Paper conservator Christopher Sokolowski will review 10 presentations in the Graphic Documents section of the recent ICOM-CC conference held in Beijing. Come learn how the British Library transports its books, the current research on Klucel-G, the conservation of magnet drawings by Michael Faraday, and much more!
Email is a critical record of the digital age, capturing personal, business, and government correspondence - and documenting these interactions down to the second. Harvard Library has been an active participant in the email archiving community since 2009, when the Email Archiving System (EAS) was developed as a local solution for processing and preserving these records.
Join us for a virtual presentation on the past, present, and future of email archiving at Harvard Library. Tricia Patterson, Digital Preservation Analyst, will provide an overview of Harvard's accomplishments...
Celebrating 20 Years of DIgital Preservation at Harvard Library
Join us for a dynamic panel discussion celebrating the past and future of digital preservation at Harvard from the perspectives of Library leaders and digital preservation historian, Abby Smith Rumsey.
Join us for the third in a series of Zoom events featuring speakers addressing current topics and specific projects in cultural heritage preservation at Harvard University
Presenters:
Morgan Nau and Cassy Cutulle: Integrated Pest Management and the B9 Moth Program at the Peabody Museum
Penley Knipe and Katherine Beaty: Islamic binding from I Tatti
There will be a short social in break-out rooms between presentations… we hope to see you there!
Your friendly neighborhood Harvard Library conservation professionals know that you are juggling a lot right now, including how to discuss physical library materials over digital platforms. We have compiled guidelines for careful handling of collection material while...
What would you do if confronted with wet audiovisual (AV) materials? Do you know the ins and outs of handling wet audio tape, lacquer discs, or motion picture film? The actions taken within the first few hours of a water emergency play a crucial role in ensuring the long-term survival of these complex and fragile materials.
This workshop, which consists of two half-day, hands-on sessions, will help you identify and prioritize the most vulnerable AV formats in your collections and teach you the basics of triaging these materials in a salvage situation. The...
Widener Library Room 145; HUID required to enter Widener
You are cordially invited to kick off the year with our first monthly meeting of the Digital Preservation Reading Club. We have previously hosted these informal conversations once a year...