Imaging takes an Isolated View (Part 3): dsh in focus
dsh’s glasses inspired me to create work in response to his concrete poetry.
Category: Long read
Imaging takes an Isolated View (Part 1): Hidden Treasures or Unknown Pleasures?
Working from home has given us the opportunity to delve deeper into our image processing software.
Imaging takes an Isolated View (Intro)
Each member of the team has reinterpreted the collections in a creative way of their choice. The results are a real treat…
Florence Nightingale, Thomas Worthington, and the Chorlton Union Hospital
“If you succeed in completing the buildings for anything like the money with due regard to the simple sanitary arrangements of so great a building, you will have inaugurated a new era in building..”
A turn-up for the book(s)
Reader Services Assistant, Angela Petyt-Whittaker, reveals a most surprising find… Whilst working in The John Rylands Library for the pastContinue Reading
Zines & the Art of DIY Publishing
Dr Janette Martin, Student Engagement Manager, and Bruce Wilkinson, Reader Engagement Assistant and PhD Candidate, jointly developed and delivered aContinue Reading
Ancoats Survey 1937-38: A Study of a Clearance Area
The Library has looked after the archives of Manchester Settlement (formerly Manchester University Settlement) for many years. The Settlement hasContinue Reading
Teaching Spotlight: Art in Medieval Books
Click here to view this blogpost. Reblogged from https://manchesterarthistory.wordpress.com/.
Subvisible Bodies: Medical Microscopy in the Rylands Gallery
An exciting new display in the Rylands Gallery showcases items from the University of Manchester Library’s medical collections alongside intriguingContinue Reading
Cataloguing Manuscripts: A Historian’s Reflections
Dr Joanne Edge writes: I am just coming to the end of a 17-month stint setting up an online catalogueContinue Reading