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Posted by: Beatriz Haspo
This blog will highlight some of the “spooky” secrets behind the history and construction of pop-up books just in time for Halloween.
Posted in: Collections Management, Halloween, Internships, Miniatures
Posted by: Chloe Genter
Upon closer inspection, things are not always what they seem. When Conservation staff find an unwelcome friend inside an object, learn more about what actions had to be taken to remove it.
Posted in: Care and Handling, Collections Care, Conservation, Halloween, Preservation
Posted by: Beatriz Haspo
The Library of Congress struggles with storage space like any other institution. This blog will highlight the Preservation Directorate’s efforts to create an integrated approach to collection needs assessment and space management for its vast collection.
Posted in: Collections Management, Collections Storage
Posted by: Bobbi Hinton
In the first of our new staff series, Backgrounds as Vast as Our Collections: The Research and Testing Division, we meet Chris Bolser. Chris is a preservation technician who has been with the library for about 8 years.
Posted in: Internships, Preservation
Posted by: Amelia Parks
In 2017, Jeanne Drewes, began an independent oral history project as part of the Occupational Folklife Project to document the occupational trade and work-related experiences of professional bookbinders. Now available, the interviews document the histories of individual binderies, trace intertwined firm histories, and encourage interviewees to discuss how the binders’ occupation and the preservation of books have changed over the years.
Posted in: Collections Care, Preservation