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Posted by: Chloe Genter
Following the Jikji Colloquium which took place at the Library of Congress in early 2023, Conservation staff member Chloe Genter sits down with Dr. Banda, the UNESCO Chief of Documentary Heritage, to discuss UNESCO’s role in raising awareness of the impact of the Buljo jikji simche yojeol.
Posted in: Conservation, Events & Outreach, Preservation
Posted by: Bobbi Hinton
The Inks and Skins collaboration studies material aspects of medieval Gaelic manuscripts, fusing scientific analysis with codicology and linguistic study. These manuscripts contain a wealth of tales and poetry, historical, legal, and scientific writing from medieval Ireland. The manuscripts themselves, their creation, and their survival each have their own tales to tell.
Posted in: Collections Care, Conservation, Events & Outreach, Fragments, Heritage Science, Preservation, Rare Books and Special Collections
Posted by: Beatriz Haspo
This blog describes the successful space management system used by the Library of Congress for collections stored offsite, known as planograph.
Posted in: Collections Management, Collections Storage, Offsite Storage
Posted by: Lily Tyndall
This Friday, November 3 is Ask a Conservator Day. This is an annual event organized by the American Institute for Conservation that allows conservators to share their work and their role in cultural heritage preservation with the public. Here is an interview with Kate Morrison Danzis, a preservation specialist in the Conservation Division of the Library of Congress.
Posted in: Conservation, Events & Outreach, Uncategorized
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, Survey
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