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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: 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: 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: Beatriz Haspo
This blog highlights some suggestions to keep in mind when moving collections off-site based on the presentation given by Cathy Martyniak, Chief of the Collections Management Division (CMD), during the 2022 Preservation Week.
Posted in: Collections Management, Offsite Storage, Preservation, Preservation Week
Posted by: Beatriz Haspo
On November 8th, 2021 the Preservation Directorate welcomed a new Chief of the Collections Management Division (CMD). Cathleen (“Cathy”) L. Martyniak joined us from the other side of the country, moving to the greater Washington DC area from California. According to the Director for Preservation, Jake Nadal, “she will manage a Division that provides essential …
Posted in: Collections Management, Preservation
Posted by: Beatriz Haspo
One of my passions is miniatures. I love how delicate they are, how engineered and practical they can be. I specially love miniature books. For almost two decades, I have had the privilege of working with the miniature books from the General Collections at the Library of Congress. In my capacity as Collections Officer, I have been able to propose and implement measures to improve security, preservation, and access of the miniature books for future generations. Learn more about the history of miniature books and see some example from the Library's impressive collection.
Posted in: Collections Management, Miniatures, Preservation
Posted by: Beatriz Haspo
In this blog, I present the Collections Management Division or CMD, one of the largest divisions in the Library of Congress and part of the Preservation Directorate. Here are some highlights of what we do, starting with the mission. CMD is responsible for the safekeeping of the Library’s collections through inventory control, storage, and delivery …
Posted in: Collections Management, Conservation, Preservation