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Posted by: Beatriz Haspo
This blogs describes the life cycle of requests at the Library of Congress and the multiple systems and cross-divisional cooperation to get an item into the hands of a patron.
Posted in: Collections Management, Preservation
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: Beatriz Haspo
This blog continues to detail the actions to process and make accessible items from the Carvalho Monteiro Collection purchased without a list of titles and processed without provenance and the impact for researchers worldwide.
Posted in: Collections Care, Collections Management, Preservation
Posted by: Beatriz Haspo
This blog takes the reader back in time to learn the details of a large acquisition back in 1929 without a list of titles and the quest to find the 30,000 books among millions of items in the General Collection. Part 2 will follow.
Posted in: Collections Care, Collections Management, Preservation
Posted by: Beatriz Haspo
This blog describes the collaborative actions taken to move thousands of card catalog drawers to a final destination and how the Collections Management Division (CMD) creatively overcame some challenges during this project.
Posted in: Collections Management, Preservation
Posted by: K.F. Shovlin
Most library patrons are familiar with searching the catalog for a book, but what about when staff need to track down a book that's gone missing?
Posted in: Collections Management, 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: Lily Tyndall
This article is about the experience of a summer intern in the Preservation Directorate, General Collections Conservation Section at the Library of Congress. It contains descriptions of basic repairs, book-making and paper-making labs, and other activities.
Posted in: Collections Management, Conservation, Internships, Preservation
Posted by: Beatriz Haspo
This blog highlights the projects carried out by two student interns: at the Collections Management Division this summer and what this experience will mean to their careers.
Posted in: Collections Management, Internships