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 sometimes literally immersive, full-day training. Participant feedback emphasized how overwhelming emergencies are. Yes, that is often true, but we didn’t want that to be the main takeaway from training. So, this year we re-tooled the experience to de-emphasize shock value. Instead, we focused on the skills that participants...

The Weissman Preservation Center welcomed a "new" staff member in March. After 17 years as a Conservation Technician in our Enclosures lab, Andrew Leonard took on a new role as Exhibition Technician working closely with our Conservator for Exhibitions, Catherine Badot-Costello. This team will collaborate with other Harvard Library Preservation Services staff to prepare and install collection items for Harvard Library's robust exhibition and loan schedules.

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Digital Preservation Services is supporting a multi-institutional initiative to establish a Greek Digital Journal Archive (GDJA) / Tο Αρχείο Ελληνικών Ψηφιοποιημένων Περιοδικών] (ΑΕΨΠ).  This effort ensures open online access via...