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Posted by: Bobbi Hinton
Curators, conservators, and preservation scientists collaborate to conduct pre-exhibit testing on 18th Century thangka, Buddha Shakyamuni which will be displayed in Collecting Memories: Treasures from the Library of Congress, in late 2023.
Posted in: Care and Handling, Collections Care, Conservation, Events & Outreach, Heritage Science, Preservation
Posted by: Chloe Genter
On April 13th and 14th, the Library hosted From Jikji to Gutenberg, the Scholarly Colloquium, a meeting of scholars, historians, conservators, and librarians from seven countries. The colloquium is part of a scholarly effort to promote understanding and awareness in the West about early printing with moveable type in Korea that pre-dates Gutenberg’s famous Bible. Jikji is the abbreviated title of the world’s oldest extant book made with moveable type, printed in Cheongju, Korea in 1377, preceding the Gutenberg Bible by 77 years.
Posted in: Conservation, Events & Outreach, Preservation, Rare Books and Special Collections
Posted by: Aaron D. Chaletzky
This is a joint post by Aaron Chaletzky and Julie Pramis. This past January, the Preservation Services Division (PSD) took on a new Preservation Intern: Julie Pramis. Julie is currently enrolled in the Masters of Science in Library and Information Science program (MLIS) at the Catholic University of America (CUA). She comes to PSD with …
Posted in: Care and Handling, Collections Management, Internships, Preservation, Reformatting
Posted by: Chloe Genter
Senior Rare Book Conservator John Bertonaschi will be describing the manuscript and what we know of its history and provenance.
Posted in: Care and Handling, Conservation, Preservation, Rare Books and Special Collections
Posted by: Bobbi Hinton
The Library of Congress partners with five universities and the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to test 2,500 books and observe trends in the assembled data; assessing the physical condition of the national collection.
Posted in: Heritage Science, Preservation