The Ounce: Reflections on UNESCO's World Day for Audiovisual Heritage

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Summer internship in Preservation Services

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Explore the Digital Repository Service with the latest Annual Report!

The HLPS Digital Preservation Services (DPS) team is excited to share the Digital Repository Service FY23 Annual Report, which contains our annual snapshot of data, statistics, analysis and reflections on the digital collections preserved in Harvard Library’s Digital Repository Service (...

Dr. Stephen Abrams on the Tech Policy Grind podcast

Dr. Stephen Abrams, Head of Digital Preservation in Harvard Library Preservation Services, recently joined the Tech Policy Grind podcast to discuss digital preservation policies and strategy, challenges, opportunities, and more!

The Tech Policy Grind podcast is hosted by the Internet Law & Policy Foundry. In episode 25 of season 4, Dr. Abrams is interviewed by...

The Ounce: Do The Flight Thing—How to combat webbing clothes moths in collections!

Welcome to The Ounce, an occasional missive for Harvard Library colleagues from Preventive Programs in HL Preservation Services.

Many staff members inquire about pests or bugs they are seeing and if they are harmful to collections. Here at The Ounce, we have decided to send you an intimate portrait of one bug at a time throughout the year.

The Ounce: Preparing for Hurricane Season

Welcome to The Ounce, an occasional missive for Harvard Library colleagues from Preventive Programs in HL Preservation Services. Welcome also to hurricane season, which has been a thing since at least 1954, when a large elm was uprooted by ...

Email Archiving with ePADD at Harvard Library

On Tuesday, April 18th 2023, Digital Preservation Services and Library Technology Services gave a joint presentation about new email archiving tools and workflows at Harvard Library. This presentation was an update on the work originally introduced in February 2021, and you can...

Library Workshop Demonstrates the Hands-On Aspect of Self-Publishing

By Harvard Library Communications Office

Harvard Library Communications Intern Tess Kelley shares her hands-on experience in a zine- and pamphlet-making...

The Ounce: Dirty Book Diapers—Gross!

A book bin full of dirty book diapers.
Photo credit: Cheryl Fraser

Welcome to a yucky edition of The...

Welcome New Staff: Keala Char and Jody Beenk

Preservation Services would like to welcome two new members to our team: Keala Char and Jody Beenk!

Keala Char began in August as our new Preservation Review Librarian in the Collections Care unit. As the Preservation Review Librarian, Keala manages the commercial library binding and preservation review programs and works with our library colleagues across campus.

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