Conservation

Conserving our Newspapers

by Bean an Phoist on July 13, 2012 · 5 comments

in Acquisitions,Conservation,Microfilm,Newspapers

by Élodie Lévèque and Louise O’Connor, Conservation; and Justin Furlong, Newspaper Librarian The National Library of Ireland recently acquired two volumes of The Waterford Mirror containing rare issues from 1805 and 1806. In 1801, The Waterford Mirror and Munster Packet newspaper was first printed by John Bull, and from 1805 continued as The Waterford Mirror [...]

Tagged as: 19th century, Conservation, Elodie Leveque, Justin Furlong, Kozo paper, Louise O'Connor, Microfilm, Newspapers, NEWSPLAN, Sir John Newport, The Waterford Mirror and Munster Packet, Waterford, Waterford Mirror

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Always judge a book by its cover

by Bean an Phoist on December 22, 2011 · 12 comments

in Conservation,Rare books

by Elodie Leveque & Louise O’Connor, Conservation Conservators love knowing how a book was put together, and recently, we had the opportunity to examine a very interesting item. Despite being in good condition, the book needed some minor conservation treatment. But first, by closely examining the binding and the inner structure normally hidden from our [...]

Tagged as: 1669, Anton Bruodinus, Binding, Case, Conservation, Conservators, Core, Cover flaps, Cross-over beading, Elodie Leveque, Fr. Anthony Broidin, Head, Headbands, Hygroscopic, Initial letter, Irish College, Limp vellum, Linen thread, Louise O'Connor, Martyrdom, Octavo, Pastedown, Plant-fibre Cords, Prague, Propugnaculum Catholicæ Veritatis, Tail, Textblock, Vellum

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The Clean Sweep – It’s the Final Countdown!

by Bean an Phoist on October 6, 2011 · 1 comment

in Collections,Conservation,Projects,Rare books

by Nikki Ralston, Conservation Back in July 2011, I posted a short blog introducing The Clean Sweep, a preservation project aiming to clean and box our rare book collections. We have now started the final phase of the project, which will run to the end of 2011, and I thought that readers might be interested [...]

Tagged as: Books, British Museum, Charles Mackay, Clean Sweep, Cleaning, Conservation, Dr. Jaspar Robert Joly, Geoffrey Gambado, Joly Collection, Nikki Ralston, Projects, R.D.S., Rare book team, Rare books, René Descartes, Royal Dublin Society, Tours, Trustees' Room, Watts Phillips