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...Profile Katie Risseeuw
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...