Advanced Imaging Techniques, Supporting Research with Special Collections
The Imaging team offer a suite of Advanced Imaging techniques to support innovative and multidisciplinary research with our Special Collections.Continue Reading
Category: Research
Collection Spotlight: The Mark Warner Photography Collection
In this post on the John Rylands Research Institute blog, Anne Anderton writes: The University of Manchester Library has recentlyContinue Reading
Jeff Nuttall and the William S. Burroughs Connection
Bruce Wilkinson writes: Described in his Guardian obituary by Mike Horovitz as a ‘catalyst, perpetrator and champion of rebellion andContinue Reading
Creating a Digital Catalogue of the Latin Manuscripts at the John Rylands Library
Dr Jo Edge writes: I’ve been employed at the John Rylands Library since August 2018, tasked with creating digital catalogueContinue Reading
Chinese Educational Texts of the Late Qing Dynasty
As part of our ongoing work on the library’s Chinese collections (see previous blog post) we are beginning to digitiseContinue Reading
Improvements to the Special Collections Reading Room
Over the summer we’ll be refurbishing the Special Collections Reading Room here at The John Rylands Library. The refurbishment willContinue Reading
Portrait of a Living Archive
It’s with great excitement that we can announce that descriptions of The Portrait of a Living Archive photographs are nowContinue Reading
How to Ask for a Residency
Rosie Garland writes: Since I wrote about the Power of Asking, I’ve been heartened by how many writers have toldContinue Reading
Heraldry for German Princes by a Prince amongst German Painters
Continuing the theme of our previous blog post, Dr Ben Pope of the University of Tübingen writes about his recentContinue Reading
Unknown Cranach Work Discovered in the John Rylands Library
Issue 94.2 of the Bulletin of the John Rylands Library, published by Manchester University Press, contains a very special article byContinue Reading