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	<title>Behind the scenes</title>
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		<title>Paper making in Buenos Aires</title>
		<link>http://blogs.nla.gov.au/behind-the-scenes/2012/04/18/paper-making-in-buenos-aires/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Apr 2012 04:28:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Erika Mordek</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bound to make a difference]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Preservation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[argentina]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bookbinders]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bookbinding]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[EARA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[japanese binding]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[oriental binding]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Papelera Palermo]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[papermaking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tango]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Not only am I a bookbinder but I am also a tanguera. I travel every March to Buenos Aires looking for those great dancers, taking classes, doing very little tourism.Last year however,  I took time off from dancing to visit the Biblioteca Nacional de Argentina, in Palermo. This year, I thought I’d take a more [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Braving the blizzard: Australian Antarctic Division Collection</title>
		<link>http://blogs.nla.gov.au/behind-the-scenes/2012/04/03/braving-the-blizzard-australian-antarctic-division-collection/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.nla.gov.au/behind-the-scenes/2012/04/03/braving-the-blizzard-australian-antarctic-division-collection/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Apr 2012 06:02:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Helen Rayner</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Cataloguing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Collecting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Antarctica]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Australian Antarctic Division Collection]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Volunteers]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.nla.gov.au/behind-the-scenes/?p=1264</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In 1998 the National Library of Australia acquired a significant historical collection originally compiled by the Australian Antarctic Division, which administers the Australian Antarctic Territory and the Territory of Heard Island and McDonald Islands. The collection, housed in the Map Section, comprises many photoreproductions of the Australian Antarctic Territory produced by the efforts of ANARE [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Looking behind the news</title>
		<link>http://blogs.nla.gov.au/behind-the-scenes/2012/03/21/looking-behind-the-news/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.nla.gov.au/behind-the-scenes/2012/03/21/looking-behind-the-news/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Mar 2012 21:01:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hilary Berthon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.nla.gov.au/behind-the-scenes/?p=1229</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[  The history of some of the 250 digitised Australian newspapers which are now available in Trove, makes interesting reading. In two of his books, ‘The Bold Type’ and ‘Country Conscience’, newspaper historian, Rod Kirkpatrick, describes some of the stories that surround these historic newspapers and the challenges they experienced just to stay afloat. One [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A song to remember: digitising Symphony Australia’s concert itineraries.</title>
		<link>http://blogs.nla.gov.au/behind-the-scenes/2012/02/27/a-song-to-remember-digitising-symphony-australia%e2%80%99s-concert-itineraries/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.nla.gov.au/behind-the-scenes/2012/02/27/a-song-to-remember-digitising-symphony-australia%e2%80%99s-concert-itineraries/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Feb 2012 02:39:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Denyl Cloughley</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Digitisation]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.nla.gov.au/behind-the-scenes/?p=1192</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In late November 2011, the Digitisation and Photography branch embarked on a trial of the SMA Overhead Scanners that are used in our Document Supply section.  The intention was to test the use of these devices for capture of the Symphony Australia collection of concert touring schedules and artist itineraries, an archival collection documenting the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>No lumpy leather in this bindery</title>
		<link>http://blogs.nla.gov.au/behind-the-scenes/2012/02/22/no-lumpy-leather-in-this-bindery/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.nla.gov.au/behind-the-scenes/2012/02/22/no-lumpy-leather-in-this-bindery/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2012 00:18:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Erika Mordek</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bound to make a difference]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Preservation]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.nla.gov.au/behind-the-scenes/?p=1173</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Can you feel the lumps?&#8221; asks Robin. &#8220;Lumps?&#8221; I reply, &#8220;what lumps? my fingers are too numb!&#8221; I&#8217;ve been paring leather this week, and my fingers are numb from holding the leather and the knife and pushing down and pushing across, all at the same time. Paring leather is the action of making the leather [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A gathering of bookbinders</title>
