You are invited to an interactive lunchtime workshop about this digital library of primary and secondary sources on the development of research methods in health and medicine.

The James Lind Library was established in 2003 to improve public and professional general knowledge about fair tests of treatments in healthcare and their history. In 2015 it was re-designed and expanded, and now contains over 1,200 primary records, 280 articles and 22 essays, indexed under 33 methodological topics.

As well as exploring James Lind’s famous controlled trial of treatments for scurvy, users can dive back to the Arabic scholars such as al-Razi, who first wrote about the need for a control group, or find out how An-Wen Chan and colleagues demonstrated biased outcome switching in trial reports.

By the end of the session you will:

• Understand the scope and purpose of the James Lind Library
• Learn the stories behind some landmark developments in statistics and clinical trials
• Be able to use the James Lind Library in researching your own interests
• Help us to understand how to improve the content, accessibility and interface of the Library

Lunch will be provided – please email mailto:alexander.aylward@history.ox.ac.uk if you would like to attend, for catering purposes.