Remember my post from yesterday? http://conservethis.tumblr.com/post/131514951634/this-box-just-got-delivered-to-preservation-today Well, turns out they were bedbugs AND cockroaches AND they were STILL ALIVE!! Also, this bug poops on camera, just for you! In conservation, we refer to insect poop as “frass”. (Source: https://embed.tumblr.com/)
This box just got delivered to preservation today. What a great way to start the week! T_T (The sign on the box says “Contains remnants of bugs, possibly ticks”, and inside was a plastic bag with several books in it that were apparently full of (dead, I hope?) bugs when they were turned back in to […]
A card catalog with a modern flair to it, probably from the 1970′s or so.
Spotted in the library: Nick Offerman.
The library’s conservation lab is ready for Halloween! PS that is a sample book from our commercial library bindery, not an actual library book! I would NEVER put tape on a library book! Not no how, not no way!
TFW a book you just finished a particularly annoying conservation treatment on turns out to have been withdrawn (almost certainly years ago) because it was declared “lost” after being down in the lab for so long. This book has been in the lab at least since before I started working here 2 years ago. Fortunately […]
This library used to be a bank, and they still have the vault doors inside!
Today’s project…a REALLY BIG BOOK!
Last week, I took a tour of the Phoenix Art Museum’s library, which is open to the public and full of wonders. One of those is The Astaire Library of Costume and Fashion. This small room within the art library houses an assortment of books on such topics as fashion, etiquette and art, which were […]
Spotted this cute cover with a dapper bicycle riding man on it. The red cloth of the spine has faded dramatically, but the cover was still a nice bright red, and the gold stamped decoration remains shiny. The book is “The Wheels of Chance” by H.G. Wells, and this edition was published in 1896.