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Peter D. A. Boyd
Publications on Charles Darwin and Darwin Country
BOYD, P.D.A. In press. Doves, Darwin and Dovecotes. In Ballengée, Brandon et al. From Scales to Feathers: The Evanescent Presence of Sculpted Wings. To be published by Lafayette College, Easton, (USA) and Shrewsbury Museum and Art Gallery, Shropshire, (UK). See Lafayette College website. [publication awaited since 2010]
BOYD, P.D.A. 2009g. The Young Charles Darwin - Student, Naturalist and Gardener / Mladi Charles Darwin – Študent, Naravoslovec in Vrtnar. International Conference Bioscience and Society: Biodiversity - Diversity of Living Systems. Ljubljana, Slovenia / Mednarodni posvet Biološka Znanost in Družba: Biodiverziteta – Raznolikost Živih Sistemov. Ljubljana, Slovenia. 2nd October 2009. VIDEO of Lecture: length about 49 minutes including introduction by Gregor Zupancic and a Question & Answer session after the lecture. Available on external website: videolectures.net
BOYD, P.D.A. 2009f. 'The Young Charles Darwin - student, naturalist and gardener'. In Proceedings of International Conference Bioscience and Society: Biodiversity - Diversity of Living Systems. Ljubljana, Slovenia / Mednarodni posvet Biološka Znanost in Družba: Biodiverziteta – Raznolikost Živih Sistemov. 1st & 2nd October 2009, Ljubljana, Slovenia. Web version available FULL TEXT
BOYD, P.D.A. 2006. 'The Darwin Family and their Plants at The Mount in Shrewsbury'. NCCPG Shropshire Group Newsletter Autumn 2006. Web version available
BOYD, P.D.A. 2003. 'Shrewsbury, Shropshire: Birthplace of Charles Darwin and Darwin Country'. In Special Publication of Darwin Day Program 'The Single Best Idea Ever' edited by Amanda Chesworth et al. Tangled Bank Press, 35-43. Web version available
BOYD, P.D.A. 2000. Darwin Garden Project - Sale of The Mount in 1866 Shropshire Parks and Gardens Trust Newsletter Web version available
BOYD, P.D.A. 1999. Darwin Garden Project. Shropshire Parks and Gardens Trust Newsletter Web version available
The following publications are about the Darwin Country website project:-
BOYD, P.D.A. 2003. 'Multi-disciplinary Content Management in Darwin Country' - a case study. In Special Content Management Volume of VINE ( proceedings of the Joint LITC/LAMIT Conference on Content Management for Information Professionals at the South Bank University, London on 11th April 2002) Web version available
BOYD, P.D.A. 2002. 'Darwin Country - a case study in website creation and content management' In Special Content Management issue of Spectra (a publication of the Museum Computer Network). Web version available
BOYD, P.D.A. (this site) 'Multi-disciplinary Content Management in Darwin Country - a case study'. Notes from a presentation given to Joint LITC/LAMIT Conference on Content Management for Information Professionals at the South Bank University, London on 11th April 2002 Conference website and direct link to presentation
Boyd, P.D.A. 2002. 'Darwin Country - Cradle of Science, Technology and the Better Life!' - a case study In mda information vol 5, no5, pp 35-44. Proceedings of the Museum Documentation Association Conference, September 2000: ‘Clicks and Mortar - building cultural spaces for the 21st century’. Web version available
BOYD, P.D.A. 2000. 'Darwin Country - Cradle of Science, Technology and The Better Life!' Website Project Shropshire Parks and Gardens Trust Newsletter Web version available