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Historic Libraries Forum 1 HISTORIC LIBRARIES FORUM BULLETIN NO. 29 September 2014 Over the last few months, two very successful Forum events have been held and the annual conference is just a couple of months away in November. In June William Hale of Cambridge University Library led a day-long workshop on rare books cataloguing in the Library’s Milstein Room, attended by a wide range of members. In addition, a practical conservation workshop, led by Caroline Bendix, was held at Middle Temple Library in August. Both events were oversubscribed and we hope to repeat them next year for those unable to attend the first time around; reports on both appear in this Bulletin. Based on suggestions for events made by members, we are looking into possible workshops for 2015. These could include an introduction to the history of bookbinding and the use of digitisation in libraries. Do give us any suggestions for future events. The annual conference, entitled “Beyond the bid” (on the subject of sustaining the outcomes of project work), will be held on Thursday 20th November at Brunel University in London. Full details and booking information appear in this Bulletin. The programme, which includes speakers from the Heritage Lottery Fund, Exeter Cathedral, St John’s College Cambridge and the London Library, looks very interesting and is sure to provide practical suggestions for anyone thinking about embarking upon any kind of library-based project. News of a variety of libraries in danger has appeared in local and national press over the summer. The Forum has been contacted by (and has offered assistance to) the Farnborough-based Catholic National Library, which – somewhat out of the blue – closed its doors at the end of June. Negotiations are underway to ensure that the collections, numbering some 70,000 works, can be housed elsewhere. The Forum has also been concerned over the sale, from All Hallows College Dublin, of a number of rare books and manuscripts. Finally, the future of the British Museum’s Round Reading Room – home to what would eventually become the British Library – has been under discussion. After the closure of the Paul Hamlyn Library, it was used for major exhibitions for several years, but is now redundant with the opening of the Museum’s new exhibition centre. That this historic space will return to use as a library seems unlikely, but it is too historic a space for its desks and shelves to be removed. A national consultation will take place soon and the Forum has offered its help when the time comes. Click here to take the Museum's survey about its future: http://www.britishmuseum.org/whats_on/museum_of_the_future.aspx Some happy news was announced on Friday 12th September: thanks to a grant of £500,000 from the National Heritage Memorial Fund, Cambridge University Library has been successful in raising the required £1.1m to purchase the 7th-century Codex Zacynthius. Presented to the British & Foreign Bible Society in 1821, the manuscript came with the Society’s library to Cambridge in 1984 and was to be sold on the open market this year. The success of the fundraising project, which began in December 2013, is excellent news, and will allow more detailed research into the manuscript’s history. As a palimpsest (a manuscript from which the original text has been washed or scraped away 2 for re-use at a later date) the under-text is, in places, difficult to see, and the volume will now undergo detailed multi-spectral imaging and XRF spectroscopy. More information here: http://www.lib.cam.ac.uk/newspublishing/detail.php?news=444 As ever, do get in touch with us (http://www.historiclibrariesforum.org.uk/hlf/contact.html) if there is anything you would like to share with the Forum membership, including events or projects in your own libraries or collections/libraries at risk. If you know of someone who wants to join, please put them in touch with us. Our events book up quickly so you’re much more likely to secure a place by hearing about our events first hand from us. I look forward to meeting at the conference those who are able to attend. Liam Sims, Chair Historic Libraries Forum Annual conference 2014 Beyond the Bid Brunel University Library, Thursday 20th November 2014 This year’s conference, “Beyond the Bid”, looks at projects: planning, fundraising, managing and sustaining project outcomes. Speakers include: Fiona Talbott (Head of Museums, Libraries & Archives, Heritage Lottery Fund) Louisa Yates (Gladstone’s Library) Ann Barwood (Exeter Cathedral Library & Archives) Dunia Garcia-Ontiveros (London Library) Louise Anderson (Downside Abbey Archives & Library) Ryan Cronin (St John’s College, Cambridge) More information and a booking form are on pages 14 and 15 of this bulletin. Reports from workshops Cataloguing Antiquarian and Early Printed Collections workshop Cambridge University Library, Wednesday 18th June 2014 I was really excited to have the