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Posted by: Beatriz Haspo
This blog continues to detail the actions to process and make accessible items from the Carvalho Monteiro Collection purchased without a list of titles and processed without provenance and the impact for researchers worldwide.
Posted in: Collections Care, Collections Management, Preservation
Posted by: Beatriz Haspo
This blog takes the reader back in time to learn the details of a large acquisition back in 1929 without a list of titles and the quest to find the 30,000 books among millions of items in the General Collection. Part 2 will follow.
Posted in: Collections Care, Collections Management, Preservation
Posted by: Beatriz Haspo
This is a guest post by Amy Olson, 2021 Junior Fellow in the Collections Management Division and recent graduate of Smith College in Women & Gender Studies. This summer, I have worked as a Junior Fellow with the Carvalho Monteiro Collection, a project to locate and digitally reunite a 30,000 book library within the Library’s …
Posted in: Internships, Preservation
Posted by: Beatriz Haspo
Findings of our summer intern researching miniature books in languages other than English
Posted in: Collections Management, Internships, Miniatures
Posted by: Beatriz Haspo
This blog highlights the projects carried out by two student interns: at the Collections Management Division this summer and what this experience will mean to their careers.
Posted in: Collections Management, Internships
Posted by: Beatriz Haspo
One of my passions is miniatures. I love how delicate they are, how engineered and practical they can be. I specially love miniature books. For almost two decades, I have had the privilege of working with the miniature books from the General Collections at the Library of Congress. In my capacity as Collections Officer, I have been able to propose and implement measures to improve security, preservation, and access of the miniature books for future generations. Learn more about the history of miniature books and see some example from the Library's impressive collection.
Posted in: Collections Management, Miniatures, Preservation