ePADD Version 10
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Category: Collections
A Revolution in Print
To celebrate 550 years since the birth of Copernicus and 480 years since the publication of his work, our STEM curator discusses our copies of De Revolutionibus.
Specimens and Savages? Representing people in the historic Manchester Geographical Society Lantern Slide Collection
Dr Inbal Livne discusses how we start the process of inclusive cataloguing.
‘My book of collectors’: Henry Eeles Dresser and Victorian ornithological networks
To mark the RSPB’s Great Garden Birdwatch on 27-29 January 2023, we discuss the work of the eminent Victorian ornithologist, Henry Eeles Dresser, and his recently catalogued album of correspondence and photographs.
A very Rylands Christmas
A little frolic through the John Rylands’ festive collections.
The Ashburne Hall Archive
Dr James Peters, Curator of the University Archives, describes the archive of Ashburne Hall, which has recently been transferred to the Library.
Release of ePADD Version 9
A collaboration between the University of Manchester, Harvard University and Stanford University
Celebrating World Digital Preservation Day – 3 November 2022
A blog by Jan Whalen, Digital Preservation and Systems Manager, The University of Manchester Library. Organized by the Digital PreservationContinue Reading
Archive hunting at North Campus
James Peters discusses two archives recently uncovered during the clearance of the University of Manchester’s North Campus: the UMIST Radio Society archive and the David Edward Hughes telegram collection.
Iranian Languages and Scripts
This blog post discusses the history and development of Iranian languages and scripts in relation to manuscripts and documents preserved in the Rylands collections.