This fall, the conservation team will offer another opportunity in our series of free, drop-in workshops. These informal workshops offer a chance for spontaneous creativity in the context of learning about serious conservation research on materials and techniques of historical book bindings. In 2023, summer conservation intern Devon Blankenbaker led a workshop on paper marbling. Read More …
Books often contain some amount and variety of adhesive in their original structure. Conservation treatment of Emory Libraries’ special collections, archives, and circulating books, whether ancient or hot off the press, begins with an assessment of original structure, current condition, and identification of the best treatment protocol. Our conservation staff has a broad knowledge of Read More …
In 1990, the Emory Libraries Conservation Lab occupied a modest footprint of space. It was one-third the size of our current lab, which limited the treatment possibilities. Eight years later, construction of a larger lab expanded the overall space and the conservation work. After twenty years, our lab has been updated and refreshed again. Conservation Read More …
