by Anna Murdoch, Graduate Trainee Library Assistant. The Department of Typography & Graphic Communicationsâ teaching sessions always involve a swath of fascinating material from early medical texts to astronomy. One […]
Written by Fiona Melhuish, UMASCS Librarian. Aubrey Beardsley, who died on this day in 1898, is well known as one of the most talented, and most daring, of the artists […]
Members of the Library staff came rapidly to recognise her sprightly, bright-eyed figure making its way to the Cole Library for a quiet and productive morningâs work. She had a […]
Written by Anna Murdoch, Graduate Trainee Library Assistant. You never quite know what you could find browsing the shelves in the rare book store, and how you could reach into the […]
Written by Fiona Melhuish (UMASCS Librarian) âThere is a madness about various Gaberbocchus books which is the spice of life, an ingredient somewhat lacking in the world of impeccable book […]
Currently working at the University of Reading as Staff Engagement and Communications Officer, Jeremy Lelean previously worked as a dealer in antiquarian and collectable books. In todayâs blog, Jeremy takes a closer […]