Today is Ask a Conservator Day! To celebrate, we’re announcing the reopening of the John Hay Library’s newly renovated conservation lab, a space designed to enhance the care and preservation of the Library’s special collections. Over the past two years, library conservation staff meticulously planned the renovation to create an environment that supports their vital … Ask a Conservator Day
A quarterly installment highlighting Library Conservation in the Brown University community, conservation news around the internet, and ways for you to connect with conservation. Book and paper conservation Now that you have met him and seen his work: Gary Frost and the Sewn Boards Binding. “The classical ‘before and after’ contrast reveals the character of … JHL Conservation Bulletin | June 2017
JHL Conservation Bulletin A quarterly installment highlighting Library Conservation in the Brown University community, conservation news around the internet, and ways for you to connect with conservation. Book and paper conservation Bridging technologies of the book has come to mean something more to binders and conservators than tracing the archaeology of medieval binding structures. More … JHL Conservation Bulletin | March 2017
A quarterly installment highlighting Library Conservation in the Brown University community, conservation news around the internet, and ways for you to connect with conservation. Book and paper conservation [at Brown] Forging the future of special collections. It’s a thriller, a romance, a dystopian journey, or anything else you want it to be. Read my review … JHL Conservation Bulletin | December 2016
A quarterly installment highlighting Library Conservation in the Brown University community, conservation news around the internet, and ways for you to connect with conservation. Book and paper conservation [at Brown] Paul Banks‘ 10 Laws of Conservation. 1. No one can have access to a document that no longer exists. 2. Multiplication and dispersal increase chances … JHL Conservation Bulletin | September 2016
A quarterly installment highlighting Library Conservation in the Brown University community, conservation news around the internet, and ways for you to connect with conservation. Book and paper conservation at Brown Located in the John Hay Library, Brown University Library’s conservation lab mixes historical tools such as 19th century cast iron book presses and board shears … JHL Conservation Bulletin | June 2016
