Tales from Two Cities: From Senate House Library to the State Library of New South Wales (June 8, 2023)

The line-up for the Book and Print Initiative (BPI), 

School of Advanced Study, 

University of London, 

for Term 3 2022/23. 

Book and Print Initiative, School of Advanced Study, University of London

Term 3, 2022/34

"The Book and Print Initiative (BPI), School of Advanced Study, University of London, for Term 3 2022/23. BPI offers informal discussions about all aspects of print and book research, highlighting projects at the School of Advanced Study and Senate House collections. All lunchtime talks are free and take place Thursdays, 1-2pm (UK), on Zoom. Please RSVP at bit.ly/BookAndPrint.

Book and Print Initiative, School of Advanced Study, University of London

Term 3, 2022/34

8 June

Dr Karen Attar, Curator of Rare Books and University Art, Senate House Library / Senior Librarian, Rare Books, State Library of New South Wales (if you prefer, simply: Senate House Library / State Library of New South Wales)

Tales from Two Cities: From Senate House Library to the State Library of New South Wales

“Uncle Jack said you must choose between this world, the next world, and Australia”. Based on a secondment from Senate House Library to the State Library of New South Wales in the heart of Sydney, this talk juxtaposes the two institutions. It looks at holdings, acquisitions, descriptions, and values at the State Library, a copyright library founded 10 years before the University of London. The Library is renowned for its travel narratives and Australiana and holds some enviable treasures. Conversely, discoveries there have led to heightened appreciation of the treasures at Senate House.

Sign up: https://www.sas.ac.uk/events/tales-two-cities-senate-house-library-state-library-new-south-wales

POC:  SAS Libraries | School of Advanced Study

 Dr Elizabeth Savage FSA FRHistS Senior Lecturer in Book History and Communications

PI, British Academy/Leverhulme Small Grant: Fladerpapier: Art, Craft, and the Earliest Mass-Produced Wallpaper in the West

Co-Director, Book and Print Initiative Moderator, Blocks Plates Stones listerv

School of Advanced Study, University of London

Senate House, Malet Street

London WC1E 7HU

20% off with the code AFL01 until 30 June 2023: Elizabeth Savage/Linda Stiber Morenus, ‘Pre-Industrial Printing Inks, c.1450–1850’, in Conservation of Books, ed. Abigail Bainbridge, Routledge Series in Conservation and Museology