Another day, another book with book-cloth tape. A nice book, though — The history of Sumatra, containing an account of the government, laws, customs and manners of the native…
It’s difficult to even know where to begin. On July 24, I posted “ A previously unknown IU pioneer,” detailing how I stumbled across an 1898 newspaper article about the first…
Although the image of the library conservator or preservation professional may be that of a person patiently performing careful, delicate, even tedious conservation treatments…
So this past week I had one of those moments at work where I was reminded that: My job is awesome. There are always new discoveries to be made. My job is so so so very awesome. I…