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Posted by: Lily Tyndall
Senior Paper Conservator Mary Elizabeth Haude describes her work to conserve a caricature of George Washington from 1972. Read along as she develops a method to treat the complex item made of paper and a photograph.
Posted in: Care and Handling, Collections Care, Conservation
Posted by: K.F. Shovlin
Each book in the Library of Congress has its own story from writing to publication to its placement on the Library's shelves. Some take a little longer and need special treatment because they don't travel alone.
Posted in: Care and Handling, Collections Care, Collections Management, Music, Preservation, Sound Recordings, Tangible Media
Posted by: Lily Tyndall
The box making activities of the Conservation Division at the Library of Congress allow quick and efficient housing of vulnerable collections items to help avoid further damage and loss. Read about a recent project to house the scrapbooks in the Edward L. Bernays Papers in the Manuscript Division.
Posted in: Care and Handling, Collections Care, Preservation
Posted by: Beatriz Haspo
During this summer, the Collections Management Division (CMD) embarked on a marathon of in-person care and handling training sessions for staff and contracts to illustrate the importance of following best practices when managing the materials throughout daily activities in order to preserve and prevent damages to the collections.
Posted in: Care and Handling, Collections Care, Collections Management, Preservation
Posted by: Samantha Schireson
Did you know the Library of Congress has the largest public collection of comic books in the nation? Read how the preservation staff at the Library work to examine and preserve these amazing works of art and pop culture.
Posted in: Care and Handling, Collections Care, Conservation
Posted by: Tana Villafana
This is a guest post by Cindy Connelly Ryan, a Preservation Science Specialist in the Preservation Research and Testing Division. Her research interests include the light sensitivity of inks, dyes and organic colorants, deterioration and stabilization of verdigris and iron gall ink, and historic recipes and working methods for artists’ materials. Over the ever-lengthening months …
Posted in: Care and Handling, Collections Care, Heritage Science, Preservation