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Posted by: Amelia Parks
The Library of Congress is searching for its next Director for Preservation. Come learn about the position requirements at the Career Showcase webinar on December 3rd.
Posted in: Preservation
Posted by: Amelia Parks
Jacob Nadal has been the Director for Preservation for the last seven years. As his time at the Library comes to a close, he sets down his thoughts about preservation and leadership and says a warm farewell.
Posted in: Preservation
Posted by: Amelia Parks
In 2022, a software company operating a library inventory management system went out of business, leaving several large libraries in the lurch. Over the last couple years, the Library of Congress, along with other libraries in the ReCAP Consortium got together to create FETCH, a new inventory management system.
Posted in: Collections Management, Preservation
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
Learn about the Library of Congress’ book detectives. This team of Collection Specialists works within the Collections Management Division (CMD) to find the requested items that have gone missing from their shelf location.
Posted in: Collections Management, Preservation
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