BL Collection Care

Job alert! We're looking for someone to join our Preventive Conservation team. You'll contribute to the dept by leading & managing activities to reduce risks to collections. Lots of interesting projects on the horizon! Closes 3 Dec, more details at ce0752li.webitrent.com/ce0752li_webre…

.@britishlibrary is pleased to offer a full time fixed term conservator position in the @BL_Qatar team, until 31/12/2025. Application deadline: 27/10/2024 For more information: ce0752li.webitrent.com/ce0752li_webre…

Interested in the protection and preservation of documentary heritage? Join the conference on Preserving Endangered Documentary Heritage at the @britishlibrary on Oct 31st & Nov 1st. Tickets on sale now! eap.bl.uk/conference-2024

Can you help us preserve history? Today, we’re launching an appeal to raise £25,000 for vital conservation work. Your support will ensure our collection continues to inspire researchers, students and visitors for generations to come. Donate today: bit.ly/BLConservation…

The deadline for the Conservation in Digitisation placements is this Sunday the 8th September!

Interested in learning about conservation for digitisation of library and archive material? The @britishlibrary in collaboration with @inBritish is offering 2 Conservation for Digitisation placements at the British Library in 2025. For more info + app 👇 britishcouncil.in/events/conserv…

@1931_297 @britishlibrary @NCSC Hi Liv. The conservation tour is going ahead as planned. We will meet in the main entrance, in between the cafe and bookshop, to your right as you enter the Library.

We are continuing to experience a major technology outage as a result of a cyber incident, which we’re investigating with @NCSC and other specialists. This is affecting our website, online systems and services, and some onsite services. Our buildings remain fully open and the following services are available onsite: · Reading Rooms (for personal study) · any collection items ordered to view in the Reading Rooms on or before 30 October · very limited, manual collection item ordering in London via our printed catalogues, for items stored in St Pancras only · Reader Registration – however, we’re currently only able to issue temporary passes. The levels of access these provide may differ depending on whether you are a lapsed or new Reader. If you have tickets to Fantasy: Realms of Imagination, you’ll still be able to use them. You can also buy tickets onsite but we can only accept cash. Thank you for bearing with us while we gather more information. We’ll update again when we have more information.

@britishlibrary is pleased to offer a 10-months funded internship in the conservation science team @BL_CollCare Application deadline: 05/11/2023 For more information: ce0752li.webitrent.com/ce0752li_webre…

🚨 Job Opportunity 🚨 The @britishlibrary is looking for a Conservation Scientist to join the Conservation Department @BL_CollCare 📚 Application closes 22 October 2023 Apply here: ce0752li.webitrent.com/ce0752li_webre… #heritagescience #conservation

Could you help save the stories that shaped history? Today, we’re launching an appeal to raise £20,000 towards our vital conservation work to preserve our collection for future generations.

'You've got to make friends with the items before you can actually work on them.' Watch our Textile Conservator Liz Rose work on a fascinatingly intricate embroidered book cover from the 16th century, preserving it for future use 🧵

'You can do some magic things in conservation... It's amazing what has survived' Around 1500-05, Leonardo da Vinci penned this page of notes in his right-to-left 'mirror-writing'. 500 years later, conservator Alexa prepares it for display in our current #Animals exhibition 📜

Come say hi to us tomorrow! We'll be showing off our work from noon-4pm in the @britishlibrary main entrance hall. 📚✂️🔍

Conservation intern Storm has been with us since September 2022, and discusses some of the work she's done in the below blog post. A part two to come! blogs.bl.uk/collectioncare…

'I love my work. I love working with my hands. When I see damage to a book, it's like the book needs a doctor – and I'm that doctor.' Bringing books back to life – that's the magic that Roger works as one of the incredibly talented conservators in our @BL_CollCare team 📚

🅲 is for Conservation 🖌️ With the oldest item in our collection dating back to 3,000 BCE, we work tirelessly to conserve the wonders in our care for future generations. Learn more about the incredible work of our @BL_CollCare team: bit.ly/46sTcl3 #WeAre50

Interested in learning more about digitisation? This 2 day course held @britishlibrary in partnership with @westdeancollege will discuss preparing items for digitisation, equipment and image creation. There are still spaces available! westdean.ac.uk/short-courses/…

We’ve been able to clean off the mould spores but the mould (& water stains) remain. Often the remaining mould stains can be mistaken for active mould. This item is now safe to handle following its remediation. Image shown: after cleaning

A bit of mould remediation for a Tuesday. This item in a donated archive had got wet at some point in its life, & subsequently grown mould. This image is before cleaning. #Mould #CollectionCare #Archive

@KingsArchives The luxury of a digital flatbed cutting machine to cut it all out for us!

@BL_CollCare Ooh it's so neat

A freshly made box by one of the Collection Care North team this morning, and it’s a tiny one! Something about small books that are just so appealing #CollectionCare #BookBox #BookStorage #BoxMaking