Today we have a guest post from Will Shire, Assistant Librarian at Magdalen College, Oxford, who has been helping to catalogue new acquisitions to the Chantry Library collection. Will has catalogued a whopping 97 items for us so far, for which we are extremely grateful! Here, he picks out some of his favourite finds. For... Continue Reading →
We are delighted to announce a new Chantry Library Subject Bibliography by Georgios Boudalis, Head of Book and Paper Conservation at the Museum of Byzantine Culture, Thessaloniki. This bibliography results from Boudalis’ longstanding interest in Byzantine/post-Byzantine bookbinding (along with other eastern Mediterranean binding traditions) which began with his start in conservation in 1997, working in... Continue Reading →
In our last blogpost we highlighted the re-publication of a subject bibliography which had been previously published when the library was managed by ICON. In this blogpost we would like to draw attention to another subject bibliography which we are re-publishing, ‘The Conservation of Photographs’ by Susie Clark ACR. Susie Clark has over three decades... Continue Reading →
The Library is currently closed, but we’re taking this time to do some much needed maintenance and project work. One of the things we have been meaning to do is make available on our website an archive of earlier Chantry Library Subject Bibliographies. We have several bibliographies which we plan to share online, starting with ‘Conservation of Japanese Prints’ by Celia Bockmuehl, Pamela de Tristan, Robert Minte, Shiho... Continue Reading →
Despite the unusual circumstances, 2020 has been a busy year for the Chantry Library Bibliographies, with contributions so far on woven fabrics used in conservation, Islamic slipcases, and enamelled metals! We are very happy to introduce our latest bibliography, which will of general interest to conservators as well as librarians, archivists and museum professionals trying... Continue Reading →
In just over a fortnight the Pest Odyssey Network is holding its annual meeting virtually on 8th July from 12:45-15:45. The title is ‘Pest Off with Covid and Other Stories’, and the implications for integrated pest management of the lockdown is a strong theme! Abstracts can be found at here. Amy Crossman will be speaking... Continue Reading →
