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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
Posted by: Bobbi Hinton
The Library of Congress partners with five universities and the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to test 2,500 books and observe trends in the assembled data; assessing the physical condition of the national collection.
Posted in: Heritage Science, Preservation
Posted by: Amelia Parks
One unique and CHARMing collection at The Library of Congress is made up of other peoples’ discards, handmade replicas, and miscellany. A non-collection as it were, it is an amalgamation of reference samples and materials used by preservation scientists to expand discovery and research opportunities.
Posted in: Heritage Science, Preservation
Posted by: Bobbi Hinton
Laboratory investigation of material evidence in incunables - early printed books - can reveal not just how they were made, but sometimes when, where or by whom they were owned and read.
Posted in: Heritage Science, Kluge, Preservation, Rare Books and Special Collections