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...Category: Preservation
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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...
Madrid museum features Northwestern avant garde materials
Posted December 1, 2023
By Natalia Gonzalez Blanco Serrano ’24 This summer, the Libraries sent more than 40 rare items and 14 facsimiles to the Museo Nacional Centro...
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,...
Preparing 17th-Century Texts for the EarlyPrint Digitization Project
Posted May 12, 2022
For the past couple of years, Northwestern University Libraries has been working to digitize a large group of English-language titles printed before the year...
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...