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Book repair with Natasha
by Michele Brown We rely on students to help repair our circulating book collection and starting in the fall semester, we’ve been lucky to have Natasha Rao working with us. Natasha is a freshman in the...
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New Interns from China
We would like to welcome two librarians from Renmin University of China as our new preservation interns. Xiuzhong Xiong (Kelly) , Deputy Director of Systems and Manager of the Digitization Center, and...
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A little help from our friends…
by Michele Brown Kelly and Lucy have completed their internship in conservation and will spend another week visiting Cornell libraries and Ithaca sights. The internship program provides both hands-on...
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Preservation Week 2013
Cornell University Library Conservation celebrated Preservation Week 2013 by posting a preservation tip on our Facebook page each day. Here is a summary of the week’s tips. Tip #1: Do not store your...
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Welcome Pan Wei and Zhang Hongping
by Michele Brown Our internship program for librarians from China continues as we welcome two librarians from the China Agricultural University Library in Beijing. Pan Wei, Deputy Director and Zhang...
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interview with Barbara
Barbara Eden at the Great Wall of China How can we strengthen Cornell University Library’s relationship with our partner libraries in China? That was the question Barbara Berger Eden, director of...
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We’re Not All Books and Paper!
By Caitlin Moore From time to time we get the odd project to shake up our routine a little bit. This one was pretty interesting. Quite a bit different than the books and paper we are used to! The A.D....
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A new binding for Galileo’s Discorsi
by Michele Brown Galileo’s final book, Discorsi e dimostrazioni matematiche, intorno à due nuoue scienze (Discourses and Mathematical Demonstrations Relating to Two New Sciences), was written during...
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Welcome Chen Hong and Zhang Huili
By Michele Brown Chen Hong, Director of Circulation at Tsinghua Library and Zhang Huili of the Special Collections Department at Peking University are the fourth pair of librarians from China to...
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“Remembering Lincoln at Gettysburg”
by Michele Brown In honor of the 150th anniversary of the Gettysburg Address, Cornell University’s Division of Rare and Manuscripts Collection has mounted an exhibition of Civil War manuscripts and...
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Epigraphic Squeezes: Part I
by J.M. Iacchei In a library’s conservation lab, tightly rolled photographs, brittle newspapers, weathered maps, and heavily soiled and torn architectural drawings are fairly common items to come...
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Elsa Guerdrum Allen Papers
By: J. M. Iacchei A Cornellian, Elsa Guerdrum Allen (1888-1969) was an ornithologist, lecturer, and writer. The Division of Rare and Manuscripts Collections at Cornell University holds a collection...
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Speaking of Sex
by Michele Brown The Conservation Unit has been busy treating a variety of materials for Speaking of Sex, the new exhibit opening February 14 in the Hirshland Exhibition Gallery of the Carl A. Kroch...
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A Welcome and a Thank You: Still Squeezing
J.M. Iacchei We wanted to take the opportunity to both welcome and thank Sheniqua Young for her contribution to the continuation of the epigraphic squeeze project. Sheniqua is a freshman Chemistry...
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“A PUNCH IN THE EAR”: The Bart Mills Punk Journalism Collection
J. M. Iacchei The contents of the Patti Smith folder upon arrival. The Bart Mills Punk Journalism Collection arrived self-contained in an archival box. Its contents, devoted to Patti Smith, Ultravox,...
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Welcome Pan Wei and Zhang Hongping
by Michele Brown Our internship program for librarians from China continues as we welcome two librarians from the China Agricultural University Library in Beijing. Pan Wei, Deputy Director and Zhang...
View ArticlePreservation Week: Pass it on
by Michele Brown Preservation Week was created in 2010 by the Association for Library Collections and Technical Services (ALCTS), a division of the American Library Association (ALA), to promote...
View ArticleCaring for your collections: tips from Preservation Week
by Michele Brown During Preservation Week (April 27 – May 3) we posted tips for preserving your home collections on Facebook. The best thing you can do for your materials is to provide them with a good...
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Book and Paper Conservation at Cornell: An Exhibit
By Michele Hamill As part of Cornell University’s 2014 Reunion Weekend 2014, Conservation Lab staff have installed Book and Paper Conservation at Cornell, a new exhibition in Uris Library that...
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Stitching the Links Between Ancient and Modern Binding Structures
By Pat Fox and Caitlin Moore For our recent exhibit in Uris Library, Book and Paper Conservation at Cornell University, we decided to explore a historic structure that is a link between scrolls and...
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