The conservation lab is working on two printed and bound editions of comic strips that originally ran in The New York Herald at the turn of the 20th century. The books are part of the Cooper-Hewitt Library collection.
Category: The Fix (Preservation)
Emmanuelle Couvert has joined the Libraries’ book conservation lab for a three month internship. She is a 4th year student in the book conservation program at the Institut National du Patrimoine in Paris.
The Preservation Department is pleased to welcome our new conservator Katie Wagner, who joined us October 25th.
The Special Collections-Preservation paid internship program for the summer of 2010 has selected Carrie A. Gross of Riva, Maryland. Carrie, presently enrolled as a MLIS student at Catholic University is more »
The American Library Association Preservation Week is May 9-15. The Libraries is committed to the preservation, safe exhibition, and long-term access to its collections, many of which are irreplaceable. Our more »
Each year archives, libraries, museums, and arts and historic preservation organizations set aside May 1 to participate in MayDay, an initiative created by Heritage Preservation to protect cultural heritage from more »
Many of us are not fully aware of the enormous quantity of text, images, audio and video that are being produced today in digital format. But we can begin to more »