Lee Hayes

Lee Hayes
 Position Assistant Librarian, Rare Books & Manuscripts
 Org Unit University Library
 Email lee.hayes@adelaide.edu.au
 Telephone +61 8 8313 3683
 Location Floor/Room 1 ,  Barr Smith Library ,   North Terrace

  • Biography/ Background

    Lee graduated from Flinders University in 1997 with a Bachelor of Arts (Sociology and Legal Studies), and in 2004 completed a Graduate Diploma in Information Studies at University of South Australia.

    In 2007, whilst working in a government research library, she finished her Masters in Library and Information Management, focusing on the preservation of old and rare books.

    She joined The University of Adelaide Library in 2013, where she now works as the Librarian in Rare Books & Manuscripts.

    In her role, she draws on collection expertise to facilitate the research pursuits of University staff, students and the wider community.  She has responsibility for care and augmentation of the collections, and co-ordinates the conservation of fragile materials via the Adopt-a-Book Program, a 2012 initiative of the Friends of the Library.  She also collaborates with industry colleagues and the wider Special Collections team on exhibitions, and has curated three of her own, related specifically to book construction and illustration, which are now available online.

    Personally, Lee has a keen interest in bookbinding and particularly in the ways an original binding (and subsequent repairs) contributes to an item’s provenance.  She has trained under accredited bookbinders and paper conservators and fulfilled The Society of Bookbinders’ requirements for the craft of nineteenth century case binding in 2022.  Most recently, she completed an intensive course in Turkish Ebru, the UNESCO heritage listed art of water marbling, the results of which can often be found on the endpapers of old and rare books.

     

  • Qualifications

    Bachelor of Arts (Sociology and Legal Studies), Flinders University, South Australia, 1997

    Graduate Diploma in Information Studies, University of South Australia, 2007

    Master of Library and Information Management (Preservation), University of South Australia, 2010

  • Community Engagement

    Lee has a particular interest in the traditional trades of bookbinding and book illustration.  She has curated the following exhibitions for those interested in learning more about the various aspects of these crafts, some of which are beginning to appear on the United Kingdom's Red List of Endangered Crafts.

    Cover to Cover: Exposing the Bookbinder's Ancient Craft

    History of Book Illustration: 1400-1900

    Bound to Please: The Iconic Victorian Binding in an Era of Industrialisation and Mechanisation

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