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Posted by: K.F. Shovlin
The staff of the Processing and Preparation Section have a high standard for the bound items that leave their doors. As part of that pursuit of perfection, they pick up on certain bits of language, both foreign and computer programming. This is the first post of a series on that pursuit.
Posted in: Collections Management, Preservation, Tools of the Trade
Posted by: K.F. Shovlin
How exactly does the coolest stuff in the world make its way from hundreds of countries all over the world into the hands of patrons of the largest library in the world? 2023 Junior Fellow Kathleen Senn describes her experience working in the Preservation Services Division on Inventory Review Protocols for International Collection Materials.
Posted in: Care and Handling, Collections Management, Internships, Preservation, Tools of the Trade
Posted by: K.F. Shovlin
The long term accessibility of the Library of Congress collection is ensured by binding as overseen by the Processing and Preparation Section.
Posted in: Care and Handling, Collections Care, Collections Management, Conservation, Preservation
Posted by: K.F. Shovlin
Each book in the Library of Congress has its own story from writing to publication to its placement on the Library's shelves. Some take a little longer and need special treatment because they don't travel alone.
Posted in: Care and Handling, Collections Care, Collections Management, Music, Preservation, Sound Recordings, Tangible Media
Posted by: K.F. Shovlin
Senior Binding Technician Regina Young celebrates 23 years as a Library employee this month, but her roots go deeper following in her father’s footsteps and a 40-year Library career.
Posted in: Preservation, Uncategorized
Posted by: K.F. Shovlin
Most library patrons are familiar with searching the catalog for a book, but what about when staff need to track down a book that's gone missing?
Posted in: Collections Management, Preservation
Posted by: K.F. Shovlin
When preserving items, sometimes the very materials used to make it are the thing that can cause its ultimate destruction, in this case, acidic paper.
Posted in: Collections Management, Conservation, Preservation
Posted by: K.F. Shovlin
The COVID-19 Pandemic caused offices across the world to adapt to working from home, but how do you do that if you're a librarian? The staff of the Processing and Preparation Section had to make changes to their technology and their processes to make the leap to telework.
Posted in: Collections Management, Preservation
Posted by: K.F. Shovlin
Read about the controversial book Finding Freedom: How Death Row Broke and Opened My Heart by Jarvis Jay Masters, published in 1997 in limited release, and learn about the program through which the Library acquired his book, re-released in 2020. Masters was arrested in 1981 for armed robbery and sent to San Quentin State Prison, where he remains today, sentenced to death for a different crime he says he did not commit.
Posted in: Collections Management, Preservation