Category Archives: Media articles of interest

I’ve just come across this recent Guardian article which highlights the astonishing variability of costs for UK researchers who want to photograph documents within archives:  http://www.guardian.co.uk/higher-education-network/blog/2013/may/23/history-research-costs-archive-fees While some of the fees quoted may sound unreasonable, it’s true that we must … Continue reading →

I’ve just come across this really good article by the Library of Congress, which describes the conservation treatment of a marriage document. It describes really well some of the thought processes that must be applied to even the most simple … Continue reading →

The latest newsletter from Zoe Finlay Paper Conservation is now available either by clicking the below link or by accessing via my ‘Newsletter’ page, where archived issues can be found; Newsletter – April 2013 This seventh issue focuses on illuminated manuscripts … Continue reading →

“Libraries are the means by which the present learns from the past, and leaves its own intellectual legacy to the future. We are the heirs of five thousand years of learning…” Libraries through the Ages, Fred Lerner, (1999) Continuum Publishing … Continue reading →

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This is an interesting article about preserving records which relate to the North East’s vast industrial heritage. Many of these plans will be a beautiful and precise drawings made painstakingly by hand. And just look at their sheer scale! http://www.twmuseums.org.uk/engage/blog/bringing-the-north-easts-engineering-heritage-back-home/

Quite how Reuters can one day confidently report that Timbuktu libraries have been torched, ( http://uk.reuters.com/article/2013/01/28/uk-mali-rebels-idUKBRE90P0A120130128and) and then two days later report that they haven’t been torched and the majority of manuscripts are in fact safe is a little baffling. … Continue reading →

If, like me, you have found it heartbreaking to hear the news of the supposed destruction of Timbuktu’s ancient manuscripts, (or MSS), then you may be interested to read the below two articles which give a slightly different, and perhaps more … Continue reading →