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Posted by: Bobbi Hinton
A staff member spotlight detailing Gwen dePolo's journey from a Junior Fellow, to becoming a full time staff member several years later.
Posted in: Heritage Science, Internships, Music, Pigments, 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: Bobbi Hinton
The following is a guest post by Lauren Quackenbush, Librarian-in-Residence, Preservation Division. The Librarian-in-Residence (LIR) program was created in 2018 for newly graduated librarian students to gain invaluable experience at the Library of Congress. LIRs are assigned throughout the Library, this year’s 2023 cohort consisted of 5 recent graduates. As the LIR in Preservation, I …
Posted in: Care and Handling, Collections Care, Collections Management, Conservation, Events & Outreach, Heritage Science, Internships, Preservation, Rare Books and Special Collections, Reformatting, Tangible Media
Posted by: Bobbi Hinton
Preservation Science Intern Jessica McKenzie breaks down some applications of analytical chemistry in the Library of Congress, where she uses Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy to expand the Preservation Research and Testing Division’s database for pigment analysis. She then demonstrates how she has assisted in applying her work to collection items.
Posted in: Collections Care, Heritage Science, Internships, Pigments, Preservation
Posted by: Beatriz Haspo
This blog will highlight some of the “spooky” secrets behind the history and construction of pop-up books just in time for Halloween.
Posted in: Collections Management, Halloween, Internships, Miniatures
Posted by: Bobbi Hinton
In the first of our new staff series, Backgrounds as Vast as Our Collections: The Research and Testing Division, we meet Chris Bolser. Chris is a preservation technician who has been with the library for about 8 years.
Posted in: Internships, Preservation
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