Tag Archives: Rare books
A summary of the ‘Conversations with Cataloguers in Wales’ event [Part 2]
After a comfort break the event continued and the second session of the day started with myself (Karen Pierce) and Ken Gibb talking about Discovering hidden gems: cataloguing the Cardiff Rare Books Collection. Cardiff University (CU) acquired the collection in … Continue reading
Filed under Uncategorized, Staff development, Conferences, Librarianship, Cataloguing
The delights of the Private Press
Since October I’ve been spending approximately one day a week cataloguing books in SCOLAR – the special collections and archive side of the library service. Although we employed a Rare books cataloguer earlier in the year, the rest of the … Continue reading
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Thing 23: Mirror,mirror what’s in store? Time to create a Thing 24..
I hope it’s not cheating to do Thing 23 before I’ve tidied up the wasteland of missing Things left scattered around, but as I’m being computer frustrated (see previous post), it seemed wiser to get round to some reflection, and … Continue reading
Filed under Cataloguing, CPD, Librarianship
…and Doctors will wear scarlet
I contribute to another blog at work which showcases the rare books and archives held by SCOLAR (Special collections and archives) at Cardiff University. At the moment I am mainly posting about the Human Genetics Historical Library, a project I … Continue reading
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