Today’s work: a brace of matching re-backs on a biography of architect Daniel H. Burnham.
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I can’t quite put my finger on it, but this pamphlet feels a bit dirty.
The too-big thing is only too-big by just over a quarter of an inch, too. Uuuuuuuuuugh! I could have fit all 20 photos in the same box if it weren’t for that one.
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TGIF! This book has a LOT of problems, which I’ve helpfully indicated on its treatment flag.
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More snowflakes have appeared on the conservation lab door! It’s getting awfully festive around here…
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This book just arrived in the lab with this sad (yet hilarious) note attached. The note reads “Sad Bergey’s :(”, and the book is “Bergey’s Manual of Determinative Bacteriology”. It is VERY sad indeed, as not only is the binding failing but students have marked it up with highlighting and pencil underlining almost to the point of […]
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The conservation lab door has been decked out for the holidays! I used a discarded map from our map collection to make this giant paper snowflake. It was really easy, and you can find the instructions here.
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Disbinding a damaged book, so that I can resew it and then rebind it. It’s strangely therapeutic and relaxing to take a book apart, I’ve found. Putting it back together is the more stressful part for me.
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Presented without comment. Source: https://asunow.asu.edu/20151118-creativity-star-wars-collection-transports-scholars-galaxy-far-far-away
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And in tonight’s latest installment of Poor Font Choices…