Written in September 2022 by Rebecca Keddie, Graduate Trainee Archive Assistant 2021-2022 My time as the University of Reading Graduate Trainee Archive Assistant is drawing to a close. The last […]
Blog post written and online exhibition curated by Joanna Hulin, Reading Room Assistant. The European Manuscripts Collection held at the University of Readingâs Special Collections currently amounts to 143 items […]
In late June, members of the archive and library team at UMASCs travelled to Milan for staff training under the Erasmus+ scheme. The aim of the trip was to visit […]
Special Collections offer year long graduate trainee schemes in both the Archive and Library. In this monthâs blog, our departing Archives Graduate Trainee Timothy Jerrome looks back on his year with us. […]
In todayâs blog post, Tim and Ceri discuss their progress in digitising the glass lantern negatives created by Professor F J Cole(1872-1959), F.R.S., Professor of Zoology in the University of Reading from […]
Written by Erika Delbecque, UMASCSÂ Librarian, as part of the 2017 Being Human festival: Lost and Found. The leaf on my desk was stained, torn in places, and fairly unremarkable. Unlike […]
Clare Plascow (Collections Officer) describes her exciting auction experience, a rare opportunity to see examples of John Berryâs work for Ladybird during MERLâs extended hours tonight⊠and her love for kippersâŠÂ […]
Donât miss this special opportunity to view our recently acquired additions to our Ladybird Archive! Thanks to our partnership with Ladybird Books Ltd, Special Collections will be displaying a total […]
Written by Clare Plascow, Collections Officer How do you catalogue an artwork? That is the question Iâve been trying to solve over the last few days. Usually the answer would […]
One of our volunteers,Whitney, has been interviewing MERL & Special Collections staff about their roles. Today she talks to Nitisha, a Law graduate who now works as a Conservation & […]