Advent 2023: 8 December

Today’s images are of brochures from the Dance United Northern Ireland Collection from the National Dance Archive of Ireland

Advent 2023: 7 December

Todays image is of a number of pressed and dried leaves, found preserved in the Bolton Library

Advent 2023: 6 December

Today’s image is of the various materials we use to preserve our collections such as acid-free boxes, folder and paper, mylar and paperclips.

Advent 2023: 5 December

Today’s post on recycling in the Bolton Library with images of bookbinder’s waste

Advent 2023: 4 December

Today’s images are of material preserved under strict storage conditions in our strongrooms

Advent 2023: 3 December

Today’s image if of one of our oldest manuscripts from the Bolton Library, an ‘Encyclopedia of medieval knowledge relating to the quadrivium’, dating from 1168.

Advent 2023: 2 December

Today’s image is a detail of a map of the house and demesne of Mount Eccles, Dublin, attached to a conveyance of land. (1733)

Advent 2023: 1 December

Today’s images feature an account book from Plassey House recording the sale of tomatoes, the UL rooftop garden and a surprise from the Bolton

Advent calendar 2023: Sustainability and heritage collections at UL Library

This years Advent Calendar looks at sustainability and heritage collections at UL Library

Advent Calendar 2023

Sustainability and heritage collections at UL Library Sustainability is a key concern for today’s society, […]

Opening a Window to the Past

We are launching a new online research guide with an exciting giveaway to celebrate it!

Connecting cartographic collections through place and time

New interactive online resource highlights a corpus of nine maps from the collection, collectively known as ‘The Looney Map’ of Tipperary