Though the blog title
may suggest that we’ve been off to the west coast of America, the content of
this blog will be a little closer to home – this week, Ruth will be
concentrating on developments in one of our stores…
The Library Annexe (formerly abbreviated to LA) is getting a
lot of good attention at the moment, and is transforming itself into the
University Collections Facility (UCF). Material held there is being reviewed to
make sure that it is in good condition, stored well and accessible for use now
and in the future: a collections spring clean if you will!
While a lot of the work will concentrate on the University’s
fine art, musical instruments, rare books and archives, here at LHSA we wanted
to make sure that we’re in on the action too. We’re very pleased to have Clair
(who you will know from blogging on our Dott and TB projects) stay on a little
longer with us to take part in some of this rationalisation work in the UCF.
We’re boxing clever and making sure we use Clair’s expertise to best effect –
she’ll be continuing her case note cataloguing work on another series that has
previously received Wellcome Trust funding to conserve it. We also hope to look
at some of our other collections in the UCF and make improvements to storage to
help preserve the collections for the long term and make best use of available
shelf space. We’ll be working with Helen (the UCF Rationalisation Project
conservator) to do some rehousing and re-organisation. So keep an eye out for
future blogs from Clair (on these page) and Helen where you will see more of this rationalisation work in action.
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