Friends who read the blog have been asking what I’ve been doing lately since I haven’t posted for awhile. The answer is that I’ve been over in Special Collections creating an inventory of the scrapbooks in the collection. My life has looked like this lately.
And this.
That’s not to say that the scrapbooks are boring. There is some pretty cool stuff in those boxes that you will be hearing about in the coming months, but I will admit that I’ve been missing my workbench lately.
No worries, though, because Melissa has my back (I think). She asked me to work on this the other day.
I was a bit surprised that she brought me a book to work on until I opened it and found tears,
tape,
and large pieces of folded paper.
Am I the only one surprised to discover she brought me a book of bound blueprints? It seems I am now the lab’s blueprint expert.
The book contained three beautiful drawings for the original library building. I’ve taken them out of the binding to repair and flatten them. Our friends over at Facilities, Planning and Management have kindly agreed to scan them for us on their blueprint scanner, and we’ll hopefully have them up on the Special Collections web page in about a month.
Library and Archives Preservation 