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Liz Ralph

Liz Ralph

Children's Book Seller

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Collection Care Team Leader at UK House of Lords

  • Education

    • University of the Arts, London

      2010 - 2011
      Bachelor of Arts (BA) Conservation 2:1

      Volunteering:The College of Arms, London. Volunteer Book Conservator.The Wellcome Collection, London. Surveyor of the Arabic Manuscript Collection.Final Project:15th Century Heraldic Manuscript sourced from The College of Arms.

    • University of the Arts London

      2008 - 2010
      FdA Book Conservation 2:1

      Work experience/volunteering:The Stanley Kubrick Archive, LCC. Rehousing photographs.The British Library, London. Volunteer Book Conservator.Ligatus @ Norwich Cathedral Library. Surveyor.Final projects sourced from UCL Special Collections.

    • University of the Arts London

      2011 - 2012
      Master of Arts (MA) Conservation 1st

      Activities and Societies: Book Conservation course Rep. Volunteering Placements:The College of Arms - General book conservation projects for the College Library, as well as some experience with environmental monitoring and archive care.The Wellcome Collection - Surveying and boxing the Arabic Manuscript collection.Lambeth Palace - Dry cleaning and boxing bindings from the Sion Library.Final Project:Two Stationery Bindings (1 ledger, 1 springback) from Barings Bank Archive, London and 1 Stationery Binding from Christ's… Show more Volunteering Placements:The College of Arms - General book conservation projects for the College Library, as well as some experience with environmental monitoring and archive care.The Wellcome Collection - Surveying and boxing the Arabic Manuscript collection.Lambeth Palace - Dry cleaning and boxing bindings from the Sion Library.Final Project:Two Stationery Bindings (1 ledger, 1 springback) from Barings Bank Archive, London and 1 Stationery Binding from Christ's Hospital Museum, West Sussex. Show less

  • Experience

    • Borders

      Sept 2007 - Aug 2008
      Children's Book Seller

      Consisting of customer service, children's entertainment, overhauling and running the children's section, writing book reviews and recommending and ordering books for customers.

    • The British Library

      Jan 2010 - Mar 2010
      Volunteer Book Conservator

      Consisting of book binding and box making tuition. A joint project between 3 conservators where my main task was paper repairs. A cloth re-bind of a book containing albumen prints and a completely new binding for an Islamic manuscript.

    • College of Arms

      Sept 2010 - Sept 2012
      Volunteer Book Conservator

      Conserving bindings from the College's library. Including leather and cloth re-backs, resewing, paper and leather repair, gold tooling, infilling and board repair.

    • The Wellcome Collection

      Sept 2010 - Dec 2011
      Collection Surveyor

      Studying and documenting bindings as part of the survey of the Islamic Manuscript collection. I was also tasked with measuring the bindings and ordering custom-made boxes.

    • University of the Arts London

      Oct 2011 - Sept 2012
      MA Student

      Graduated with distinction. Specialised in Book Conservation, including; paper, leather, parchment and general binding repair as well as studying conservation science and preservation management.

    • Lambeth Palace

      Jan 2012 - Mar 2012
      Volunteer Preservation Assistant

      Cleaning and boxing bindings in preparation for transportation and storage off-site.

    • Wellcome Trust

      Oct 2012 - Oct 2012
      Conservator

      Short contract position, cleaning a fire damaged collection ready for cataloguing.

    • PZ Conservation C.I.C.

      Jan 2013 - Oct 2014
      Trainee Book Conservator

      Working in a private book and paper conservation studio. Working with multiple collections, and also involved in Outreach work within the local and Cornish community.

    • Liz Ralph Book Conservation

      Oct 2014 - Mar 2017
      Private Library and Archive Conservator

    • The College of Arm

      Oct 2014 - Mar 2017
      Senior Book Conservat

      Senior book conservator undertaking intervention treatment for a historic working private library. Duties also included volunteer supervision, project planning and implementation, environmental monitoring, IPM programming and disaster/emergency management.

    • UK House of Lords

      Mar 2017 - now

      Collection Care Team Leader of 5 Collection Care Assistants in the Pack and Track Team. Tasked with the preservation packing of the Parliamentary Archives collection. Project sits within the Archives Relocation Program.

      • Collection Care Team Leader

        Jun 2019 - now

      • Conservator (Library and Archives)

        Mar 2017 - Jun 2019

    • The Montefiascone Project

      Jul 2017 - now
      Move Manager

      Assessing the stability of the Montefiascone Seminary library and archive for a move. Coordinating preservation efforts and advising on the suitability of the proposed site. Surveying the collection to form a holistic view of it's requirements and prioritising the packing/conservation where applicable.

  • Licenses & Certifications

    • PRINCE2® Foundation and Practitioner Certification Training

      University of Westminster
      Oct 2018