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Treating Photographs from the Nancy Pelosi Papers: A Photograph Conservation Intern’s Journey

Posted by: Lily Tyndall

Close-up view of two hands carefully at work on an aged, yellowing manuscript with handwriting

Preservation Intern Profile: Gabrielle Alongi

Posted by: Aaron D. Chaletzky

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A Blast to the Past: Testing Decades Old Predictions

Posted by: Bobbi Hinton

Intern Mary Lawrence works on a text block at her bench.

Nothing General About It: Ten Weeks in GCCS

Posted by: Lily Tyndall

Iranian serial Megillah is shown open between two issues with the front cover on the left printed in Farsi and the back cover on the right with text in English.

Perfecting the Final Product, Part 1: Learning Language Traits Including Computer Programming

Posted by: K.F. Shovlin

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Register Now: Inks & Skins

Posted by: Bobbi Hinton

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Tracking Colors: Building a Pigment Reference Database

Posted by: Bobbi Hinton

Problem Resolution: One of the Key Collections Management Actions

Posted by: Beatriz Haspo

Katie Mullen and Katie Senn take a selfie in the Main Reading Room, Library of Congress

Collecting the world’s languages: A Junior Fellow’s Report from the Preservation Services Division

Posted by: K.F. Shovlin