museums victoria library Archives - INCITE Magazine https://incite.alia.org.au/tag/museums-victoria-library/ The magazine for the library and information sector Tue, 07 Apr 2026 04:13:15 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://incite.alia.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/cropped-logo-32x32.png museums victoria library Archives - INCITE Magazine https://incite.alia.org.au/tag/museums-victoria-library/ 32 32 Managing hazardous substances in historic library collections https://incite.alia.org.au/managing-hazardous-substances-in-historic-library-collections/ https://incite.alia.org.au/managing-hazardous-substances-in-historic-library-collections/#respond Tue, 03 Mar 2026 12:43:29 +0000 https://incite.alia.org.au/?p=300 As anyone working with historic book collections will know, they require specialised care and throw the odd collection management curve ball. An emerging health and safety issue for historic libraries that I have been working on in recent years is the identification and management of hazardous substances in old book bindings. As the book trade… Read More »

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]]> https://incite.alia.org.au/managing-hazardous-substances-in-historic-library-collections/feed/ 0 Reflections on the repatriation of Mary Anning’s book https://incite.alia.org.au/reflections-on-the-repatriation-of-mary-annings-book/ https://incite.alia.org.au/reflections-on-the-repatriation-of-mary-annings-book/#respond Tue, 10 Dec 2024 20:39:00 +0000 https://incite.alia.org.au/?p=1855 I freely admit to a love of mysteries and have been the butt of many a gentle jibe for endlessly rewatching Agatha Christie adaptations. Therefore, it has been fascinating to be involved in a real-life rare book mystery for the past couple of years. The book once belonged to 19th century palaeontologist Mary Anning and in 1985 made its way into the Museums Victoria Library, where I am library manager, to support museum research. 

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