		<link>http://blogs.nla.gov.au/behind-the-scenes/2011/12/08/a-gathering-of-bookbinders/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.nla.gov.au/behind-the-scenes/2011/12/08/a-gathering-of-bookbinders/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Dec 2011 02:09:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Erika Mordek</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bound to make a difference]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Preservation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[binding]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[books]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[canberra bookbinding guild]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[conference]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[design bindings]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fine bindings]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[jim canary]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[joy tonkin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[rare books]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[the gathering 2011]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.nla.gov.au/behind-the-scenes/?p=1143</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[At the beginning of November, close to eighty bookbinders gathered at the Rheinberger Centre in Yarralumla for what promised to be an exciting week-end of anecdotal and informative exchanges. The Gathering, a national conference of book binders, was organised by the Canberra Bookbinders Guild,  the second to be held in Canberra since 1984. David and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Zinesters of the world:  no happy stapling or rubber bands please</title>
		<link>http://blogs.nla.gov.au/behind-the-scenes/2011/11/07/zinesters-of-the-world-no-happy-stapling-or-rubber-bands-please/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.nla.gov.au/behind-the-scenes/2011/11/07/zinesters-of-the-world-no-happy-stapling-or-rubber-bands-please/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Nov 2011 22:28:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Erika Mordek</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bound to make a difference]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Preservation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pamphlets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[rubber bands]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sewing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[staples]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[thread]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[zines]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.nla.gov.au/behind-the-scenes/?p=1036</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Rubber bands are in the same class as sticky tape and staples: not only do they all mean more work for me,but they also spell inevitable disaster for the item. There are staples that rust and staples that don&#8217;t rust.There are staples that require me to grow muscles.  If we are going to preserve items, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tapestry Delights</title>
		<link>http://blogs.nla.gov.au/behind-the-scenes/2011/10/25/tapestry-delights/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.nla.gov.au/behind-the-scenes/2011/10/25/tapestry-delights/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Oct 2011 03:26:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alexa McNaughtReynolds</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Preservation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[eggs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[freezing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[insects]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[larvae]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[preserving]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tapestries]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[vacuuming]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.nla.gov.au/behind-the-scenes/?p=1105</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The three Aubusson tapestries , ‘Ram’s Head’, ‘Radio Telescope’, and the ‘Parrot’ were woven in Aubusson, France, for the National Library of Australia and are a great attraction to the Library. Ever wondered what happens to the three Aubusson tapestrieswhen they disappear for 2 weeks a year? Well, around August/ September is breeding season. Bugs, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A face lift for the Port of Sydney</title>
		<link>http://blogs.nla.gov.au/behind-the-scenes/2011/10/11/a-face-lift-for-the-port-of-sydney/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.nla.gov.au/behind-the-scenes/2011/10/11/a-face-lift-for-the-port-of-sydney/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Oct 2011 01:11:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alexa McNaughtReynolds</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Preservation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lining]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sydney; map; lining; facing; preservation; conservation; acidic; mylar]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[We’ve recently been working on a Map of part of the water frontage of the Port of Sydney shewing parts of the land and wharfage vested in the Sydney Harbour Trust Commissioners. It was donated to the National Library by a former employee of the Customs Department in Sydney. The map appears to have been used [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>5</slash:comments>
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		<title>Look out! She&#8217;s behind you!</title>
		<link>http://blogs.nla.gov.au/behind-the-scenes/2011/09/29/look-out-shes-behind-you/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.nla.gov.au/behind-the-scenes/2011/09/29/look-out-shes-behind-you/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Sep 2011 23:00:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sally Bamford</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Collecting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ephemera]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pantomime]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.nla.gov.au/behind-the-scenes/?p=965</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[As an intern in the National Library this year, I expected to find myself doing ‘something’ with books, knowing little about the vast holdings of realia and ephemera the Library also holds. For the past few weeks however, I’ve been going through our PROMPT (Australian Performing Arts) collection and updating a finding aid for the [...]]]></description>
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