Flipping Through the Pages of Time
Posted by: Meg Gray
Supervisory Librarian Carrie Beyer looks back on a long career at the Library as she retires after over thirty years in the Preservation field. Congratulations, Carrie!
Posted in: Conservation
Archive: June 2026 (3 Posts)
Ineluctable Modality of the Visible and the Infrared: A Spectral Study of Joyce’s Ulysses Blue
Posted by: Meghan Hill
June 16th, the day of commemoration of author James Joyce, calls for a certain shade of blue. Not just any blue, but that blue. The iconic cover of Ulysses. This Bloomsday, we follow the color rather than the character and discover it has a story of its own, a hue as intentional and exacting as Joyce himself.
Posted in: Heritage Science, Pigments, Preservation, Rare Books and Special Collections, Uncategorized
Dressed to Spill: A Personal Protective Equipment Fashion Editorial
Posted by: Meghan Hill
Fashion at the Library is IN. The Threads that Connect Us provides an excellent opportunity to showcase how Washington DC may just be the new fashion capital of the world. Enter the Preservation Directorate at the Library of Congress. The runway never looked so chic (and safe!)
Posted in: Care and Handling, Collections Management, Collections Storage, Conservation, Fashion at the Library, Fashion at the Library, Heritage Science, Offsite Storage, Preservation, Tools of the Trade