Content tagged Rare books and manuscripts
Ordered by publication date from most to less recent.
(These results include any available translations of the original English documents.)
- IFLA Supports ICOMOS in Statement on Tigray (Ethiopia)
The International Council on Museums and Sites (ICOMOS) has recently released a statement responding to growing reports of mass killings and destruction of cultural property in Tigray (Ethiopia...
News - 8 March 2021
Tags: Cultural heritage, Human rights, Rare books and manuscripts, Libraries, Archives, Museums, Monuments and Sites
- المحاضرة الخامسة من سلسلة محاضرات العلامات المائية: قراءة في موسوعة شارل مويز بريكي
في عام 1917 جمع شارل مويز بريكي موسوعته الضخمة التي تتكون من 4 مجلدات من الحجم الكبير تضمّ 16,112 علامة مائية رفعها من المكتبات ومراكز الأرشيف والوثائق الرسمية للمحاكم ومحاضر الموثقين في بلدان...
Event - 4 March 2021
Tags: Conservation, Cultural heritage, Preservation, Rare books and manuscripts, Webinar, PAC (Preservation and Conservation)
- Watermarks Lecture Series: a Reading in Charles-Moïse Briquet's Encyclopedia
The Preservation and Conservation (PAC) Centre hosted at Qatar National Library presents the final event in the Watermarks Lecture Series: A Reading in Charles-Moïse Briquet's...
Event - 4 March 2021
Tags: Conservation, Cultural heritage, Preservation, Rare books and manuscripts, Webinar, PAC (Preservation and Conservation)
- المحاضرة الرابعة من سلسلة محاضرات العلامات المائية: إشكالية تحديد عُمر الورق بين تاريخ الصنع والاستعمال
يعتقد العالم والأديب الروسي ديميتري ليخاتشوف أن المدة القصوى التي يستغرقها الورق منذ تاريخ صنعه حتى فترة النسخ عليه هي 10 سنوات، وهذا على حسب المسافة الفاصلة بين مكان صنع الورق (إيطاليا مثلا)...
Event - 4 March 2021
Tags: Conservation, Cultural heritage, Preservation, Rare books and manuscripts, Webinar, Preservation and Conservation
- Watermarks Lecture Series: Determining the Age of Paper Between the Date of Manufacture and Use
The Preservation and Conservation (PAC) Centre hosted at Qatar National Library presents the thurd event in the Watermarks Lecture Series: Determining the Age of Paper Between the Date...
Event - 4 March 2021
Tags: Conservation, Cultural heritage, Preservation, Rare books and manuscripts, Webinar, Preservation and Conservation
- سلسلة محاضرات مشروع حماية: الإتجار غير المشروع بالتراث الوثائقي في منطقة المغرب الكبير وتجمع الساحل
ظلّت المنطقة العربية والشرق الأوسط لقرون عديدة بوتقةً تنصهر فيها شتى الحضارات التي أفرزت العديد من الآثار الرائعة بما لها من قيم تاريخية وروحية وجمالية، ناهيك عن مدى الفخر والاعتزاز بأصحابها...
Event - 1 September 2020
Tags: Cultural heritage, Preservation, Rare books and manuscripts, Webinar, PAC (Preservation and Conservation)
- Himaya Project Lecture Series: illicit circulation of documentary heritage in the Maghreb and community of Sahelo States
For centuries, the Arab and Middle East region has been a melting pot of civilizations, which have produced many tangible artifacts with historical, spiritual and aesthetic values, not to mention...
Event - 1 September 2020
Tags: Cultural heritage, Preservation, Rare books and manuscripts, Webinar, PAC (Preservation and Conservation)
- International Online Meeting: “Familiarisation with the activities of the PAC Centres in Kazakhstan and Russia”
The National Library of the Republic of Kazakhstan (Almaty, Kazakhstan) and the M.I. Rudomino All-Russian State Library for Foreign Literature (Moscow, Russia) are both hosts of IFLA...
News - 29 June 2020
Tags: Conservation, Cultural heritage, Networking, Preservation, Rare books and manuscripts, PAC (Preservation and Conservation)
- Rapport: Consultation International sur la sauvegarde, l’accessibilité et la promotion des manuscrits anciens du Sahel
Le Bureau régional de l'UNESCO à Dakar au Sénégal, a organisé du 22 au 24 janvier 2020 une consultation internationale sur la sauvegarde, l’...
News - 10 March 2020
Tags: Conservation, Cultural heritage, Digitisation, Mali, Meetings, Networking, Preservation, Rare books and manuscripts, PAC (Preservation and Conservation)
- IFLA Represented at the UNESCO International Consultation on the Safeguarding, Accessibility and Promotion of Ancient Manuscripts from the Sahel
The UNESCO Regional Office in Dakar, Senegal organised this international consultation, held January 22-24, 2020 in in the Malian capital, Bamako. IFLA was represented at this sub-...
News - 10 March 2020
Tags: Conservation, Cultural heritage, Digitisation, Mali, Meetings, Networking, Preservation, Rare books and manuscripts, PAC (Preservation and Conservation)
- Presentations now available: "Libraries in the sky: large-scale collaboration strategies and infrastructures to enhance the use of digital heritage collections"
The presentations from the IFLA Rare Books and Special Collections midterm conference in Oslo, 12 April 2018, have now been available to freely download. This conference was held at the National...
News - 27 August 2018
Tags: Rare books and manuscripts, Rare Books and Special Collections
- Rare Books and Special Collections Section - IFLA Global Vision Discussion, 2018
How a united library field can tackle the challenges of the future: Ideas for actions On 4 June – 14 June 2018, by email and online, 18 members from the Rare Books and Special...
