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Make Your Own Japanese Book
January 23, 2020
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1:30PM - 4:00PM EST
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Widener Library, Room 240
In Person
An enduring and adaptable form, Asian-style bookbindings are instantly recognizable. In this workshop, you will learn about this centuries-old craft by making your own Japanese-style book using traditional materials and techniques. Led by Harvard Library...

“Materials Testing Symposium at the Met” recap

January 23, 2020
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11:00AM - 12:00PM EST
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Harvard Art Museums, Naumburg Room
In Person
The Metropolitan Museum of Art's Department of Scientific Research hosted the “Materials Testing for Cultural Heritage Symposium” on Wednesday, November 6th, 2019. The symposium covered recent developments in materials selection methods and both advanced...

Gels for Paper Conservation Workshop Review
January 14, 2020
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12:30PM - 1:30PM EST
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90 Mt Auburn St, Room 007
In Person
Please join us for a Brown Bag Presentation on the workshop Gels for Paper Conservation taught by Anne Maheux and Michelle Brown and co-sponsored by the Foundation for Advancement in Conservation and the National Endowment for the Humanities. Kelli...

2019 AMIA Conference Review
January 9, 2020
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12:30AM - 1:30AM EST
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90 Mt. Auburn Street, Room 021
In Person
Please join us for a Brown Bag Lunch presentation on highlights of the 2019 Association of Moving Image Archivists (AMIA) annual conference held November 13–16, 2019, in Baltimore, Maryland. Robert Vaszari (Assistant Film Conservator, Media Preservation...

IADA Congress Review
December 18, 2019
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1:00PM - 2:00PM EST
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90 Mt. Auburn Street, Cambridge, Room 021
In Person
The International Association of Book and Paper Conservators (IADA) presented the XIV IADA Congress in Warsaw in September 2019. This congress addressed the latest developments in the profession, including conservation decision-making, collection risk...

Hand Construction of Leather Shoes by Darron Burke
December 10, 2019
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12:00PM - 1:00PM EST
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90 Mt. Auburn Street, Cambridge 02138, Room 021
In Person
When not at his day job in Audio Preservation Services, Media Technician Darron Burke makes leather shoes by hand. Darron will share a photo essay presentation on hand construction, and will then answer your questions about working methods, design...

Italian Archival Bookbindings Workshop Review
December 4, 2019
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12:30PM - 1:30PM EST
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Smith Campus Center, 2nd floor North, Creative Commons, Isaacson Room
In Person
Over two weeks in September, conservator Katherine Beaty attended a full immersion course on Italian archival bindings in Recanati, Italy. She visited numerous state and private archives, constructed a historical model, and mastered different restoration...

Handmade Blue Paper Workshop review
November 19, 2019
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12:30PM - 1:30PM EST
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90 Mt. Auburn Street, Cambridge, Room 021
In Person
This five-day workshop on handmade blue paper took place in a historic paper mill, Le Moulin du Verger, in the southwest of France. It was organized and run by papermaker Jacques Bréjoux, paper conservator and researcher Thea Burns, master dyer Philippe...

Access and Preservation in Libraries and Archives Conference Review
November 14, 2019
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12:15PM - 12:45PM EST
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90 Mt. Auburn Street, Cambridge, Room 021
In Person
The need for accessibility in libraries and archives requires a delicate balance between preservation and making materials available and understandable to a large audience with diverse needs. Strategies for promoting access with responsible stewardship in...

“When the sheets are folded, they are gathered”: Female Labor in American Bookbinderies in the 19th Century by Todd Pattison
November 12, 2019
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5:00PM - 7:00PM EST
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Richard A. and Susan F. Smith Campus Center, Cambridge, 2nd floor, Mt. Auburn Room
In Person
American binderies underwent dynamic changes in the nineteenth century, evolving from small shops employing a handful of workers to large factories using assembly-line techniques. It has long been asserted that the introduction of machines led to the...

World Digital Preservation Day
November 7, 2019
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12:00PM - 1:00PM EST
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90 Mt. Auburn Street, Cambridge, Room 021
In Person
The Harvard Community is cordially invited to celebrate World Digital Preservation Day with Harvard Library Preservation Services. We will be discussing the 2017 D-Lib scholarly article "Trends in Digital Preservation Capacity and Practice: Results from...

Contaminated/Oversized Collections Open Meeting
November 6, 2019
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2:00PM - 3:30PM EST
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Lamont Library, 3rd floor Forum Room
In Person
Sponsored by Stewardship Standing Committee. For the Harvard Library community. HUID Required to enter Lamont Library. Resources (HUID required): Decision-Tree for Contaminated Collections Contaminated Collections Task Group wiki Transport of Oversized...