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Posted by: Bobbi Hinton
Library of Congress Fellows share their role conducting comparative analysis on copies of the “same” book and carrying out chemical testing for the Assessing the National Collection (ANC) project funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
Posted in: Collections Management, Heritage Science, Preservation
Posted by: Bobbi Hinton
Curators, conservators, and preservation scientists collaborate to conduct pre-exhibit testing on 18th Century thangka, Buddha Shakyamuni which will be displayed in Collecting Memories: Treasures from the Library of Congress, in late 2023.
Posted in: Care and Handling, Collections Care, Conservation, Events & Outreach, Heritage Science, Preservation
Posted by: Bobbi Hinton
The Library of Congress partners with five universities and the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to test 2,500 books and observe trends in the assembled data; assessing the physical condition of the national collection.
Posted in: Heritage Science, Preservation
Posted by: Bobbi Hinton
How do we preserve open reel audio tapes? How quickly are they breaking down? Recently published work from a collaborative study between scientists at the Library and colleagues at FUJIFILM shows that many of these historic tapes are likely sticking around for a while.
Posted in: Music, Preservation, Sound Recordings, Tangible Media
Posted by: Bobbi Hinton
Laboratory investigation of material evidence in incunables - early printed books - can reveal not just how they were made, but sometimes when, where or by whom they were owned and read.
Posted in: Heritage Science, Kluge, Preservation, Rare Books and Special Collections
Posted by: Bobbi Hinton
Scientific analysis of an unusual image of the face of Christ in a late 15th C German devotional manuscript has revealed critical and surprising information about its current condition, its original making, and its meaning.
Posted in: Heritage Science, Pigments, Preservation, Rare Books and Special Collections