Caring for Collections: Preparing for the Rylands’ New GalleriesÂ
Go behind the scenes with Collection Care to learn how they conserved special collections for display in the newly refurbished galleries
Category: Behind the scenes
Print and preach – the importance of Methodist Circuit Plans
By Angela Petyt-Whittaker, Reader Services Assistant
The Conservation of the Grace Grattan-Guinness Photo Album
Conserving a photograph album in the recently catalogued Grace Grattan Guinness Papers
DeepStore – an answer to a gritty problem
Gemma Henderson describes how the Rylands has found a solution to its storage challenges – 145 metres below the Cheshire countryside.
The Tree of Life: Cataloguing the Ashburne Hall Collection
The Ashburne Hall Archive launched on the 6th of May. It is by far the largest collection of material relating to the University’s halls of residence held by the Library, providing valuable fragments of student life since the hall’s founding in 1900.
A 3D farewell to Dr John Hodgson
3D scanning and printing the John and Enriqueta Rylands statues as a gift for Dr John Hodgson
Imaging watermarks
Senior photographer Tony Richards explains their research into imaging paper watermarks.
Li Yuan-chia: Life and Art through the Camera Lens
Two of our placement students talk about their work with the photography collection of Li Yuan-Chia.
Endband On The Run
A blog about endbands, their function, and how French MS 62 managed to almost lose them twice by our Senior Conservator Mark Furness.
Digitising Dante
Introduction to the Envisioning Dante project and its photographer, Samuel Simpson. As well as a comparison between two copies of the 1484 edition of Dante’s comedy.