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Professional Perspectives: Ethics in Conservation and Archives

Posted by sallyanneshearn on 14 October 2015

Written by Catherine Dand, Conservator In August 2015 three members of Borthwick staff travelled across land and sea to present papers at the annual Archives and Records Association conference in Dublin. The theme of the conference was ‘Challenges, Obligations, or Imperatives? The moral and legal role of the Record Keeper today’. The three sessions that … Continue reading Professional Perspectives: Ethics in Conservation and Archives

Conservation and the Science of Light

Posted by sallyanneshearn on 17 July 2014

Written by Catherine Firth, Conservator. The Conservation Department has recently been involved in the installation of two new exhibitions: ‘The Architecture of War Memorials’, which can be found on the third floor of the Raymond Burton Library, and ‘The Pity of War’, which is on display along the ground floor main corridor in the Harry … Continue reading Conservation and the Science of Light