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July 27, 2024
Session Paper Project Internship TAGS: Scottish Session Papers | surface cleaning | tear repair My name is Claire and I am the first intern to work with Nicole on the Session Papers Project. I am due to graduate with a master’s degree in paper …Continue reading →
Automated item data extraction from old documents TAGS: automation | collections | image processing | library labs | OCR | Scottish Session Papers | technology Overview The Problem We have a collection of historic papers from the Scottish Court of Session. These are collected into cases and bound together in large volumes, with no catalogue …Continue reading →
Scottish Session Papers Condition Survey TAGS: bound volumes | digitisation | Scottish Session Papers In this week’s blog, Special Collections Conservator, Emily, describes the conservation problems encountered during a condition survey of a collection of bound volumes… I have recently carried out a condition …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,...