Digital collections

King's College London Libraries & Collections holds extensive and internationally important Archives and Special Collections. We are working hard to make these collections as open and as accessible as possible, and this includes using new technologies and platforms.

Below you will find details of collections we have digitised and disseminated online, digital scholarship projects, catalogues and datasets, and our social media and outreach activities.

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Digital Scholarship encompasses the increasingly diverse application of digital technology to scholarly activity emphasising openness and cross-disciplinary collaboration, as well as the challenging of traditional and established methodological norms.
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Digital Scholarship at King's

King's College London has a long tradition of research in the digital humanities, going back to the early 1970s. The Department for Digital Humanities started as the 'Centre for Computing in the Humanities' in 1992 and King's Libraries & Collections has been pleased to collaborate with it ever since as well as contributing our own projects, tools and expertise. The Department has been highly influential in areas of digital information management and digital research methods, and today its expertise in digital archives and libraries is still in high demand.

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Catalogues and Datasets: Catalogue content available online

Links to catalogues and datasets

Get the most out of these catalogues

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*Start the "Using Archives In Your Studies" module on Keats* This module is designed to support learners and researchers develop their understanding of how Archive services operate, how they're structured, and how they can support your learning and research. (KCL ID required)
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*Start the "Using Special Collections In Your Studies" module on Keats* This module is designed to support learners and researchers develop their understanding of how a Special Collection operates, how they're structured, and how they can support your learning and research. (KCL ID required)
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*Reach out to us* Under archives@kcl.ac.uk (for queries about archival materials) or specialcollections@kcl.ac.uk (for queries about our rare books).