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Posted by: Lily Tyndall
Read this post to learn about conservation treatment on silver gelatine, portrait photographs from the Nancy Pelosi Papers. These treatments were performed as part of a post-graduate internship at the Library of Congress.
Posted in: Care and Handling, Collections Care, Conservation
Posted by: Aaron D. Chaletzky
This is a joint post by Aaron Chaletzky and Gabrielle Alongi. This past June, the Preservation Services Division (PSD) took on a new Preservation Intern: Gabrielle Alongi. Gabrielle is currently enrolled in the Information Sciences program at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. She comes to PSD with an interest in digital library and management work, …
Posted in: Born Digital, Collections Care, Collections Management, Conservation, Internships, Preservation, Reformatting, Tangible Media, Uncategorized
Posted by: Bobbi Hinton
Scientific research meets the allure of the past as Tineta Nkoronye, an intern at the PRTD at the LOC, delves into the world of preservation chemistry as she explores predictions made by William J. Barrow. Learn about the analytical methods used to carry out this experiment and discover whether Barrow's predictions were accurate or not.
Posted in: Collections Care, Heritage Science, Internships, Preservation
Posted by: Lily Tyndall
Read all about GCCS intern Mary Lawrence's summer at the Library of Congress, and the preservation treatments and practices she experienced.
Posted in: Care and Handling, Collections Care, Conservation, Internships, Preservation, Rare Books and Special Collections, Uncategorized
Posted by: Chloe Genter
Senior Rare Book Conservator John Bertonaschi will write about the efforts made to repair some of the wear and tear suffered by the Decretum Gratiani manuscript over the past 700 years.
Posted in: Care and Handling, Collections Care, Conservation, Preservation, Rare Books and Special Collections, Uncategorized
Posted by: Bobbi Hinton
Join us, at The Library of Congress or virtually, as we discuss “Assessing the Physical Condition of the National Collection (ANC)”. This Andrew W. Mellon funded project has collected data from over 2500 volumes to compare the physical, chemical and optical characteristics of 500 “identical” books from five large research libraries in distinct regions of …
Posted in: Collections Care, Collections Management, Events & Outreach, Heritage Science, Preservation
Posted by: K.F. Shovlin
The long term accessibility of the Library of Congress collection is ensured by binding as overseen by the Processing and Preparation Section.
Posted in: Care and Handling, Collections Care, Collections Management, Conservation, Preservation
Posted by: Lily Tyndall
Read along to find out about the atlas binding workshop held in the Preservation Directorate, where participants learned how to conserve, fold, and bind various types of atlases and book foldouts.
Posted in: Collections Care, Collections Management, Conservation, 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