Going Under the Microscope: 15th Century, Fractured and Flaking
Posted March 21, 2024
By Lindsey Williams The Object in Question In Die Festo Resurrectionis Domini is a 15th century gradual, or choir book, used during the time...Profile Katie Risseeuw
Katie Risseeuw is the Preservation Librarian, a position she has held since 2010. She manages collections care and preventative preservation programs and is involved with audiovisual and digital preservation. She has a Master of Science in Information Studies with a Certificate of Advanced Study in Preservation Administration from the University of Texas at Austin and a BFA in Art History from the University of Kansas, where her studio focus was printmaking and photography. Past work experience includes: projects at UT's Alexander Architectural Archive and the Video Game Archive, internships at the National Museum of Women in the Arts and Yale University Library, and positions at Powell's Books and the Harry Ransom Center's Film Collection. She is active in preservation sections of the American Library Association and the College Book Art Association.
What a Trip! The Deacidification of a Far Out Collection
Posted February 21, 2024
By Julie Calcagno What do sci-fi pulp, countercultural newspapers, and 1960s books on marijuana have in common? They’re enjoyable reads, food for thought and...
Looking a Little Deeper: Conservation and Multispectral Imaging
Posted December 7, 2023
By Jess Ortegon During our work to care for the physical aspects of Northwestern University Libraries’ collections, we sometimes find that objects require a...
Yes, We Do That, Too! Preservation Week Insights
Posted May 1, 2023
Happy Preservation Week! It’s the best time of year because it’s an opportunity to talk endlessly about what preservation is and what our department...
Stjopka Collages Revealed
Posted February 6, 2023
By Laura Berenger The collage artworks by Stjopka (born 1956) present a very detailed world and an imagination that is adventurous, historical, tender, macabre,...
Conservation Adaption of the Sewn Board Binding Structure
Posted August 19, 2021
By Karissa Muratore As the new Conservation Resident at Northwestern University Libraries, and after having spent the previous six or so months in quarantine...
No Cookies, But Plenty of Crumbs: Photo Albums of the Girl Guides of Brittany
Posted April 6, 2021
By Nicole Dobrowolski, conservation technician American Girl Scouts are mostly known for the cookies they sell, but their fellow scouting groups do not necessarily...
Special Treatment: the care of African language books
Posted December 14, 2020
For decades, the Herskovits Library of African Studies has been collecting specific genres of books that are in African languages. Some are in widely...
Finding hidden text: Now you see me… Now you don’t
Posted November 30, 2016
While conducting research on slotted parchment bindings, Hesiodou tou Askraiou Erga kai Hemerai (Hesiod 1537) came to the attention of preservation staff. We could...