Rejuvenating a library collection: gradual renewal through stock management and recataloguing

Much like the cells making up an organism, library books must be continually replenished to keep a collection alive. Our latest blog post outlines the War Memorial Library’s project to sustain its printed ecosystem through recataloguing and relegation of selected older items to storage. With reinvigorated metadata, once hidden works have reemerged in view of our readers just as the librarians have rediscovered the physical legacy of college history in our modern collections. Read it here.

Collage of provenance trances in War Memorial Library books