This post is by the inaugural Oschinsky Research Associate, Dr James White. James is working with a core group of forty Arabic and Persian manuscripts which […]
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Information presented to library users in online catalogues is usually taken to be true and might rarely be questioned. Elements which might be passed over […]
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This guest post is by Dr Sabrina Meneghini, Associate Lecturer in Photographic History & Archival Heritage at Milan’s CFP Bauer. Sabrina recently completed her PhD […]
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The Rose Prize is awarded annually to a current student of the University, for a coherent collection on any subject from any period. The winner […]
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In the Rare Books Department we receive many catalogues from booksellers and auctioneers, offering materials which might be added to our shelves. One such catalogue […]
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In the course of our work as curators we receive hundreds of booksellers’ and auctioneers’ catalogues every year, many now in digital form, but plenty […]
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Among the items recently acquired by the Library (generously supported by the Friends of the UL) is a group of nearly fifty issues of an […]
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Entries are open for the 2021/22 Rose Book-Collecting Prize, which offers students the chance to win £500 by writing and talking about their own book […]
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The Library holds many books formerly in the possession of significant historical figures. Other than the simple pleasure of knowing that a book was once […]
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To mark the 125th anniversary of the publication of William Morris’s edition of the works of Chaucer, 26th June has been designated ‘International Kelmscott Press […]
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