Ligatus/CERL Bookbinding Expert Seminars & Reception

Coming to Terms with the Language of Bindings

Organized by: CERL, Ligatus

Ligatus/CERL Bookbinding Expert Seminars & Reception. Three Expert Seminars on the use of the Ligatus Language of Bindings followed by a plenary session on the guidelines for bookbinding.

CERL also gave talks on the CERL Bookbinding Working Group, its European collaborations and CENDARI’s activities.

TUESDAY, 23 JUNE 2015, 09.00 – 19.00
Hosted by the Chelsea College of Arts, 16 John Islip Street, London SW1P 4JU

Programme

– 09.00-10.00: Registration and welcome with coffee/tea and biscuits in Green Room, Block A: Three parallel Expert Seminars (holding 12 persons each, at different locations)
– 10.00-12.00:

  • Prof Nicholas Pickwoad (Director of the Ligatus Research Centre, University of the Arts, London): ‘Coming to Terms’ in Green Room, Block A
  • Dr Athanasios Velios (Deputy Director of the Ligatus Research Centre): ‘The Language of Bindings’ in Room E305, Block E
  • Aurélie Martin (Research Assistant at the Ligatus Research Centre): ‘The Decorated Paper Project’, in AG05, Block A

– 12.00-14.30: Lunch exclusively for seminar attendees; followed by a Ligatus exhibition arranged especially for all participants
– 13.30-15.00: Meeting of the CERL Bookbinding Working Group, by invitation only in Room E305, Block E
– 14.30 – 15.00: Registration in Green Room, Block A, free admission

Plenary session in Chelsea College Lecture Theatre, Block A

– 15.00-15.40: Prof Nicholas Pickwoad and Mr Per Cullhed (Strategic Development Manager, Uppsala Universitetsbiblioteket, and Chair of CERL Bookbinding Working Group): ‘Ligatus guidelines for bookbinding and CERL Bookbinding Working Group’
– 15.40-16.20: Drs Marian Lefferts (CERL Executive Manager): ‘Fingers in pies: CERL and European collaboration’
– 16.20-17.00: Dr Kathleen Walker-Meikle (CERL Project Officer): ‘CENDARI: Integrating archival research digitally?’
– 17.00-19.00: Reception hosted by Ligatus and CERL, sponsored by Maggs Bros. Ltd. in the Green Room
– 17.30-17.45: Welcome address by Prof Ulf Göranson (CERL Chairman)

Presentations

• Prof Nicholas Pickwoad, Director of the Ligatus Research Centre, University of the Arts, London
Coming to terms: Ligatus guidelines for bookbinding: Presentation

• Mr Per Cullhed, Strategic Development Manager, Uppsala Universitetsbiblioteket
CERL Bookbinding Working Group: Presentation

• Drs Marian Lefferts, CERL Executive Manager
Fingers in pies: CERL and European collaboration: Presentation

• Dr Kathleen Walker-Meikle, CERL Project Officer
CENDARI: Integrating archival research digitally: Presentation

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EVENT INFORMATION

Chelsea College of Arts

  • Location: London - United Kingdom
  • Event date: June 23, 2015

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