I'll focus on how to 'model' what you actually want to get from your primary sources, and how to get the most from everyday tools like Excel (without the need to delve into complex databases like Microsoft Access). We'll also touch on tagging style approaches to working with text

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Still a few places available for my course which introduces historians to how to structure data from primary sources to use digitally. This is designed precisely to help with exactly the problems and frustrations historians have in trying to work with their sources in Word or Excel!

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Less than a week until our (hybrid!) seminar @ihr.bsky.social - 'Race and the Rent Collector' with Jonah Miller: how did social investigators in 2 formative periods of British sociology account for difference in studies of poverty & the working class. Sign up here: tinyurl.com/53xv6j6c

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Join @historyandpolicy.bsky.social at the @ihr.bsky.social on 5 November for a conference exploring the employment challenges of reaching net zero, from lessons in past energy transitions to trade union perspectives and sector case studies from across the UK and Europe. 🔗 https://bit.ly/4jYpJZ

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Just had my @ihrlibrary.bsky.social card renewed by the friendly Librarians at @ihr.bsky.social. What a wonderful place to spend some time studying. #librariesaregreat

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