As the University of Iowa community, especially the student population, returns to work, after the holidays we are reminded of the pivotal role students are in fulfilling the University’s mission. We here at the University of Iowa Libraries’ Preservation and Conservation Department are no different, and frankly we really missed our student workers over WinterContinue reading “Dong Dong wins Graduate Student Employee Academic Enrichment Award”
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Katelyn Foster wins Bentz Scholarship
With winter break around the bend, campus wide student employee supervisors contemplate how to cope with the dramatic drop off of help to be had over the holidays. This poses unique challenges, but most of all it makes us appreciate student employees that much more. Here in Preservation/Conservation at the University of Iowa Libraries studentsContinue reading “Katelyn Foster wins Bentz Scholarship”
Deborah Howe visits as part of the William Anthony Endowment
Last week the University of Iowa Library’s Preservation and Conservation Department were please to host Dartmouth College’s Collections Conservator Deborah Howe as part of the William Anthony Endowment lecture series. On Thursday, October 4th Howe gave a lecture at the Main Library titled Old Books, New Books, and In Between Books: a Brief Look atContinue reading “Deborah Howe visits as part of the William Anthony Endowment”
Conservation Staff Install Works From the Iowa Women’s Archive at Dubuque Museum of Art
Recently a group of staff from the University of Iowa Library’s Conservation Lab journeyed up to Dubuque to install some pieces lent from the Iowa Women’s Archive (IWA) to the Dubuque Museum of Art. The materials and artwork are from the Josephine Pletscher Papers collection, donated to IWA by Kimberly Kirkpatrick Sparling and Ann SaylorContinue reading “Conservation Staff Install Works From the Iowa Women’s Archive at Dubuque Museum of Art”