By Molly Sutherland, University of Manchester MA Library and Archives student. This is the second blog in a series. MyContinue Reading
By Molly Sutherland, University of Manchester MA Library and Archives student. In May I finished a 20-day placement with theContinue Reading
Reader Services Assistant Angela Petyt-Whittaker writes about exploring the history and significance of a Brethren chapel’s archive.Â
John Hodgson interviews former member of staff Brenda Scragg on working at the John Rylands Library in the 1950s and 60s.
By Tony Richards and Samuel Simpson The Rylands Heritage Imaging Lab have recently taken delivery of an Artec Spider IIContinue Reading
Senior Photographer Tony Richards writes about 3D printing a facsimile of Cuneiform 931 as a handling object for the public, alongside the original, at the Wellcome Collection as part of the Thirst: In Search of Water exhibition.
Jo Castle, senior photographer at the John Rylands Library, writes about creating a digital version of a radical translation of a poem about a frog
MA student Alex Tunstall shares her reflections on cataloguing the Echoes of Service correspondence files
Dr Imogen Durant presents the new Elizabeth Gaskell Collection at the John Rylands Library, guiding users to the wealth of material available.
Manager of the Rylands Heritage Imaging Lab and part-time MA Library and archives student Jamie Robinson introduces his placement creating enhanced metadata for an 18th-century mysterious alchemical manuscript in the Rylands Collections.