Prevention

I feel massively privileged to have had the opportunity to intern with EDIBA and the library Conservation/Preservation teams at Harvard, especially with my lack of experience in that particular field. Before my time with EDIBA, I had a few years of...

Welcome to The Ounce, an occasional missive for Harvard Library (HL) colleagues from Preventive Programs in HL Preservation Services. The High Humidity Season: June-September During the summer season (June 21 st-September 21 st) indoor humidity levels...

Preservation Services recently hosted hands-on training sessions for library staff. The topic was Collections Emergency Response, focusing on what to do in the first few minutes after an emergency is detected. In the past we have staged metaphorically and...

Welcome to another installment of The Ounce, an occasional series from the Preventive Programs group within Preservation Services about safeguarding library materials. Ackermann, A., Josiah Webb & Co. & Chas. H. Crosby & Co. (1866) HBS Baker Library...

Welcome to The Ounce, an occasional missive for Harvard Library colleagues from Preventive Programs in HL Preservation Services. The Dry Humidity Season: November-February During the fall and winter season, indoor humidity levels drop, presenting risks...

Today marks the 18th annual celebration of the World Day for Audiovisual Heritage , established by UNESCO to raise awareness of the vulnerability of unique and irreplaceable audiovisual media and highlight the ongoing efforts of the preservation...

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...

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 Hurricane Carol...

Photo credit: Cheryl Fraser Welcome to a yucky edition of The Ounce, an occasional missive from Preservation Services about preventing damage to Harvard Library collections. We’ve tried to temper the unpleasant parts with comforting words like “puppy,”...