Giving Decorated Paper a Home … Rehousing Books and Paper Bindings TAGS: collections care | conservation | decorated paper | rehousing | technician | University of Edinburgh In the first post of this two part series, our Collection Care Technician, Robyn Rogers, discusses her Decorated Paper rehousing project. If you want to learn about the uses, production, …Continue reading →

Glazy in Love: Rehousing the Emma Gillies Collection Today we have the first instalment of a two-part series from Collections Care Assistant, Sarah Partington. In this post, she talks about rehousing a collection of ceramics made by the …Continue reading →

Homes for Rocks – Rehousing the Lyell Geological Specimen Collection Today we have the first installment of a two-part series from Joanne Fulton. Joanne is here on an 8-week internship funded by the John R. Murray Charitable Trust to help with …Continue reading →

Putting the Pieces Together: The Challenges of Working on Architectural Models (Part 1) Today we have the first instalment of a two-part series from our Projects Conservator, Mhairi Boyle. In this first instalment, Mhairi discusses the assessment and the first treatment steps involved …Continue reading →

Interactive Integrated Pest Management TAGS: Centre for Research Collections | e-learning | employ.ed | Integrated pest managment | preventive conservation The final post from Sophie Lawson, our conservation Employ.ed intern, in this week’s blog… We are approaching the end of our Conservation E-learning project, with a completed trial resource being …Continue reading →

E-learning with Employ.ed TAGS: employ.ed | Integrated pest managment | IPM | Preventative Conservation Today we hear from Sophie, our first ever Employ.ed student in the conservation studio… Hi, my name is Sophie Lawson and I am currently the Conservation E-learning intern at the …Continue reading →

Introducing our New Projects Conservator – Helen Baguley TAGS: rationalisation project | University Collection Facility This week’s blog comes from Helen Baguley, the newest member of the conservation team… I have been recently employed by the University of Edinburgh on a 12-month contract as a …Continue reading →

Shooting the breeze TAGS: book of the dead | egyptian | papyrus | polyester sling | rehousing It’s not every day that you are asked to conserve a magic spell on papyrus, but this is exactly what happened when I was asked to take a look an …Continue reading →

Uninvited Pests TAGS: Integrated pest managment | sticky blunder traps In this week’s blog, Project Conservator Katharine discusses the new Integrated Pest Management Plan for the CRC Special Collections, and describes the common pests found in heritage institutions…. Integrated pest …Continue reading →