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November 8, 2024
(Open) Heaven is a Place on Earth – or How to Get to Utopia Without Really Trying TAGS: open access | open scholarship | Repoitory Fringe | repositories A guest post from Gareth J Johnson (@llordllama) on the Open Access and Academia Round Table led by Gareth and Dominic Tate on Thursday 1st August. Gareth is a former repository manager and is currently …Continue reading →
Online Collections Directory We have started to publish our online Collections Directory, starting with up to date descriptions of all the main Rare Book Collections. This is part of a major project to …Continue reading →
New exhibition on display on the 6th Floor of the Main Library Welcome to the Centre for Research Collections’ Display Wall where you can discover some of the hidden treasures from the many different collections we are home to. This short-term exhibition …Continue reading →
Archival Provenance Project: Emily’s finds
My name is Emily, and I’m the second of the two archive interns that...
Archival Provenance Project: a glimpse into the university’s history through some of its oldest manuscripts
My name is Madeleine Reynolds, a fourth year PhD candidate in History of Art....
Sustainable Exhibition Making: Recyclable Book Cradles
In this post, our Technician, Robyn Rogers, discusses the recyclable book cradles she has developed...
Giving Decorated Paper a Home … Rehousing Books and Paper Bindings
In the first post of this two part series, our Collection Care Technician, Robyn Rogers,...