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Posted by: Kristina Grooms
Matt Martin is the Chief of the Collections Management Division at the Library of Congress. Tell us who you are and what brought you to the library. I started at the Library back in 2016. I had spent the first 12 years of my career in various logistics management roles with the US …
Posted in: Collections Management, Uncategorized
Posted by: Meghan Hill
June 16th, the day of commemoration of author James Joyce, calls for a certain shade of blue. Not just any blue, but that blue. The iconic cover of Ulysses. This Bloomsday, we follow the color rather than the character and discover it has a story of its own, a hue as intentional and exacting as Joyce himself.
Posted in: Heritage Science, Pigments, Preservation, Rare Books and Special Collections, Uncategorized
Posted by: Kristina Grooms
When asked about my job at the Library, one of the aspects of my work I mention is that I am part of the custodial division for the General Collections. Inevitably, the follow-up question is “What’s that?” My usual reply is something along the lines of “You know, just regular books.” I say this …
Posted in: Collections Management, Collections Storage, Uncategorized
Posted by: Kristina Grooms
Dr. Tessa-Mae Little and Hannah Schock are collection management technicians at the Library of Congress, Collections Management Division. This blog is written as a collaborative effort to detail the journey of a request. Have you ever placed a request for a library book and wondered what actually happens next? Does it magically float off the …
Posted in: Collections Care, Collections Management, Uncategorized
Posted by: Lily Tyndall
This Friday, November 3 is Ask a Conservator Day. This is an annual event organized by the American Institute for Conservation that allows conservators to share their work and their role in cultural heritage preservation with the public. Here is an interview with Kate Morrison Danzis, a preservation specialist in the Conservation Division of the Library of Congress.
Posted in: Conservation, Events & Outreach, Uncategorized
Posted by: Aaron D. Chaletzky
This is a joint post by Aaron Chaletzky and Gabrielle Alongi. This past June, the Preservation Services Division (PSD) took on a new Preservation Intern: Gabrielle Alongi. Gabrielle is currently enrolled in the Information Sciences program at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. She comes to PSD with an interest in digital library and management work, …
Posted in: Born Digital, Collections Care, Collections Management, Conservation, Internships, Preservation, Reformatting, Tangible Media, Uncategorized
Posted by: Lily Tyndall
Read all about GCCS intern Mary Lawrence's summer at the Library of Congress, and the preservation treatments and practices she experienced.
Posted in: Care and Handling, Collections Care, Conservation, Internships, Preservation, Rare Books and Special Collections, Uncategorized
Posted by: Chloe Genter
Senior Rare Book Conservator John Bertonaschi will write about the efforts made to repair some of the wear and tear suffered by the Decretum Gratiani manuscript over the past 700 years.
Posted in: Care and Handling, Collections Care, Conservation, Preservation, Rare Books and Special Collections, Uncategorized
Posted by: Aaron D. Chaletzky
This is a guest post by Brandi Marulli, 2022 Librarian in Residence, Preservation Directorate. Support of the next generation of librarians and leaders is an integral part of the mission of The Library of Congress, with a multitude of people of all ages and backgrounds serving in 80 different programs. The Internship and Fellowship Programs …
Posted in: Care and Handling, Collections Care, Preservation, Uncategorized