The power of reading Here is a short list of ways to read: Try choosing your next read by the time or era that it is set… Read more “Ways to read 🦋”
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#review Slightly Foxed, Winter issue 2018, no.60 @FoxedQuarterly
The Fox illustration by Chris Wormell Light the fire and settle into your deeply inviting, old and battered armchair with a pot of tea which you are… Read more “#review Slightly Foxed, Winter issue 2018, no.60 @FoxedQuarterly”
An introduction to the decentralised collection of manuscripts with provenance of Llanthony Secunda Priory: archivist’s project
As volunteer archivist for the Llanthony Secunda Priory Trust, I have spent 6 months toiling with information management and cataloguing software to spur the direction of the… Read more “An introduction to the decentralised collection of manuscripts with provenance of Llanthony Secunda Priory: archivist’s project”
#review Manuscript Cataloguing and Book History. The Library. Transactions of the Bibliographical Society. Vol 18, 1. March 2017 p. 45-61
This article on manuscript cataloguing and book history is written by Ralph Hanna, Emeritus Professor of Paleography, University of Oxford. He is editor of Speculum Vitae: A… Read more “#review Manuscript Cataloguing and Book History. The Library. Transactions of the Bibliographical Society. Vol 18, 1. March 2017 p. 45-61”
#review Foxed Quarterly: The Book Cure by Ken Haigh. Slightly Foxed, Spring issue 2017
Ken Haigh is a librarian and the author of Under the Holy Lake: A Memoir of Eastern Bhutan (University of Alberta Press). This is one man’s journey… Read more “#review Foxed Quarterly: The Book Cure by Ken Haigh. Slightly Foxed, Spring issue 2017”
Research, History, Special Collections … these are a few of my favourite things
Research: As a librarian, research has been a part of my life for quite some time, not in the least because of the immersion in academia and… Read more “Research, History, Special Collections … these are a few of my favourite things”
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