Next Week: PRESERVATION WEEK WEBINARS FROM THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
The Library of Congress, Preservation Directorate, is hosting four webinars for Preservation Week starting April 28. Monday through Thursday we will be presenting webinars every day at 11 am (EDT). Registration links can be found below.
125 Years of Preservation at the Library of Congress: It all starts with Binding
Speakers: Senior Binding Technicians Keith Shovlin and Ronlicia Gordon-Falls
Monday, April 28, 11 am EDT. Register Here!
Preservation first started at the Library of Congress with the opening of the Binding Office 125 years ago. See how preservation and binding techniques have changed over the years. Today, in the Processing and Preparation Section, we use modern technology to responsibly care for, track, and maintain the Library’s collections. Join us as we take you through our process and history!
Preserving the Pictorial: Treatment of a Mounted Clarence White Photograph
Speaker: Sophie Church, Advanced Intern in Photograph Conservation
Tuesday, April 29, 11 am EDT Register Here!
An untitled platinum print from 1904 signed by Clarence Hudson White (1871-1925), an American photographer of the Photo-Secession movement, was the subject of examination and treatment in the Garman Art Conservation Department at SUNY Buffalo State University. The process of making a platinum print allows for artistic manipulation of the final print and was an ideal medium for photographers of the Photo-Secession movement. This movement promoted photography as a fine art form and moved away from the view of photography as an accurate representation of the world. The pictorial mount and the stylistic intent of Clarence White were investigated. A treatment approach was chosen to address surface dirt, reduce adhesive residue, mend punctures and tears, and fill losses in all layers.
Looking through the Layers
Speakers: Meghan Hill, Preservation Science Specialist; Chris Bolser, Preservation Technician; and Susan Peckham, Senior Paper Conservator
Wednesday, April 30, 11am EDT Register Here!
Anthony Philip Heinrich (1781 –1861) was considered the first American symphonist prior to the US Civil War. He wrote a prodigious amount of music and each symphony manuscript consists of multiple sheets of paper, many of which contain the composer’s corrections. In the 19th century, instead of white-out, corrections and edits were added by adhering a small piece of paper to cover the original handwritten musical notation. Modern music historians and scholars are as interested in a composer’s original ideas as they are in the easily read edits.
Preservation staff use specialized knowledge of the unique chemistry and materiality for the inks and papers of the 19th century and frequently employ the safest and most expedient method for detaching the “paste-over” and re-attaching it by a secure hinging system. However, when a manuscript easily contains hundreds of paste-overs, it becomes most efficient to use multi-spectral imaging, which is a series of different waves of light that allow one to “see” through the layers of paper to read the text below.
Storage in the Stacks
Speaker: Matt Martin, Assistant Chief, Collection Management Division
Thursday, May 1, 11am EDT Register Here!
One of the universal struggles all libraries face is storage, or the lack thereof. The Collection Management Division has been working on improving stacks storage in the Library’s historic Capitol Hill locations. This talk will focus on efforts to increase and refine storage methods by removing books off the floor, shifting collections, making selections for offsite transfers, and the new initiatives for doing inventory of the general collection.
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