conservation training

Get your boards on: A new method of board re-attachment for tight-back bindings

12 April 2019
Conservation, Rare Book Collection, Staff Training

A tour around the rare books in the Library’s Special Collections reveals many volumes with bands of cotton tape tied around them. The white tying… Read More »Get your boards on: A new method of board re-attachment for tight-back bindings

A Day in a Bookish Cornucopia: surveying books from the Library’s Special Collections

18 March 2019
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Conservation, Manuscript Collection, Rare Book Collection, Volunteers / Placements

The University of St Andrews Library Special Collections Division routinely commissions practical conservation of damaged material from Icon-accredited conservators. As part of the division’s policy… Read More »A Day in a Bookish Cornucopia: surveying books from the Library’s Special Collections

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