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Posted by: K.F. Shovlin
Preservation staff stepped out of the shadows and into the brights lights of Live! at the Library ahead of Preservation Week 2024.
Posted in: Care and Handling, Collections Care, Conservation, Emergency Preparedness, Events & Outreach, Preservation, Preservation Week, Reformatting, Tangible Media, Tools of the Trade
Posted by: K.F. Shovlin
The Preservation Services Division came to the rescue as newspapers from Africa needed a brief holdover on their seven-thousand-mile journey to become part of the Library of Congress’ collection.
Posted in: Care and Handling, Collections Management, Collections Storage, Offsite Storage, Preservation, Reformatting, Tangible Media
Posted by: K.F. Shovlin
A series of panoramic photos of the stages of book preservation at the Processing and Preparation Section.
Posted in: Care and Handling, Collections Care, Collections Storage, Preservation, Reformatting, Tools of the Trade
Posted by: K.F. Shovlin
Though the binding staff at the Library no longer binds items on site, they do conduct a thorough review of each item once it returns from the commercial bindery. This peer-review system provides complete accountability and quality assurance for over 2,000 items each week.
Posted in: Collections Care, Collections Management, Preservation, Reformatting, Tangible Media, Tools of the Trade
Posted by: K.F. Shovlin
“So Many Islands: Stories from the Caribbean, Mediterranean, Indian, and Pacific Oceans” is a collection of stories from the Caribbean, Mediterranean, Indian, and Pacific Oceans. It was edited by Nicolas Laughlin with Nailah Folami Imoja with an introduction by Marlon James, winner of the Man Booker Prize. It was published in 2018 by Peekash …
Posted in: Collections Management, Preservation, Reformatting