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1. Librarian Heather discovers relatives in her own archive!

   Digging into the archives to find your ancestors often throws up surprises.

2. Malcolm Lowry archive celebrates Merseyside writer

   Under The Volcano author inspires Day of the Dead events annually in his home city

3. Sixty years of Liverpool Everyman celebrated with LJMU Exhibition

   Liverpool John Moores University’s Libraries: Archives and Special Collections has partnered with the Liverpool Everyman to celebrate the sixty-year history of the theatre.

4. Artificial Intelligence to give new access to 500-year-old manuscripts

   Ground-breaking computational methods will be used by a team of researchers to advance the access of historical collections and study the history of Early Colonial Mexico.

5. Celebrating creativity across the city

   Willy Russell: Behind the Scenes

6. Exhibition showcases 200 years of LJMU history

   Graphic Design students team up with Library Services and the LJMU Archives to create three-week show

7. Art on Merseyside celebrated on campus

   LJMU hosted charity Arts Friends Merseyside in recognition of the organisation’s dedication to the arts in the region, while celebrating LJMU's art collections.

8. Future-proofing history

   Liverpool workers’ memories of the Elder Dempster Lines, the UK’s largest shipping group trading between Western Europe and West Africa, have been recorded and captured as part of an online archive created by Liverpool John Moores University.

9. In my Liverpool home

   LJMU archives help the BBC tell the tales of those who've lived at 62 Falkner Street for A House Through Time.

10. Over 200 pieces of artwork catalogued across LJMU campus

    As LJMU prepares to celebrate 200 years, over 200 pieces of artwork belonging to the university have been catalogued