About Me

I am an accredited, freelance libraries conservator, working in situ since 1985, i.e. taking conservation to the collections and not working in my own studio. I specialise in the well-being, on-going care and conservation of printed books and bound manuscripts.

In 2019 I was humbled and delighted to be awarded the Plowden Medal for my services to the conservation of libraries.

I provide the following services:

• Preservation audits/surveys/reports on libraries and books, including their environment, storage, handling, salvage and display
• Preparation and implementation of plans for the long-term maintenance/conservation and use of collections
• Training for librarians and curators in library preservation awareness and any of the above
• Courses on Cleaning, and Damage Assessment for West Dean College at the British Library
• Programmes of in-situ conservation and stabilisation
• Full conservation surveys of books
• Training of volunteers to carry out in-situ conservation and condition surveys
• Advice on packing and moving libraries and the implementation thereof
• Supply of conservators trained by self to carry out in-situ conservation
• Advice on the exhibition and display of books, on and off site
• Lectures on all aspects of library conservation to a wide range of clients

I am the National Trust's Adviser on Libraries Conservation and trainer and adviser on book conservation projects to The Arts Society (formerly NADFAS), both since 1992.