News from the Royal Society's Library and Archives

As the library has a role in preserving the Institute's history as well as providing up-to-the-minute science information, we're always looking for web resources to use - this one came to light as a result of a Google search for something entirely different, the joy of serendipity.

The Royal Society's Library and Archives have a rather nice News page, where each month they highlight items from their collections including:

• Archive of the month - August entry: the creation of a science time capsule for 2057
• Fellow of the month - August entry: James Chadwick FRS (linked to the 75th anniversary celebrations of his discovery of neutrons)
• Picture of the month - Drawing of an Australian Cuttlefish by Sir Frederick McCoy FRS
• Book of the month - Lucretius "De rerum natura" looking at his early atomic theory of matter

You can see what has been covered in the past by browsing the New Archive. In the news archive I found two entries on archives which are related to NIMR: The Henry Dale Papers and the Sir John Henry Gaddum Papers . The entries are quite short, but do sometimes include search tips the Society's catalogues.