We are very pleased to announce that Rachel Lapkin has joined the Brown University Library as Materials Conservator. Rachel was the Conservator at The New York Botanical Garden Library, a position she held since 2007. She also had previous experience as a conservator at the Newberry Library in Chicago, at the University of Iowa, and at Indiana University. Rachel earned her Masters in Library Science with a Specialization in Special Collections from Indiana University, 2001.