The Special Collections Handbook
The Special Collections Handbook

Author: Alison Cullingford

Publisher: Facet Publishing

Published: 2016-12-22

Total Pages: 353

ISBN-13: 1783301260

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This comprehensive and no-nonsense guide to working with special collections and rare books is an essential day-to-day companion. Working with special collections can vary dramatically from preserving a single rare book to managing and digitizing vast mixed-media archives, yet the role of the information professional is always critical in tapping into the potential of these collections, protecting their legacy and bringing them to the attention of the wider public. This book offers up-to-date guidance which pulls together insights from best practice across the heritage sector to build innovative, co-operative and questioning mind-sets that will help them to cope in turbulent times. The Handbook covers all aspects of special collections work: preservation, developing collections, understanding objects, emergency planning, security, legal and ethical concerns, cataloguing, digitization, marketing, outreach, teaching, impact, advocacy and fundraising. New to this edition: coverage of new standards and concepts including unique and distinctive collections (UDCs), The Leeds Typology, Archive Accreditation, PD 5454:2012 and PAS 197 discussion of the major changes to laws affecting special collections including UK copyright law relating to library/archive exception and orphan works and forthcoming changes to data protection in the EU exploration of new trends in research including the rise of digital humanities, open access, the impact agenda and the REF updates to the sections on marketing, audience development and fundraising to include social media, customer journey mapping and crowdsourcing and more consideration of impact and indicators, digitization and new skills frameworks from CILIP and RBMS. This is the essential practical guide for anyone working with special collections or rare books in libraries, archives, museums, galleries and other heritage organizations. It is also a useful introduction to special collections work for academics and students taking library and information courses.

The Four Ancient Books of Wales Containing the Cymric Poems Attributed to the Bards of the Sixth Century; Volume 2
The Four Ancient Books of Wales Containing the Cymric Poems Attributed to the Bards of the Sixth Century; Volume 2

Author: William Forbes Skene

Publisher: Legare Street Press

Published: 2022-10-27

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781016115216

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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales (Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru), Aberystwyth
Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales (Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru), Aberystwyth

Author: National Library of Wales

Publisher: Boydell & Brewer Ltd

Published: 1999

Total Pages: 134

ISBN-13: 9780859915496

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'The National Library of Wales was founded to preserve the material of the literary culture and history of Wales, hence the number of medieval English language manuscripts is relatively small, and the manuscript context for some English texts is one in which Welsh is the main language. The best known of the Middle English manuscripts in the NLW are Brogyntyn II.1 (Porkington 10) and the Hengwrt manuscript for Chaucer's 'Canterbury Tales'; however, the collection has been little explored for its Middle English holdings, and of the manuscripts listed here fewer than half are included in the 'Index of Printed Middle English Prose'. They contain a wealth of materials, most notably in historical writings, scientific texts, and prophecies; among the texts not previously recorded are the 'Davies Chronicle' and a version of the 'Elucidarius'.'

An English Chronicle, 1377-1461
An English Chronicle, 1377-1461

Author: C. William Marx

Publisher: Boydell Press

Published: 2003

Total Pages: 318

ISBN-13: 9780851157931

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The narrative covers the periods 1377-1437 and 1440-1461, and includes previously unknown English-language accounts of episodes of the reign of Richard II, such as the Peasants' Revolt. Each continuation is the product of a different political climate, and the introduction explores the narrative and rhetorical structures that lie behind them. As a whole, the edition offers particularly valuable insights into the growth of a highly politicised vernacular historical narrative, and the way in which two medieval compilers sought to represent the history of the late fourteenth and early fifteenth centuries."--Jacket.

The Language of Bees
The Language of Bees

Author: Rae HOWELLS

Publisher: Parthian

Published: 2022-04-02

Total Pages: 80

ISBN-13: 9781913640699

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How can we have hope in a world that is dying? Global problems like climate change feel terrifying, too big for one person to take on. But what if, instead of being overwhelmed, we were to look for hope in the smallest details? A dying moth falling against a kiss. A distracted lover's hip pressing into a table. A single carder bee, dying on the driveway of a suburban garden in Wales. With a forensic eye, Howells takes us on a journey through ordinary human lives and the extraordinary natural world we are in danger of losing. The carder bee carries the story of a colony, a species, and, ultimately, the fate of all life on earth. The mermaid weaves an almost beautiful tale of a tragic miscarriage. The magpie writes yearning letters to her lost lover. The brilliant kingfisher flits through the mind of a woman with dementia. Through each exacting portrait, we begin to understand something special, a language of bees, and discover for ourselves how intimately we are all connected and what the natural world is trying to tell us.

Elin's Air
Elin's Air

Author: Emily Stanford

Publisher: Coastal Peak Limited Trading as Hillman Publishing

Published: 2016

Total Pages: 214

ISBN-13: 9781909996113

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Elin's Air is an adventurous book aimed at older children about an exuberant girl with a sense of adventure and her fascinating discoveries across epic terrain, both physical and spiritual. A tale spun from authentic social and historical material and set against the majestic backdrop of North Wales during the last great Welsh Revival, Elin's Air is an exciting adventure story that will draw you into a world of intrigue: a world of mining, gold and physical conquest that simultaneously points to an internal world that once glimpsed, like true gold, ignites an eternal quest.