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Preservation Week 2022: Fragments, Discovery and Creating Knowledge

Posted by: Tana Villafana

Every year the Preservation Directorate of the Library of Congress participates in American Library Association’s Preservation Week. This annual celebration highlights preservation efforts in libraries, archives, museums, historical societies and collecting institutions in communities all across the country. Fenella France, Chief of the Library’s Preservation Research and Testing Division (PRTD), started out Preservation Week with a heritage scientific introduction to the world of fragments.

Posted in: Conservation, Heritage Science, Preservation, Preservation Week, Rare Books and Special Collections

The Apocalypse, The Hellmouth, and Spectral Imaging

Posted by: Tana Villafana

Nothing says Halloween quite like Apocalypses and giant Hellmouths. The Preservation Research and Testing Division (PRTD) wanted to know what this Hellmouth was made of. So, we dove right in. This blog was written jointly by Tana Villafana, Meghan Wilson, Amanda Satorius, and Stephanie Stillo. Meghan Wilson and Amanda Satorius are Preservation Science Specialists in …

Posted in: Conservation, Halloween, Heritage Science, Preservation, Rare Books and Special Collections