Disappearing Newspapers

Written by Suzette Schmidt. The Iowa State University Library’s Preservation Services unit is responsible for gathering, organizing, and preparing three …

Preserving Our Eyesight

Working in the Preservation Department, one soon realizes how important our eyesight is to the tasks we need to perform.  …

Who needs quality control?

For those of you who do any sort of preservation reformatting or digitizing you know how time consuming the quality …

Banding Together with Rubber Bands

Rubber bands, what a wonderful invention.  They can be used for fun: stretched into sling shots, wrapped together to make …

A Love of Mystery Used on the Job

Written by Suzette Schmidt of Preservation Services. I have always been a person who enjoys a mystery, whether reading a …