Category: Resources

The Lendrum Internship in Book Conservation

By Freya Chambers

Part 1: My First Book Conservation Projects

Last May, I started the Lendrum Internship in Book Conservation at Palace Green Library. The internship lasts for one year and gives the intern the opportunity to explore the world of rare books conservation through undertaking supervised practical projects to conserve books from PGL’s vast special collections library.

It was my first in depth taste of book conservation after completing my degree in Objects Conservation at Cardiff University and working as a student archive conservation intern at Glamorgan Archives.

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Book Of The Month is BACK!

What is a library, without a celebration of its contents?

For the last few months, Book Of The Month has been revived, and this time all the titles in the running are suggested by our students!

When we put the word out via Instagram, students will suggest their favourite titles to compete for the crown. We’ll then choose three of those suggestions (that we have physical copies of) and pit them against one another. To keep the options balanced, we’ll usually try to include at least one fiction and one non-fiction title in the running, so everyone has an opportunity to vote for something that appeals to them. In a second Instagram vote, students will then have 24 hours to pick their favourite of the three!

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From coffee and cake to a published volume – a successful collaborative project!

A post by Research Engagement and Collections Development Archivist Dr Jonathan Bush

One of most rewarding aspects of working in the Archives and Special Collections team of ULC is the opportunity to build close working relationships with a diverse range of researchers, including academics, students, and family historians. These interactions often begin as conversations, where we offer specialist advice about our collections and guide researchers to relevant material in the catalogue. Occasionally, however, these exchanges can evolve into more significant collaborations.

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eResource of the month: IEEE Xplore

A post by Science Faculty Librarian Colin Theakston

Here’s one for all you budding Engineers, Physicists and Computer Scientists out there – IEEE Xplore.

If you don’t know already, then let me tell you that the IEEE Xplore Digital Library is a trusted gateway to science-based peer-reviewed—journals, conferences, standards and eBooks.

IEEE Xplore can therefore help you expand your current knowledge base by helping you discover highly focussed scientific resources. It does this by providing you with access to more than 6 million full-text peer reviewed documents. The database is crammed full of easily searchable peer-reviewed materials; and offers users the opportunity to search by title, author, abstract, keyword, affiliation, and even more!

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eResource of the month: UK Parliamentary Papers

The UK Parliamentary Papers collection from Proquest is an interdisciplinary resource that encompasses nearly every aspect of life in the life in the United Kingdom, British Empire, and The Commonwealth from 1695 to the present day. As Proquest state, these Papers ‘constitute a major part of the world’s historical record’ and can be used by researchers in many subjects, in particular law, politics, history, economics, education, health, and science. The content includes Hansard debates (speeches and reports in Parliament) from 1803-2005; all Bills and Acts and Acts of Parliament 1695-2022; and House of Commons papers 1715-2022. You can see the detailed gathering of evidence for Royal Commissions and select committees, command papers (1715-2022), petitions to Parliament, proposals for legislation, the debates in the Commons and the Lords outlining different political, economic and philosophical perspectives on issues, the laws passed, and subsequent amendments. There are biographies of MPs (up to 2005), the public offices they held, and their contributions to debates.

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Item of the month: A Peek into the Mysterious World of 16th Century Witchcraft

A post by Archives & Special Collections Apprentice, Charlie Lough

Amongst the vast Durham Probate Records (DPR) collection is a modest document wrapper from the 16th century. However, upon closer inspection, this unassuming item hints at a world where witchcraft and sorcery were very real fears.

Let’s travel back to 1592, to the village of Chatton in Northumberland, where a man named Steven Revlye died. After his death, an inventory of his belongings was created. But what is really fascinating is not what Steven owned, but what was used to wrap up this inventory; a piece of paper that had served as a public notice. The document in question had the remains of a public announcement about “sorc[ery]” and “incha[ntment],” words that would send shivers down the spines of any 16th century villager. During this time, the word “witchcraft” was used to describe a wide range of practices, some of which were purely imaginary. But whether real or not, those accused of such practices often faced severe consequences.

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Item of the month: Satires, censors, and pseudonyms

Les galanteries et les debauches de l’empereur Neron…Par Petrone (Bamburgh I.5.32)

A post by Collections Assistant Caroline Ball, in Cologne

On the title-page of this book, the imprint tells us that it was published in 1694, in Cologne, in the workshop of the printer Pierre Marteau. Sounds plausible? Certainly, until we discover that Pierre Marteau – “Peter the Hammer” – never actually existed.

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eResource of the month: Gartner

Gartner is the leading provider of research and analysis on the global IT industry. All Durham staff and Students have access Gartner Campus Access as a resource via the portal which gives access to:

  • Unlimited access to Gartner’s Core Research (approx. 100,000 documents)
  • Approximately 75% of Gartner’s Library
  • Includes insight on technology trends, information technology careers, cool vendors,
  • Technology enabled business strategies and more, all from a global perspective
  • Research and development resource for Students and Staff

    Gartner is often known for it’s Magic Quadrants, which is a series of research projects aimed at providing customers with a quantitative analysis into a particular market and its direction, maturity and participants
    There are also Hype Cycles, which are Graphic representations of the maturity and adoption of technologies and applications which help discern technology hype from what’s actually viable.
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Item of the month: Peter Apian’s Cosmographia

A post by Collections Coordinator Hannah Cartwright

Our item of this monthis Peter Apian’s Cosmographia. Initially published in 1524, later editions of Cosmographia expanded and edited by Gemma Frisius became hugely successful. Our 1584 edition is one of these later editions. Over 40 editions of Cosmographia were published in under a century, and it was translated from Latin into 4 different languages.

So, what made Cosmographia a 16th century bestseller?

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