University of Melbourne Collections
The twice-yearly magazine, University of Melbourne Collections, is published by the Cultural Collections Group and the Publications Team, Information Services, University of Melbourne. It succeeds the University of Melbourne Library Journal and covers all 32 of the University's cultural collections. The first issue appeared in November 2007 and was generously supported by the Friends of the Baillieu Library.
Contributions for future issues are most welcome. For further information please contact the editor, Belinda Nemec, Cultural Collections Co-ordinator (bnemec@unimelb.edu.au) or tel 8344 0269.
Belinda Nemec, 'Cultural Collections in spotlight', The Voice, vol. 2, no. 1, 4-18 February 2008, p. 8.
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Contents for Issue 4
Philip Kent - Introduction
Jane Garner - An aspiration to be modern
Kate Stanway - Conservation: Cleaning of Areopagitica, a sculpture by Norma Redpath
Ann Brothers - The triple helix in action at the Medical History Museum
Peter Garnick - Constructive curiosities: A visual reflection on the Medical History Museum collection
Miriam Riverlea - More than Just books: The Classics and Archaeology Library
Sally Salter - Cypriot antiquities at the University of Melbourne
Nicholas Hamilton - Anatome corporis humani
Petronella Nel - Rediscovered: An introduction to the School of Chemistry Collection
Louisa Marks - The creation of light in paradise and prints
Joëlle Gergis - Leaping forward through the past: How historical documents can help scientists understand climate change
Michael Bryan - Early English law reporting
Catherine Nunn and Vanessa Kowalski - Saving Sir Walter Baldwin Spencer: The conservation of a 20th century painting
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