Conserving calligraphy: preparing Esther Inglis’ manuscripts for digitisation TAGS: Archives | book conservation | Centre for Research Collections | digitisation | Esther Inglis | Exhibition | paper conservation In this post book conservator Amy Baldwin talks about the conservation work undertaken on volumes appearing in the upcoming online exhibition “Rewriting the script: the works and words of Esther …Continue reading →

Sustainable Exhibition Making: Recyclable Book Cradles TAGS: book conservation | book cradles | book display | book mount | Centre for Research Collections | conservation | display | environmental sustainability | Exhibition | installation | mounting | panoramas | rare books | SirCharlesLyell | Sustainability | technician | University of Edinburgh 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 →

Books, Boxes and Bugs! A day in the life of a Collections Care Technician at the Centre for Research Collections TAGS: Centre for Research Collections | collections | conservation | Exhibition | Integrated pest managment | Library | Museums | rehousing | technician Welcome to our new Day in the Life Series! The Conservation and Collections Management team recently recruited three new members of staff. In this series each of our new team …Continue reading →

Assessing books for exhibition TAGS: assessing books | Exhibition | Leventis Foundation This week Special Collections Conservator Anna O’Regan talks us through her experience of learning new skills and how they were applied to conserving a group of books for an upcoming …Continue reading →

Dolly on Display TAGS: Exhibition | Festival | Fringe | Towards Dolly

A Visit from Dolly… TAGS: cloning | dolly the sheep | Exhibition | roslin institute It has been a while since my last post, but rest assured, the ‘Towards Dolly’ project has not been idle! As you’ll have seen from the last couple of posts, …Continue reading →

Rediscover: The Torrie Collection TAGS: Art Collection | Exhibition | History of Art | Postgraduates | Torrie collection Rediscover is a new initiative that allows postgraduate students of History of Art to put their original research and knowledge into practice through three displays in Talbot Rice Gallery over …Continue reading →

Thomas Nelson Exhibition: Covers in Colour TAGS: Annexe | CRC | Exhibition | Library Annexe | Nelson | Nelson Archive | Repertory Plays | Thomas Nelson The new exhibition in the CRC showcases a number of items from the Thomas Nelson Archive, which has been written about on this blog more than once in the past. …Continue reading →

The Model at ECA TAGS: Collaboration | ECA | Exhibition | The Model It’s all go at Edinburgh College of Art at the moment for the opening of The Model exhibition, featuring items from Geology, Anatomy, and Dick Vet, alongside work by ECA …Continue reading →