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

Join the Career Showcase for the Director for Preservation Open Position

Posted by: Amelia Parks

Two images side by side, the left showing before treatment of a document with Japanese letters on it and red ink borders showing tearing and creasing. The right image shows after treatment condition, with the tears and the creases gone.

Top Secret! Conserving Japanese Military Documents from World War II

Posted by: Chloe Genter

Preservation staff at the ready

Preservation staff were both out front and back stage at the 2024 National Book Festival

Posted by: K.F. Shovlin

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

Farewell!

Posted by: Amelia Parks

A girl with dark hair and glasses smiles at the camera.

Purrservation: On Cats, Audiences, and Whys

Posted by: Bobbi Hinton

A boy wears goggles and gloves standing at a workbench in a laboratory.

Is this going to work at all? My summer exploring the non-invasive analysis of organic colors.

Posted by: Bobbi Hinton

The same side of the cardboard box that had a missing section on the corner on the right side. The missing areas have been repaired and filled so that the side looks whole again.

Explainette!? A 1950’s Training Time Capsule

Posted by: Chloe Genter

Two images side by side. The left shows two finished beige book models lying on top of each other. The right shows two hands holding one of the models open to display it.

Good Wood: Using Beech to Rebind a Medieval Manuscript, Part 4

Posted by: Chloe Genter

A woman with glasses and braids leans over a lab table holding a pamphlet under a tiny beam of light beneath a machine.

Science and Stories: Exploring Underrepresented Narratives at the Library of Congress

Posted by: Bobbi Hinton