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.
Category: Long read
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.
The Photography Collection: Photobooks by Women
Our extensive Photography Collection contains a grouping of photobooks by women. The purchase of these books was intended to act as a further step forward in diversifying the visual material within our Special Collections.
ICP placements with the Imaging team – Part 3 – Looking at the images
In Part 3 of our ICP placements series, MA students Kai and Yunshuang talk about some of the Li Yuan-chia images they have digitised from 35mm slides.
ICP placements with the Imaging team – Part 2 – How the students are getting on
In Part 2 of our ICP placements series, MA students Kai and Yunshuang reflect on their experience so far.
ICP placements with the Imaging team – Part 1 – Specialist digitisation of the Li Yuan-chia Collection
ICP placements with the Imaging team – Part 1
Our Rag Rags in Context
Grant Collier reflects on the context of our collection of Rag Rag magazines, now a digital collection
Digital Collections Internship – Part 4 – The Evaluation
In Part 4 of our Digital Collections Internship series, the Imaging team reflect on the impact of the programme.
New Artworks at the Library!
We’re delighted to announce that the Library has acquired three new art works commissioned for The 50 Jewish Objects Project.
And the Scroll of Esther unrolls…
To mark the festival of Purim, Zsofia Buda discusses our recently digitised collection of Esther scrolls.