Tag: rare books
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Rare books at Campion Hall – fifth report
Read more: Rare books at Campion Hall – fifth reportThis is the fifth post in a series for our blog. It shares the reports written by Alison Felstead, Rare Books Cataloguer at Campion Hall, who has since April 2024 done sterling work on creating detailed records for those Heythrop Library rare books which are stored at Campion Hall. Below is the report received from Alison for the Heythrop…
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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.