Preservation Week, April 30 – May 6, inspires action to preserve personal, family, and community collections in addition to library, museum, and archive collections. It also raises awareness of the role libraries and other cultural institutions play in providing ongoing preservation education and information. The 2023 Preservation Week theme is Building Resilient Communities. Every year,…Continue Reading Preservation Week 2023
Hey there, it’s been… a minute! Many things have happened with the Preservation Unit over the past year-ish. Let’s get caught up. The end of 2021: we found out Mullins Library Phase II renovations were slated to start in December 2022. Special Collections and the preservation lab were located on Levels 1 & 2, the…Continue Reading What’s New with Preservation?
The American Institute for Conservation (AIC) is hosting Ask A Conservator Day today, November 18th. The day is meant to raise awareness about conservation, and conservators around the world will be participating on social media (follow the #AskAConservator hashtag across Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook to see what’s being posted and discussed by others). For a…Continue Reading It’s #AskAConservator Day!