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Posted by: Aaron D. Chaletzky
This is a guest post by Brandon Mack, Preservation Services Division Intern The Library of Congress is magical. That is the best way I can explain my experience. The scope, the people, and the history have all blown my mind at every step of my internship. It also helps that as an intern for the …
Posted in: Internships, Preservation
Posted by: Tana Villafana
The following is a post by Anna Katherine Overstreet and Alexandra Ptacek, 2022 Junior Fellows, Preservation Directorate. Anna Katherine recently graduated with her undergraduate degree in mathematics from Mississippi State University, and she will be returning in the fall for a graduate degree in statistics. Alexandra is a graduate student of Anthropology and Museum Studies …
Posted in: Heritage Science, Internships, Preservation
Posted by: Lily Tyndall
Did you know that at the Library of Congress, some books can’t go straight onto the bookshelves? Read on to see how Library employees use box-making machinery to rehouse sensitive items so they can be cared for and properly stored.
Posted in: Collections Care, 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: Samantha Schireson
Claire Dekle, Senior Book Conservator, analyzes an early printing of the influential “Join, or Die” cartoon printed in 1754.
Posted in: Conservation, Preservation, Rare Books and Special Collections
Posted by: Samantha Schireson
John Bertonaschi, Senior Rare Book Conservator, details his efforts in acquiring raw materials to rebind a medieval manuscript in hardwood
Posted in: Conservation, Preservation, Rare Books and Special Collections
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: 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: Samantha Schireson
Liz Peirce, Objects Conservator, describes her experience conserving a rare example of the Great Seal of the Realm and the attached treaty between Great Britain and Cuba.
Posted in: Conservation, Preservation, Rare Books and Special Collections