Libraries and Archives

Colin Clarkson, Cambridge University Library - Colin is in charge of the Historical Printing Room in the University Library, which holds printmaking classes for students at any stage of study every year. The Historical Print Room is also home to a collection of historical printing artefacts, including pieces from William Morris' Kelmscott Press. Contact ctc1000@cam.ac.uk

Alexandra Franklin, Oxford University Library - Alexandra is a member of staff in the Department of Special Collections at the Bodleian Libraries. She is Coordinator of the Bodleian Centre for the Study of the Book and manages the Bodleian Visiting Fellows Programme. Contact alexandra.franklin@bodleian.ox.ac.uk

Martin Killeen, University of Birmingham Library - Martin is a Rare Books curator at the Cadbury Research Library at Birmingham. He looks after a range of documents from printed books to manuscripts covering a wide range of eras and topics. He has published work on John Baskerville based on the Library's findings. Contact m.killeen@bham.ac.ukt

Liam Sims, Cambridge University Library - Liam is a Rare Books Specialist at Cambridge University Library, where the special collections include over 4600 incunabula and extensive collections on typography and the history of printing. He has published on various aspects of library history and is undertaking a part-time PhD at Leicester University on the Spalding Gentlemen’s Society and its eighteenth-century antiquarian activities. Contact ls457@cam.ac.uk