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Archive: December 2023 (2 Posts)

Three women and one man stand in front of a table of FEMA materials.

The Conservation Division Travels to Vermont

Posted by: Lily Tyndall

Read along to see how four members of the Conservation Division at the Library of Congress deployed to Vermont attached to a FEMA response to the massive summer flooding in the state. These four subject matter experts received and conducted on-the-ground training with FEMA and performed outreach and demonstrations to the people of Vermont.

Posted in: Care and Handling, Collections Care, Emergency Preparedness, Events & Outreach, Preservation

A girl with dark brown hair and glasses smiles.

The Art of Color Analysis: Using Analytical Chemistry in Pigment Research

Posted by: Bobbi Hinton

Preservation Science Intern Jessica McKenzie breaks down some applications of analytical chemistry in the Library of Congress, where she uses Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy to expand the Preservation Research and Testing Division’s database for pigment analysis. She then demonstrates how she has assisted in applying her work to collection items.

Posted in: Collections Care, Heritage Science, Internships, Pigments, Preservation