How can and do we encourage engagement with original manuscripts?
Manuscripts are more than the words and images on them.
Physicality, substance, presence.
Associated technology.
Here's an idea revisited digitally that emerged a couple of years ago at a conference at Dove Cottage where a whole raft of ideas around manuscripts were explored.
http://burnthewater.wordpress.com/2013/10/01/auld-lang-syne-sliding-tile-game/
It's time to consider what manuscripts we have in our collections, hidden away maybe, and what they might offer our visitors beyond the academic, beyond the words.
Paul Conneally
Cultural Forager
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