HELP! It’s an emergency…
In June, staff from the University’s Library and Museum Collections attended a one-day training course on the salvage of library, archive and museum collections. The course was organised by the Library’s Special…
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Out of the ashes: framing the panel of reagents
Part of the Library’s Special Collections role in caring for its irreplaceable historic collections of rare books, photographs and archives is to develop and maintain an Emergency Response Plan. Our Emergency Response…
Get your boards on: A new method of board re-attachment for tight-back bindings
A tour around the rare books in the Library’s Special Collections reveals many volumes with bands of cotton tape tied around them. The white tying tape serves to warn staff that the ‘tied’ volume is physically damaged…
LGBT History Month in the Library
Since 2005, the month of February has been observed as LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender) history month in the UK. The aim of LGBT history month is to raise awareness of both LGBT history and the issues…