Author: Amelia Leventhal
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Appreciating unconventional rare books
Read more: Appreciating unconventional rare booksIt is common to think that the only ‘rare’ books in the Heythrop Library collection are pre-1800 or early print books. While this is partially true, some books are ‘rare’ because of their uniqueness and what they can teach us about scholars’ research. I recently encountered an interesting book from 1911 while cataloguing a group…
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Cataloguing update : bound-with volumes
Read more: Cataloguing update : bound-with volumesSince we made the switch to our new library management system, Koha, the trickiest task I have faced has been cataloguing ‘bound-with’ or ‘multi-tract’ volumes. ‘Bound-with’ refers to separately published works bound together in one or more volumes.
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Our journals : Church history : studies in Christianity and culture
Read more: Our journals : Church history : studies in Christianity and cultureIn Our journals we introduce you to all our journals; currently, there are over 140 live journals we subscribe to.