Preservation in the News
Views at Duke: Duke Libraries Preservation Department
Erin Hammeke, Special Collections Conservator, particpated in the Views at Duke Series. This video series highlights a day in the life of Duke employees. In the video, Erin shares details about the items she repairs and preserves as a conservator for Special Collections.
Building a Digitial Collection One Step at a Time
The lastest issue of Duke University Libraries Magazine includes an article discussing the steps to creating a digital collection. The article describes how conservation and digitizing collections factor in to this collaborative effort.
Disaster Response Pocket Plan now available
The Preservation Department has created a pocket-sized disaster plan complete with phone numbers for disaster response team members. If you are a DUL staff member and would like a pocket plan, please contact the Conservation Lab. There is also a PDF available on our intranet site.
The plan is based on the Council of State Archivists Pocket Response Plan which is made freely available through their website.
4th Annual Edible Book Festival
The Edible Book Festival was held in the Gothic Reading Room this year on April 1, 2009. A silent auction was held to raise money for the Helene Baumann Memorial Fund. Read more and view a list of winners from the Duke Office of News and Communications.
Conservation Broadsides Video
The Conservation Unit participated in Duke Libraries's digitization projects by repairing broadsides. To see what this entailed, check out our video.
Winston Atkins, Preservation Officer, on Election Memorabilia
Preservation Officer for Duke University Libraries, Winston Atkins, offers tips and suggestions for storing newspapers from the recent historical election and inauguration. View details at the library's YouTube site or read more from the Duke Office of News and Communications.
Conservation Program Hosts Paste Paper Workshop, July 31, 2008
Just before leaving Trent Hall, the Conservation staff took advantage of the outdoor space to participate in a paste paper workshop on 31 July. This technique of creating decorative paper using pigments and wheat starch paste is one of the earliest forms used for covers and endpapers. It is commonly found on materials from the 16th to 18th centuries and is still used today. We used samples from the Jantz collection as inspiration to create, and in some cases re-create, patterns that are both decorative as well as useful for our work. Working outside on a hot and humid summer day was interesting, especially when it rained and we had to move into the women's restroom in Trent Hall. Luckily for us there was plenty of space in the old dorm restroom to complete our work! Duke University Library staff may read more about this in the September 2008 IB.
In other news, the Conservation Lab has returned to Perkins Library along with the Digital Production Center and Winston Atkins. We moved on August 25-26th, and have been unpacking and settling into our new space. At some point in the near future we hope to have a formal open house to officially open the new lab.
Preservation Exhibits
Preservation: Then and Now (on display April 2009 to present)
The Preservation Department got its start in 2000. This exhibit looks at the development of the department from its beginning to our new space in Perkins Library. The exhibit includes a time line of important events in our history, images of digital projects and conservation treatments, as well as some artifacts that demonstrate what we do. Located in Perkins LL1, outside Room 023.
Decorative Papers Exhibit (displayed October 2008 - March 2009)
This fantastic exhibit shows how paste papers and marble papers are made, and how we use these papers in Conservation. It includes images from our recent paste paper workshop, sample images from papers found in the Jantz German Baroque and German Americana Collections, and binding models with hand-made decorated papers created by lab staff, and much more! Located in Perkins LL1, outside Room 023. Duke University Library staff may read more about this in the November 2008 IB.
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