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Hello Everyone,

 

Yes, we usually write a blogpost on a newly catalogued collection, or on some outstanding or unusual items.  We also tie in books and archives to particular anniversaries, I must admit that I really enjoy doing the research for the blogpost, and as I am also responsible for social media in our department, I also tweet any relevant information on new collections, etc.  Our Library Social Media Group (which I am part of) has also revived our FaceBook page, so I’ve been involved in creating albums of Collections, which are very popular with our readers.

 

We now have quite a generous budget for conservation, and are purchasing boxes for books, we are retrospectively going through the collections, starting with our incunables.

 

Clare

 

From: CIG E-Forum [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Lucy Evans
Sent: 16 April 2015 15:22
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Subject: Re: [CIG-E-FORUM] Cataloguing rare books

 

Dear Karen,

 

I am pleased you have raised the question about blogging! I would love to do more research in order to write more blog posts but I have to squeeze it in wherever possible and it always seems to be the last thing on my to do list. I am always very jealous of the output of some of my colleagues around the UK. I do run the Twitter feed for the department but also find this quite tricky to keep up with.

 

Here at the Bodleian we are lucky as we have funding to box every new book which comes into the library, and we now have shiny new temperature controlled stacks in the Weston. As far as conservation goes we don’t get much unless it has been funded directly. There is a “duty conservator” (as we call it here) budget for things such as tipping in leaves which are torn out or putting loose items in melenex but that is it really!

 

Best, Lucy

 

From: CIG E-Forum [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Karen Pierce
Sent: 16 April 2015 15:16
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Subject: Re: [CIG-E-FORUM] Cataloguing rare books

 

 

Dear all,

 

A couple of questions for you to think about.

 

How many people blog about their rare book collections? Do you enjoy doing the extra research an item might require for a blog post?  Is this part of your job role, or do you have to squeeze it in when you can?

 

 

Conservation issues – do you have funding for conservation?  How do you decide whether an item qualifies for conservation? Do you put everything in boxes? Do you have temperature controlled stacks?

 

I’d be very interested in hearing about what people do regarding conservation, is it your responsibility or someone else’s?

 

Karen

 

 

 

From: CIG E-Forum [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Karen Pierce
Sent: 16 April 2015 15:00
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Subject: Re: [CIG-E-FORUM] Cataloguing rare books

 

Dear all,

 

We’re moving into our final hour in the e-forum and now is your chance to bring up any other queries you have been thinking about over the last two days, or anything that yesterday’s discussions raised.

 

Please do join in!

 

Karen

 

 

 

From: CIG E-Forum [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of O'Brien, Iris
Sent: 16 April 2015 14:05
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Subject: [CIG-E-FORUM] Cataloguing rare books

 

Welcome back everybody!

 

If you have taken part in the cataloguing exercise and have any records you would like to share with us, please, post them to the list.

 

If you have any questions relating to rare books cataloguing in general, please, post them as well.

 

I included a rare books genre heading (http://rbms.info/vocabularies/genre/alphabetical_list.htm) in my record no. 2 and I was wondering whether other institutions/ cataloguers were using them on a regular basis, too, or not.

 

 

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Iris O'Brien

Early Printed Collections Cataloguing and Processing Manager

The British Library

St Pancras

96 Euston Road

London

NW1 2DB

Tel.: +44 (0)20 7412 7731

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