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Cataloguing the private papers of Archibald Hunter Campbell: A Journey Through Correspondence TAGS: My name is Pauline Vincent, I am a student in my last year of a Master’s degree in Archives Management at the University of Haute-Alsace, in France. This year, I …Continue reading →

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Archival Provenance Research Project: Lishan’s Experience TAGS: | Presentation My name is Lishan Zou, I am a fourth year History and Politics student. As I enter my final year of undergraduate history, I have come to appreciate the …Continue reading →

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Documentation Challenges in Practice: Art Collection Barcoding Project TAGS: | | | | | | In this week’s blog, our Art Collection Documentation Assistant Gaby Cortes discusses some of the challenges involved in auditing the Art Collection and how the addition of barcode labels is …Continue reading →

Sustainable Exhibition Making: Recyclable Book Cradles TAGS: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | In this post, our Technician, Robyn Rogers, discusses the recyclable book cradles she has developed as part of the conservation team’s ongoing work to make exhibitions at the University of …Continue reading →

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Giving Decorated Paper a Home … Rehousing Books and Paper Bindings TAGS: | | | | | 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 →

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The Book Surgery Part 2: Bringing Everything Together TAGS: | | | In this blog, Project Conservator Mhairi Boyle her second day of in-situ book conservation training she has undertaken with Book Conservator Caroline Scharfenberg (ACR). Mhairi previously undertook a Maternity Cover …Continue reading →

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Bearing Witness: The Pre-Digitisation Conservation Treatment of The Witness, Part 1 This week we have the first instalment of a two-part series by Projects Conservator Mhairi Boyle. Mhairi spent April 2022 working on The Witness, a collection of Edinburgh-based newspapers held …Continue reading →

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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 →

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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 →

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Righting Letters – Conserving the Lyell Collection TAGS: | | | | Today we have the first installment of a two-part series from Sarah MacLean. Sarah is here on an 8-week internship funded by the NMCT to help with the conservation of …Continue reading →

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Default utility Image Cataloguing the private papers of Archibald Hunter Campbell: A Journey Through Correspondence My name is Pauline Vincent, I am a student in my last year of a...
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