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Posted by: K.F. Shovlin
A Binding Technician takes note of items from the public record finding a place on the Library’s shelves.
Posted in: Care and Handling, Collections Care, Collections Management, Preservation, Tangible Media
Posted by: Lily Tyndall
Read along to learn about how Preservation Specialist Kate Morrison-Danzis worked to preserve photos, pamphlets, notebooks, and other archival materials to prepare them for digitization.
Posted in: Care and Handling, Collections Care, Conservation, Preservation
Posted by: Amelia Parks
In 2022, a software company operating a library inventory management system went out of business, leaving several large libraries in the lurch. Over the last couple years, the Library of Congress, along with other libraries in the ReCAP Consortium got together to create FETCH, a new inventory management system.
Posted in: Collections Management, Preservation
Posted by: Amelia Parks
The ALA Annual Meeting starts on June 27th this year. Preservation staff will be presenting at a few different events and would love to talk to fellow attendees.
Posted in: Events & Outreach, Preservation
Posted by: K.F. Shovlin
The Preservation Services Division came to the rescue as newspapers from Africa needed a brief holdover on their seven-thousand-mile journey to become part of the Library of Congress’ collection.
Posted in: Care and Handling, Collections Management, Collections Storage, Offsite Storage, Preservation, Reformatting, Tangible Media
Posted by: Chloe Genter
A cartoon of famous 19th century British jockey, Tom Loates was in desperate need of treatment. This blog explores the work conducted in order to treat this important work, and the results that were discovered.
Posted in: Care and Handling, Collections Care, Collections Management, Conservation, Preservation
Posted by: Bobbi Hinton
The following is a guest post by Meghan Hill, a preservation specialist in the Preservation Research and Testing Division of the Library of Congress. Conference season is upon us; a time to learn about exciting new initiatives in the preservation field and in turn to showcase our own work, to reconnect with colleagues from other …
Posted in: Events & Outreach, Heritage Science, Pigments, Preservation, Rare Books and Special Collections
Posted by: Lily Tyndall
Sarah Wyman Whitman (1842-1904) was one of the first American artists to make a career of book cover design. From 1880 to 1904 she designed around 300 book covers, mostly for Houghton, Mifflin and Company. Her covers sold books so well that the publisher mentioned her name as the cover designer in its advertisements.
Posted in: Conservation, Preservation, Rare Books and Special Collections
Posted by: K.F. Shovlin
Government offices rely on consistent output from their technology, and sometimes those devices operate long past their expected retirement. One technician reflects as he replaces a printer used for nearly thirteen years.
Posted in: Care and Handling, Preservation Week, Tangible Media