Apparently our first university archivist/historian was a big fan of lamination. This just one of a couple hundred volumes containing some of our earliest university records and history that were meticulously laminated. I cannot accurately describe how aghast I must have looked while examining these. My coworker showed them to me today for the first […]
There’s always that moment of trepidation when I haven’t yet figured out what’s making the pages of a book stick together, particularly when said book features many images of art featuring nude women. In this case it was just tape or Post-it note adhesive residue…what a relief! But seriously, be kind to librarians and conservators…keep […]
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 […]
So you know how you can tape things to other things by making a little loop of Scotch tape? Turns out it’s not a very good way to repair books.
Little Monday morning surprises found squashed in the margin of a book I’m resewing.
Don’t read and drive, folks.