Rabbits and lattes and steaks, oh my! Hear from Mindy Moeller, Conservation Technician at Parks Library, about some of the more unusual types of damage we’ve seen in our collections.
Tag: book treatments
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
Not your Grandmother’s comics! Or are they?
by Sonya Barron and Cassandra Anderson History and background The term “underground comix” defines a style of small press or … More
When the pieces snap into place…
The repairs we do on books in the Preservation Department is something that many might think seems really complicated or … More
Library and Archives Preservation 