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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: Amelia Parks
Preservation staff will be presenting several papers at the American Institute of Conservation annual meeting starting May 20th. Come say hello and hear about topics such as scientific analysis of books from libraries around the country, non-invasive analysis of texts and images of medieval manuscripts, collection surveys, and conservation of an architectural model.
Posted in: Events & Outreach, Preservation
Posted by: Amelia Parks
On Friday, March 8th, staff from each division of the Preservation Directorate were invited onstage at Washington, D.C.’s comic convention, Awesome Con, to speak about their work at the Library as part of the convention’s Science Fair. This is their story.
Posted in: Care and Handling, Collections Management, Conservation, Emergency Preparedness, Events & Outreach, Internships, Preservation, Reformatting, Tools of the Trade
Posted by: Amelia Parks
Register now for Preservation Week webinars. We have four webinars during the week of April 29th that feature some of the work we do in Preservation.
Posted in: Events & Outreach, Preservation, Preservation Week
Posted by: Amelia Parks
The Manuscript Map of the Dagua River Region, created in 1764, depicts a remote gold mining frontier in today’s Colombia. Art historian Juliet Wiersema and preservation scientist Meghan Hill will share results from their collaborative analysis which unearthed stories about African resilience, resistance, adaptation, entrepreneurship, and survival within the Spanish empire. A scientific examination of this map further draws back the curtain on how this large watercolor map was assembled using pigments and paper from across the empire.
Posted in: Events & Outreach, Heritage Science, Preservation
Posted by: Amelia Parks
Preservation Week at the Library of Congress starts April 24th and it’s one of our favorite times of the year! The trees are blooming and it’s time for the Preservation Directorate to fling open our (virtual) doors and welcome you inside. We see Preservation Week as our opportunity to draw back the curtain and let …
Posted in: Events & Outreach, Preservation, Preservation Week
Posted by: Amelia Parks
Come join us for a webinar about the history of papermaking in the Toscolano district and how it relates to the Hâcı Ahmed map in the collection of the Geography and Map Division.
Posted in: Events & Outreach, Preservation
Posted by: Amelia Parks
Preservation Week starts April 24th and it’s one of our favorite times of the year! The trees are blooming and it’s time for the Preservation Directorate to fling open our (virtual) doors and welcome you inside. Learn about our line-up of webinars that will be presented next week.
Posted in: Events & Outreach, Preservation
Posted by: Amelia Parks
Preservation hosts US Congressman Mark Amodei (R-Nevada 2nd) and Librarian of Congress Dr. Carla Hayden for a visit to the Conservation Lab.
Posted in: Conservation, Events & Outreach, Preservation