{"id":893,"date":"2017-09-25T08:06:39","date_gmt":"2017-09-25T08:06:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uniofglos.blog\/specialcollections\/?p=893"},"modified":"2017-09-25T08:06:39","modified_gmt":"2017-09-25T08:06:39","slug":"new-home-for-special-collections-and-archives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.glos.ac.uk\/specialcollections\/2017\/09\/25\/new-home-for-special-collections-and-archives\/","title":{"rendered":"New Home for Special Collections and Archives"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Special Collections and Archives service has moved from Francis Close Hall to Delta Place, where all of our collections are now located.<\/p>\n<p>Over the summer we\u2019ve transformed an open-plan office into a repository for the University Archive and several special collections. We also have two new collections; the ITN News Archive and an Artists\u2019 Books Collection.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_882\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-882\" style=\"width: 1632px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-882\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.glos.ac.uk\/specialcollections\/specialcollections\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/04\/before.jpg\" alt=\"Before\" width=\"1632\" height=\"1224\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-882\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Before &#8211; A blank canvas<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Nine lorry-loads of shelving and boxes were gradually delivered and the space began to take shape.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_898\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-898\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-898\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.glos.ac.uk\/specialcollections\/specialcollections\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/04\/during.jpg\" alt=\"During\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-898\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">During &#8211; Controlled chaos!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Delta Place is now home to thirteen diverse and engaging collections that encompass literary giants such as the Dymock Poets; vast resources on local and national history in the Bristol and Gloucestershire Archaeological Society Library; archives of artists and sculptors in our Whittington Press and Forest of Dean Sculpture Trail collections; documentary photographs charting national and international news during the later twentieth century in the ITN News Archive; and of course the rich history of the University of Gloucestershire covering the past 170 years.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_901\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-901\" style=\"width: 1632px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-901\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.glos.ac.uk\/specialcollections\/specialcollections\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/04\/after.jpg\" alt=\"After\" width=\"1632\" height=\"1224\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-901\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">After &#8211; Ready to welcome back our researchers<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The service is open to staff, students and members of the public. Archivist Louise Hughes is on hand to help with your research, whatever topic big or small. Academic staff are also encouraged to contact the Special Collections and Archives for module-specific archive sessions using our wealth of material.<\/p>\n<p>Our <a href=\"http:\/\/sca.glos.ac.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">online archive catalogue<\/a> continues to grow as our collections are catalogued and made available to search online. All collections are also accessible in-person by making an appointment.<\/p>\n<p>Open Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays, 10am \u2013 6pm:<\/p>\n<p>Special Collections and Archives<\/p>\n<p>University of Gloucestershire<\/p>\n<p>Delta Place<\/p>\n<p>27 Bath Road<\/p>\n<p>Cheltenham<\/p>\n<p>Gloucestershire<\/p>\n<p>GL53 7TH<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"mailto:archives@glos.ac.uk\">archives@glos.ac.uk<\/a><\/p>\n<p>01242 714851<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-905\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.glos.ac.uk\/specialcollections\/specialcollections\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/04\/delta-place-location-map.jpg\" alt=\"Delta Place location map\" width=\"562\" height=\"537\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Special Collections and Archives service has moved from Francis Close Hall to Delta Place, where all of our collections are now located. 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