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Blog Posts
Read about our latest news, collection highlights, and reflections.
Rebecca Somerset
Nov 154 min read
Collaborative Cataloguing
A reflection on a new cataloguing approach attempted in September.
Volunteer
Jul 242 min read
Cataloguing the papers of Fr Frank Hannan, a Jesuit passionate in his support for blind Catholics
Our volunteer, Jane, reflects on the experience of cataloguing the papers of Fr Frank Hannan
Alexander Taylor
Aug 7, 20234 min read
Centenary Anniversary of Loyola Hall
It is the centenary anniversary of the opening of Loyola Hall, a Jesuit retreat centre that operated between 1923 and 2014.
Work Experience Placement
Oct 7, 20223 min read
Work Experience in the Archives
Eddie Piron shares reflections on his work experience placement at the British Jesuit Archives.
Lucy Vinten
Mar 15, 20215 min read
Cataloguing Antiquarian Books at home and lessons learnt
A year and three lockdowns into the pandemic and our old way of working has fractured, the ‘new normal’ has become the merely normal....
Lucy Vinten
Sep 27, 20206 min read
A Book Through Time
Book provenance is an area of research into the history of individual books and of libraries, focusing on who owned which books, and what...
Lucy Vinten
Mar 2, 20207 min read
Reduce, Reuse, Recycle the 17th Century Way
World Book Day falls on 5 March this year, and this blog post will look at some of the antiquarian books in the Jesuit Archives which I...
Alex Van Goethem
Aug 11, 20195 min read
Cataloguing 'The Month'
The cataloguing of The Month – a monthly publication owned and operated by the British Province of the Society of Jesus from 1865 until...
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