Natalie Brown

PhD student, University College London

Project Title 

Collection Surveys as Part of Library Document Supply Chain 

Background & Summary of Project

The project aims to better understand material change within large library collections and assess how non-destructive surveying tools (NIR) could be most straightforwardly applied, in the context of document delivery to understand the ‘health’ of the library’s collection.

Partners

• Lichtblau e.K.
• Bodleian Library
• Library of Congress

Publications 

Natalie Brown, Floriana Coppola, Alberto Modelli, Floriana Amicucci, Dirk Lichtblau, Matija Strlič (2020) Non-destructive collection survey of the historical Classense Library. Part I: Paper characterisation, Heritage Science (2020) 8:88

Floriana Coppola, Natalie Brown, Floriana Amicucci, Matija Strlič, Alberto Modelli (2020) Non-destructive collection survey of the historical Classense Library. Part II: Conservation scenarios Heritage Science (2020) 8:89

Natalie Brown, Dirk Lichtblau, Tom Fearn and Matija Strlič, Characterisation of 19th and 20th century Chinese paper, Heritage Science (2017) 5:47