The books in the Donaldson Collection, which was bequeathed to the Library by Principal Sir James Donaldson in 1915, have finally been fully classified to the Library of Congress scheme after 104 years, and are soon to…
It took us thirteen months, but at last we’ve done it! The Donaldson Collection of printed books is finished, and its records are now online via SAULCAT. In total, the Lighting the Past team has completed 8521…
Here, our Lighting the Past team complete the story of their recent adventures uncovering the story of one of our new finds. Provenance of a 16th century Parisian sammelband At some point during the sixteenth century,…
Here two of our Lighting the Past project cataloguers retrace their exciting journey of discovery as they uncover the story of one of our new finds. Like any great detective story, this one begins on quite an ordinary…