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Knowledge Shared is Knowledge SquaredThe following is a guest post by Meghan Hill, a preservation specialist in the Preservation Research and Testing Division of the Library of...
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The Touch of Art: Book Cover Designs of Sarah Wyman WhitmanThe following is a guest post by Leslie Long, a Preservation Specialist in the General Collections Conservation Section. She conserves bound...
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Conserving Toy TheatersExamples of toy theaters after conservation treatment. Left: Eine Reise durch Afrika (A Journey through Africa),1889, DT11 .R45 1889 . Right:...
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It’s Not Easy Being GreenThe following is a post by Cindy Connelly Ryan, Preservation Science Specialist, Preservation Research and Testing Division. Cindy analyzes,...
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Reflections of a Librarian-in-Residence in PreservationThe following is a guest post by Lauren Quackenbush, Librarian-in-Residence, Preservation Division. The Librarian-in-Residence (LIR) program was...
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Of Inks and Skins, and the Stories They TellThe following is a guest post by Cindy Connelly Ryan and Meghan Hill, preservation science specialists, Research and Testing Division, and team...
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Nothing General About It: Ten Weeks in GCCSThe following is a guest post by GCCS Intern Mary Lawrence. Mary recently earned her Master of Science in Library and Information Science from...
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Good Wood: Using Beech to Rebind a Medieval Manuscript, Part 3This is a guest post by John Bertonaschi, Senior Rare Book Conservator in the Conservation Division. In part two , I acquainted you with the...
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The Artist as Reader? Looking at Dirty BooksThe following is a post by Cindy Connelly Ryan, Preservation Science Specialist, Preservation Research and Testing Division (PRTD). ...
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The Companionable Book Cover Designs of Margaret ArmstrongThe following is a guest post by Preservation Specialist Leslie Long in the General Collections Conservation Section. She conserves bound...
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From Jikji to GutenbergThis post is co-written by Jacob Nadal and Dan Paterson. Jacob Nadal is Director for Preservation, and his work focuses on creating a sustainable...
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Good Wood: Using Beech to Rebind a Medieval Manuscript, Part 2This is a guest post by John Bertonaschi, Senior Rare Book Conservator in the Conservation Division. In Part one of this blog post, I wrote...
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The Secret (Past) Lives of Library BooksThe following is a post by Meghan Wilson and Cindy Connelly Ryan, preservation science specialists in the Preservation Research and Testing...
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New Understanding of an Old ImageThe following post is by Cindy Connelly Ryan and Meghan Wilson, preservation science specialists in the Preservation Research and Testing...
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How Pennsylvania Got an “R”This is a guest post by Claire Dekle, Senior Book Conservator in the Conservation Division. The influential “Join, or Die” cartoon...
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Good Wood: Using Beech to Rebind a Medieval Manuscript, Part 1This is a guest post by John Bertonaschi, Senior Rare Book Conservator in the Conservation Division. In the course of caring for the...
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Repairing The Great Seal of the RealmThis is a guest post by Liz Peirce. Liz is an objects conservator in the Conservation Division of the Library of Congress. She works on a wide...
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Preservation Week 2022: Fragments, Discovery and Creating KnowledgeEvery year the Preservation Directorate of the Library of Congress participates in American Library Association’s Preservation Week . This...
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A Remarkable Collection of Books: The Yudin Collection at the Library of CongressThis is a guest post written by Leslie Long, a General Collections Conservation Specialist for the Conservation Division in collaboration with...
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Preserving Evidence of Use: The Conservation of a Teaching Collection of Medieval Manuscript FragmentsThis is a guest post written by Kathryn Kenney, the Advanced Book Conservation Intern in the Conservation Division at the Library of Congress....
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A look at John Feely, Nineteenth Century Book Stamp EngraverThis is a guest post by Leslie Long, Preservation Specialist for the General Collections Conservation Section. Leslie conserves bound materials...
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Conserving the Bwana Devil PosterThis is a guest post authored by Conservation Technician, Anna Zastrow. The Bwana Devil movie poster is part of the Archibald Oboler...
