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04/08/2011

According to my co-worker Tony, every man near his age had a toy version of the Spitfire growing up. It earned legendary status after victory was had by the British during the Battle of Britain tha...

02/08/2011

Saturday, August 20 to August 28th is National Heritage Week across Ireland. To see what events are available in your area visit go here. As part of the week of events we will be opening our wor...

22/07/2011

It’s always nice to see signatures or inscriptions inside a book when you open it, but when the number gets this high you start to wonder how bored the owner was.

21/07/2011

I came across these books when I was picking books at random in the rare books room. I was surprised when I found the first one and even more so when another appeared. Looks like rather than doing a proper repair someone has kept the boards with the book block by adhering a piece of paper around the

08/07/2011

This article about my boss Jenny Jarvis and co-worker Alessandro Scola appeared in the Derry Journal today! I have copied it here to share…congrats guys!

07/07/2011

British publisher Hodder are launching a new book, named the flipback where the text runs parallel to the spine so the reader turns the pages up and not sideways.

06/07/2011

As ussual the in-situ books continue to provide lots of interesting and beautiful blog subject matter. This book came in last week, bound in wooden boards with a very serious double cord sewing and gorgeous tooling. The roll used has lots of hidden animals, my favorite being a tiny little dog that c

30/06/2011

A couple weeks ago when I visited the other interns in London I had a chance to visit a Xu Bing installation at the British Museum. From the front of the light box you see what looks like a traditional Chinease scroll painting, but when you walk around to the back of the work you see this!

28/06/2011

Well I know this is not directly related to conservation or this project but this weekend the Derry Peace Bridge finally opened for public use. Since my arrival to Derry in September 2010 I have been watching the construction of the bridge and have enjoyed seeing it grow and change throughout the pr

27/06/2011

Icon, the Institute of Conservation, is the lead voice for the conservation of cultural heritage in the UK. It is committed to public benefit through promoting understanding of and access to all the diverse elements of cultural heritage. It brings together over three thousand individuals and organiz

15/06/2011

Yesterday eight of the ICON interns and myself had a fantastic visit to the Tate Britain where Eleanor Johnson is currently doing an internship in paper conservation and the British Museum where Carol Peacock is working on Chinese scrolls and Anne-Marie Taberdo is working in the facsimile departmen

10/06/2011

I am happy to say that the Derry & Raphoe Historic Libraries in Context Conference preceded this week and went very well. The conference lasted two days and featured 15 speakers talking about a variety of topics including other small diocesan libraries, the printing and binding trade throughout Irel

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