Collaborative Effort: Conservation Contributions to a Museum Exhibit
Posted November 12, 2024
This fall, Northwestern University Libraries loaned 63 items to The Block Museum of Art to appear in the exhibition Dissident Sisters: Bev Grant and...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.
Many Hands Make Light Work: Treating and Housing Over 1,000 Siege and Commune of Paris Posters
Posted August 27, 2024
By Jess Ortegon Over the years, Northwestern conservation staff have worked on a few sections of the Siege and Commune of Paris (ca. 1870-1871)...
Breaking News! Big Bound Newspapers Get Boxed: Housing a Chicago Tribune Collection
Posted May 1, 2024
By Julie Calcagno Taking on a large collection housing project, especially if you’ve never done one before, can be daunting. There are so many...
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...
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...