuesday, July 15th: New College Library at Edinburgh University's Divinity School and Edinburgh Central Library
• Wednesday, July 16th - Friday, July 18th: Enjoyed wandering Edinburgh :)
• Saturday, July 19th: Lunch at the Frankenstein Tavern
• Sunday, July 20th: 12-hour bus tour to Loch Ness and the Scottish Highlands
• Monday, July 21st: Returned to London

Week 4

• Tuesday, July 22nd: Class: Westminster Abbey Library. On My Own: went to Tower of London in the morning and saw Some Like It Hot at the BFI (British Film Institute) that evening. 
• Wednesday, July 23rd: Museum of London Archives and Middle Temple Law Library
• Thursday, July 24th: Royal Geographical Society. Saw Martin Freeman in Richard III that evening with a friend.
• Friday, July 25th: Research and packing.

To read more about the LIS class, you can go to the class's page.


All in all, be prepared for plenty of pictures and articles about the UK in the next four weeks!