opportunity to attend this HLF workshop, especially because its focus was on gaining practical skills in cataloguing and dating early printed collections. After coming off the train and getting lost in the winding streets of Cambridge, I finally arrived at Cambridge University Library with a kind welcome from Liam Sims. I was really impressed when walking through the lovely Exhibition Centre which was adjacent to the Milstein Seminar room, where the workshop was held. Making my way to an empty seat in a room of unknown faces, we were further welcomed by Cambridge Library Rare Books Specialist, William Hale. Promptly at 10am, with a quick introduction of the 16 participants present, we were whisked into the first session of the programme – a general overview of descriptive cataloguing for rare materials, the history of rare books and the printing process. For a large majority of our group who already did some rare books cataloguing in their respective working environments, this may have seemed like a repetitive bore. However, I was happy to gain some new insight and eagerly took notes on Will’s 3 detailed but simplified explanation of DCRM (B) (Descriptive Cataloguing of Rare Materials (Books)) manual of principles and objectives for cataloguing rare books. Considering that the last revision of this manual first published in 1981 was in 2007, I thought it was particularly interesting just how advanced these principles are as the transcription, descriptive conventions and the level of detail required is closer to RDA and FRBR than AACR2. Consequently, it would be interesting to investigate whether the issues raised about the need to again revise DCRM(B) due to the introduction of RDA will come to fruition in the future. An informative video, covering the production of watermarked paper and the general printing process, was also useful. Everyone took the opportunity to discuss all the information over a lovely tea break. Many participants had a lot of interest in dating otherwise undated early printed books. In the second part of the programme, Will focused in detail on this topic, lecturing on the subject of bibliographical format and book structure for cataloguing rare books and deciphering the formulae of signatures when no pagination is given. The most difficult part of the day for me was definitely learning how to interpret a signature (a representation of the arrangement of leaves indicated by 23 letters of the Roman alphabet). Dealing with complex formulae and checking that double the total number of signature equals the total number of pages was a tricky mathematical experience. However, working in pairs made this task easier. I came to realise just how important all the information from the first session about understanding the manufacturing of paper came in handy when trying to establish the format of a book (e.g. octavo, quarto and so on) by being able to see the vertical or horizontal chainlines in the paper. I found it interesting that, as the dimensions of a book changed depending on the copy of the book, catchphrases at the foot of a page indicating the first word on the next page and possible watermarks can establish the authenticity and date of a book. I also learnt the relevance of recording differences in provenance specific for each copy of a book could hold vital information for book historians, scholars and other users. Following a tasty lunch in the Library tea room we had a surprise tour of the University Library. We didn’t ascend its famous tower with 17 floors, but we did manage to view the Rare Books Room. Similar to Dewey in classification but arranged by subject and shelved by size, Cambridge University Library has an extensive collection covering a range of subjects. The highlight of the day was yet to come as we moved in the final session in the programme. After Will explained the rules to follow in cataloguing rare books in MARC format, compared to the procedure for modern books, we had 1.5 hours of practical cataloguing with a selection of early printed books. The opportunity to see and handle examples from the library’s collections was a valuable experience, because it really allowed everyone to ask questions and query any problems they were having. I wish we were given another day to handle more examples in the collections and maybe a look at the library’s collection management system. However, I would say as a one-day introduction, the items selected were varied in structure and a vast amount of information about rare books cataloguing was covered in a short period of time. 4 Before leaving at 4pm, we were all given a bonus extra tour to view the library’s Historical Printing Room. I was amazed to see Philip Gaskell’s full-size medieval- style wooden printing press, printing blocks from the Cambridge University Press, type, composing sticks and type cases, all in working condition and still being used today in printing classes.
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