Welcome Lisa!

In January of this year we welcomed a new conservator to the Preservation Lab! Lisa studied traditional bookbinding at North … More

More Endbands: What?! Weaving?

You might remember me posing a question in the last blog post that I wrote: “What is that fragment of … More

I wanted to write a short post about making new endbands when repairing a rare book. Situation 1: When there … More

I posted pictures of this lovely contraption on the isupreservation Instagram feed a couple of months ago. This post goes … More

Often, students and the broader community may not be aware of the role preservation and special collections staff play at … More