Giving Decorated Paper a Home … Loose-leaf Material TAGS: book conservation | Centre for Collections | collections care | conservation | decorated paper | paper conservation | Preventative Conservation | rare books | rehousing | technican | University of Edinburgh In this post, Technician Robyn Rogers discusses her bespoke mounting and rehousing of loose-leaf papers from the University’s decorated paper collection. Robyn’s first post about working through the collection’s bound …Continue reading →

Collections Care Task Days TAGS: Collections Management | paper conservation | Preventative Conservation | rehousing | surface cleaning | technician In this post, Technician Robyn Rogers discusses the first events in series of Collection Care Task Days at the University of Edinburgh Heritage Collections.

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 →

Boxing Clever TAGS: book boxes | Laing | Preventative Conservation | rehousing Rehousing is a key part of conservation. But why is it so important? Find out in this week’s blog from Special Collections Conservator, Emily… We recently received a large number …Continue reading →

A Fond Farewell TAGS: Centre for Research Collections | Conservation Internship | Greek Books | Preventative Conservation | University of Edinburgh For the last ten weeks I have been working with Project Conservator, Emily Hick to conserve and rehouse a collection of rare Greek books. The weeks have gone racing by …Continue reading →