Published on behalf of Kerry Yates. In my last blog post I was talking about digitizing early 20th century photographs from the Erskine Collection. Today I have a few images from a recent project, rehousing documents from the 16th and… Read More ›
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Through the conservation keyhole: Taking a look at disaster preparedness
At our recent Friday morning training session Special Collections and Archive Services staff focused on the lessons that can be learned in disaster awareness and prevention from our colleagues in similar institutions. With two major heritage collections having suffered horrendous fires… Read More ›
Through conservation keyhole: The William Simons Ship Plans Preservation Project
Published on behalf of Colin Vernall. As 2015 marks the 150th Anniversary of the American Civil War’s fifth and final year, it seems appropriate to highlight the University of Glasgow Archive Services’ large collection of Clydeside shipbuilding plans related to… Read More ›
Through conservation keyhole: Just a Little Can Make Difference
On the 5th December International Volunteer Day, we have heard from Jenny about her placement and now it’s time to hear from Kirsty! My name is Kirsty and I’m studying MLitt in Art History: Dress and Textile Histories at the… Read More ›
Conservation of Incunabula – Update
It my very good fortune in the role of conservator within the University of Glasgow Special Collections to be involved in the conservation treatment of over 66 early printed books . We are preparing for our forthcoming exhibition Ingenious Impressions in February 2015… Read More ›
Through the Conservation Keyhole: Conservation analysis and basic conservation treatment of wax seals in Archive
Through conservation keyhole by Seonaid Rogers My name is Seonaid and I am an MLitt History of Art student, studying the History of Collecting and Collections at the University of Glasgow. As part of my degree requirements, I have been… Read More ›
Opening Access to the University’s Medieval Past by Alexandra Healey
The image sharing website Flickr provides a fantastic outreach tool for archives and special collections. By uploading digitised images of their collections, their contents are made accessible to an audience far greater than imagined by the items’ creators. Glasgow University… Read More ›
Preservation Assistant Club 21 placement
Are you doing an MSc in Museum Studies; MPhil in Textile Conservation; MLitt in Technical Art History: Making & Meaning; another MLitt degree in Art History? Are you looking to make a career in Heritage Preservation or Conservation? Would you… Read More ›
A shadow library of lost books?
I recall reading somewhere that books survive in greater numbers than just about any other human-made object (the exception being coins). And having passed the last couple of hours buried beneath an ever-increasing mound of hefty hardbacks searching (in vain)… Read More ›
Protection from Light Damage – light level measurement project at Archive Services
All light contributes to the deterioration of archival documents. Light damage is cumulative and irreversible.We require light to see documents however we must be careful to monitor the use and level of light in order to minimize permanent damage to… Read More ›