Conference programme

Thursday 29th June

1700: Start time and intro
1710: Dr. Nadine Kozak (University of Wisconsin Milwaukee) - 'There are books on every
position in the house': The Schuster's department store library, 1922-1937
1740: Isla Macfarlane (University of Stirling)- Touring the Library: the Library of
Innerpeffray and Literary Tourism
1810: Ted Simonds (Lambeth Palace) - Enhancing Sion College Library's provenance
cataloguing with placement students
1840: Simone Monti (Warburg Institute) - Reconstructing the history of an Early Modern
library - St Catharine's College's 1633 and its collection of early printed books
1910: Closing remarks

Friday 30th June

0930: Library and Information History Group AGM
1000: Start time and intro
1010: Dr. Jill Dye (National Museums Scotland) - The impact of the Society of Antiquaries of
Scotland's historic library on Scotland's national collections
1040: Anne Watson (British Museum) - Let them use cards! Or, an exploration of the
motivations and context behind the creation of the 1791 French Cataloguing Code
1110: Maria Franchini (University of Reading) - The history and development of a parochial
library told through its catalogues
1140: Phoebe Cooper (Independent Scholar) - 'They out-last brass, iron and marble': book
survival and the University of Edinburgh Library 1555-1650
1210: Closing remarks

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