Here is a common bag weight that is used in conservation labs. It’s a very helpful kind of weight because … More
Category: Collections Care
The Collections Care category is used to categorize posts about the assessment, handling, or treatment of items.
ISU Parks Library’s Resident Library Rotation in Preservation by Katie Wampole
Introduction by Cynthia Kapteyn: The preservation lab was lucky enough to gain the interest of the library’s new Resident Librarian … More
Conservation Tidbits
Endbands Objects are invariably changed by the hands of those charged with their care. Traditions have been built on … More
From 1914 to 1989: conserving hundreds of signatures from Iowa’s history, By Cynthia and Sonya
Last year Sonya was contacted by a staff member from the Hoyt Sherman Place in Des Moines with a request … More
The Rip Off: Preserving Optical Discs by Lennox Fellow Amanda Gedeon
Progress continues on the optical media project here in the Preservation Department. All discs in the University Lecture Series collection … More
Library and Archives Preservation 