Louisa Coles

special collections and archives conservator | admirer of the old, the beautiful & the not so beautiful

[Louisa Coles @bluellabelle]

@megabusuk Your coach tracking service appears to show these are running. Please could you tell me which source is correct? Thank you.

[Louisa Coles @bluellabelle]

@ScotRail Website shows no trains running after 5pm today for Abdn - Glasgow. Trains tomorrow morning are showing as running. Is this definite or do i need to find alternative? Thanks!

[Getty Conservation Institute @GCIConservation]

🔔 Free book alert! 🔔

"Managing Collection Environments: Technical Notes and Guidance," edited by Joel Taylor and Vincent Laudato Beltran, is available as a free pdf.

https://t.co/7rOZobHxC3

This publication presents concepts such as climate physics and data collection/analysis, as well as practical issues and approaches to managing the indoor environment.

[Unison Glasgow City @unison_glasgow]

Glasgow City Council are shredding museum services quicker than a Banksy auction!

30% of jobs to go in Museum Collections section of 100 workers.

Trade union protests on Sat 29 July, 12noon, at Burrell Collection and Sat 5 August, 12noon, at GOMA.

Defend Glasgow's museums!

[Louisa Coles @bluellabelle]

@UofGInfoStudies What terribly sad news this is. She was a truly special person. My heartfelt condolences to Johanna's friends and family.

[Mark Furness @Furnessorama]

Today (and yesterday… and probably another day) we treat the big papyrus, Demotic 9, with some enzymes to remove some Ill-advised historic applications of sunflower oil (by an academic in the 1960s - reasoning unclear) Part 1 in a process @TheJohnRylands @TheNMCT @enminubeazul1

[Louisa Coles @bluellabelle]

I just love this!

[UofGlasgowASC @UofGlasgowASC]

We're going to need a bigger wall.
Trying to visualise the arrangement of the Scottish Amicable catalogue. Spanning over 2000 items, 4 centuries and half the globe, it's quite a challenge.
Watch this space! (If you can find any) #ASCatwork #ASCMetadata

[UofGlasgowASC @UofGlasgowASC]

Cataloguing a beautiful numismatics book with hand-painted arms of the Dukes of Savoy and v. ornate boards and fore-edges. Likely owned by either Emmanuel Philibert (1528-1580) or Charles Emmanuel I (1562-1630). Hunterian G.1.15: https://t.co/OJ2ZFlWeye #ASCrarebooks #ASCatwork

[UofGlasgowASC @UofGlasgowASC]

A terrific launch of @suchichoudhury’s “Textile Orientalisms”. Huge thanks to Nigel Leask and @susanhiner3 for their fascinating responses to the book to @P14Murray for his expert chairing and for all who attended online and in-person. Congratulations Suchitra! 🎉

[Louisa Coles @bluellabelle]

Great to see Maria's enthusiasm and interest in the life of Louise Jopling reflected in this informative post! It was a pleasure to meet you @soroniati

[UofGlasgowASC @UofGlasgowASC]

Check out our new blog post by #WorkPlacement student Maria @soroniati, who has just finished working on the Louise Jopling Papers! #JoplingProject
https://t.co/2bZRIA0bo5

[UofGlasgowASC @UofGlasgowASC]

Our revels now are ended ... but the show must go on!!
Big thanks to everyone who came to see our wonderful #FirstFolio this weekend @hunterian
Don't panic if you didn't make it, you can hear all about it here:
Shakespeare's First Folio https://t.co/KJgVJl4GNI via @YouTube

[UofGlasgowASC @UofGlasgowASC]

It's a wrap!
Thanks so much to @hunterian for displaying our #FirstFolio so beautifully this weekend (but we are taking it back to @uofglibrary now - back to work!)

[The Hunterian @hunterian]

📢 If you can't make it to the Hunterian Art Gallery this weekend to see the @UofGlasgowASC #FirstFolio for yourself you could plan to see the other splendid volumes at @mountstuart or @natlibscot. Read about this special collaboration on the blog https://t.co/RHHLqNAauQ.

[Julie Gardham @GardhamJulie]

Thanks so much to our lovely audience @hunterian - hope you enjoyed our #FirstFolio as much as me!

[Julie Gardham @GardhamJulie]

Just a final few titivations ⁦@CuratorRuth⁩ ⁦@bluellabelle⁩ ⁦
and our ⁦@UofGlasgowASC⁩ #FirstFolio is ready for a weekend of fame ⁦@hunterian⁩. See you there!
#Folio400

[UofGlasgowASC @UofGlasgowASC]

Planning your weekend in Glasgow @GlasgowWEToday ?
Don't forget to pop in to @hunterian art gallery to see the rare appearance of our #Shakespeare #FirstFolio
Is it very good or stark naught? You decide!
Curator talk by @GardhamJulie at 1pm Sunday
#Folio400

[The Hunterian @hunterian]

#DidYouKnow the #Hunterian Art Gallery @UofGlasgow was designed by William Whitfield and Partners and constructed between 1973 and 1981? It opened in 1980 and is an outstanding example of the architectural style known as brutalism. The Mackintosh House opened in 1981. #HAGFacts

[Jo is no longer here 👋 @octavosaurus]

Very happy to announce that my research into undergraduate use of Special Collections has been published! You can read 'Establishing special collections literacy for undergraduate students: an investigation into benefits and barriers of access' here:
https://t.co/4k7URMirKh

[Krystle Farrugia @FarrugiaKrystle]

New Italian database of over 5000 watermarks is now online!
https://t.co/1yZ8iZuPKD

[UofGlasgowASC @UofGlasgowASC]

An unexpected #photograph found attached to a letter by Maria @soroniati box listing Louise Jopling’s correspondence: Louise tending to her new-born child. What is so striking is her natural pose – a stark contrast to the usually strictly posed photos of that time #JoplingProject