Publication - 27 August 2018
Tags: Rare books and manuscripts, Reports, Rare Books and Special Collections
- Rare Books and Special Collections Action Plan 2016-2017
Our Action Plan 2016-2017 outlines the key objectives for our Section. Take a look at our News feed to read updates on our progress. A report on these activities will be made...
Publication - 27 August 2018
Tags: Action plans, Rare books and manuscripts, Rare Books and Special Collections
- Rare Books and Special Collections Annual Report 2016-2017
Our Annual Report records our achievements and progress in relation to our Action Plan for the working year of 2017-2017. Read our Action Plan for the past year to see what we...
Publication - 27 August 2018
Tags: Rare books and manuscripts, Annual reports, Rare Books and Special Collections
- La convocatoria de trabajos a ser presentados durante la II Jornada IFLA El tráfico ilícito del patrimonio bibliográfico en América Latina y el Caribe - 28 de noviembre de 2018
JORNADA “O TRÁFICO ILÍCITO DO PATRIMÔNIO BIBLIOGRÁFICO NA AMÉRICA LATINA E CARIBE” ORGANIZA: FUNDACIÓN BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL DEL BRASIL...
News - 23 May 2018
Tags: Rare books and manuscripts
- JORNADA “O TRÁFICO ILÍCITO DO PATRIMÔNIO BIBLIOGRÁFICO NA AMÉRICA LATINA E CARIBE”
JORNADA “O TRÁFICO ILÍCITO DO PATRIMÔNIO BIBLIOGRÁFICO NA AMÉRICA LATINA E CARIBE” ORGANIZA: FUNDACIÓN BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL DEL BRASIL...
Event - 23 May 2018
Tags: Argentina, Brazil, Conference, Rare books and manuscripts, Rare Books and Special Collections
- Survey on rare materials cataloguing with RDA
In the last years an increasing number of libraries are adopting RDA as a cataloguing standard. Still, what happens to their rare materials? Is RDA fit for the description of their rare...
News - 7 May 2018
Tags: Metadata, Rare books and manuscripts, Rare Books and Special Collections
- Libraries in the sky: large-scale collaboration strategies and infrastructures to enhance the use of digital heritage collections
Libraries in the sky: large-scale collaboration strategies and infrastructures to enhance the use of digital heritage collections IFLA RBSCS mid-term conference, National Library of Norway...
Event - 27 November 2017
Tags: Conference, Digital preservation, Digital repositories, Digital resources, Digitisation, Information technology, Intellectual property, International cooperation, Library collections, Norway, Rare books and manuscripts, Rare Books and Special Collections
- RBSC seeking members for Standing Committee
The Rare Books and Special Collections Section invites you to serve on our standing committee! We are especially looking for members from Central and South America, Asia, Oceania and sub-Saharan...
News - 12 January 2017
Tags: Rare books and manuscripts, Rare Books and Special Collections
- WLIC 2016 events for AVMS
WLIC 2016 will soon take place and there will be AVMS activities. Open Session Our open session (Session 113) will be at Monday 15 August 16:00-18:00, about "...
News - 25 July 2016
Tags: Audiovisual and multimedia resources, Preservation, Rare books and manuscripts
- Information History: Perspectives and Prospects | CILIP Library & Information History Group Annual Conference 2016
Information History: Perspectives and Prospects | CILIP Library & Information History Group Annual Conference 2016 Date: Friday, 6 May 2016 Organized by: CILIP Library and...
News - 23 March 2016
Tags: CILIP, Library and Information History Group, Library history, LIHG, Preservation, Rare books and manuscripts, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Library History
- Call for Papers: ‘Theft in libraries – facing the hidden truth’
The IFLA Rare Books and Special Collections Section and the Preservation and Conservation Core Activity invites interested professionals to submit proposals for this open session to...
News - 26 January 2016
Tags: Communications, Conservation, Cultural heritage, Rare books and manuscripts
- Join us! Rare Books and Manuscripts Section Midterm Meeting: 1-2 April 2014
Registration, Travel Information, Meeting Agenda Agenda (PDF) updated 10 March 2014 Participation is open to all.
News - 18 January 2014
Tags: Rare books and manuscripts, Rare Books and Special Collections
- NOW CLOSED: Call for Papers: Space and collections earning their keep: Transformation, technologies, retooling
The Library Buildings & Equipment Standing Committee and the Acquisition and Collection Development Standing Committee are looking for papers that highlight how public, academic and research...
News - 20 December 2013
Tags: Access to information, architecture, Archives, books, Library as place, Library buildings and equipment, Library collections, Preservation, Rare books and manuscripts, storage, Technology, Library Buildings and Equipment
- RBM and AO Sections' Call for Papers Extended to 28 February 2013
Rare Books and Manuscripts Section with Asia and Oceania Section “Rare and special collections in the Asian or Oceanian context” Call for Papers Extended to 28...
News - 19 February 2013
Tags: Asia and Oceania, Rare books and manuscripts, Rare Books and Special Collections
- Preservation and Conservation Section Satellite Meeting
For the most up-to-date information, please see the conference website IFLA Preservation and Conservation Section and The Rare Books and Manuscripts section will hold a satellite...
Event - 12 March 2010
Tags: Conservation, Preservation, Rare books and manuscripts, Satellite Meeting, Sweden, Preservation and Conservation
- IFLA-preconference, Munich, 19-21 August 2009
Theme: "Early printed books as material objects"
Event - 30 April 2009
Tags: Preconference, Rare books and manuscripts, Rare Books and Special Collections