Stories
- Article
Why we no longer keep our dead at home
Today in the UK we rarely sit with, touch, or perhaps even see our loved ones after they’ve died. Past practices were very different and, Claire Cock-Starkey argues, were more helpful for those grieving.
- Article
Artificial intelligence and the dream of eternal life
Until now, eternal life was the stuff of fiction, or in the unknowable realms of religion. But an artificial intelligence that ‘remembers’ the whole of an individual’s experience could be the way to life after death.
- Article
The Key to Memory: Write it down
Nick Dent explores what the Library of the Human Genome can tell us about how and why we remember.
- Article
Can isolation lead to manipulation?
Military-funded researchers wanted to know if isolation techniques could facilitate brainwashing. One neuroscientist suggested that it might improve our own control over our minds.
Catalogue
- Archives and manuscripts
Index cards recording minuted decisions from Council and Committee meetings
Date: 1980sReference: SA/NCT/K/2/9Part of: National Childbirth Trust (NCT)- Books
Crossroads : proceedings of the First National Conference of the Library and Information Technology Association, September 17-21, 1983, Baltimore, Maryland / edited by Michael Gorman.
Library and Information Technology Association (U.S.). National Conference 1983 : Baltimore, Md.)Date: [1984], ©1984- Books
Techniques of information retrieval / B.C. Vickery.
Vickery, B. C. (Brian Campbell)Date: [1970]- Books
OECD future studies information base : key features and utilisation / Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.Date: 1991- Books
How to find information : life sciences a guide to searching in published sources / [by Rupert Lee].
Date: 1992