Wednesday, February 11, 2009 Walter Cybulski, Preservation Librarian at the National Library of Medicine, and I led a two-day e-forum lsitserv discussion on disaster planning and response. We weren’t really sure how it would work but were willing to give it a try. It was exhausting but well worth it. We shared sites for resources;Continue reading “Disaster Planning E-Forum a Success!”
Category Archives: Community, outreach, education, and events
Saving Working Files Conundrum
Friday, February 6, 2009 Susan Kuecker, African America Museum curator, would like to save her working files. These files have all her research for various researcher requests, grant applications, and projects, collected over eight years. Most of this information is not in her computer. Since most of the items in the files are not unique,Continue reading “Saving Working Files Conundrum”
Protective Boxes for Art Books
Wednesday, January 28, 2009 In 2007, School of Library and Information Science Preservation students Laura Guth, Sally Myers, and Kris Wiley prepared a preservation plan for the oversize collection of about 550 books at the University of Iowa Art Library. The plan called for sending a small number of items to Book Repair each week.Continue reading “Protective Boxes for Art Books”
African American Museum of Iowa Grand Re-Opening
Friday, January 16, 2009 Today was the grand re-opening of the African American Museum of Iowa. A feat to be commended and celebrated. Since the June flooding, they have mucked out their building and restored it sufficiently to have staff back in the building, the beginnings of a museum store, and an exhibit installed. WhileContinue reading “African American Museum of Iowa Grand Re-Opening”
Making A Difference With Baskets
Wednesday, November 12, 2008 The African American Museum has a collection of baskets that were sent to us after being damaged in the flood. In September we were sent to the Campbell Center in Mt. Carroll, IL for training in cleaning and preserving these baskets. This is an example of one of the baskets I cleaned. This particularContinue reading “Making A Difference With Baskets”
Buttons, Buttons, Who’s Got the Buttons
Friday, October 17, 2008 This small metal box is full of buttons of all shapes and sizes that are from Mason’s Dry Cleaners that was owned by Elmer Smith Jr. in Cedar Rapids. These buttons, and the box they are housed in, were painstakingly cleaned by one of our volunteers, Diana Henry. She sorted theContinue reading “Buttons, Buttons, Who’s Got the Buttons”
Celebration
Thursday, September 4, 2008 Finished with the initial cleaning of all–yes all– the records. We had abused the Oakdale paper facility for the summer, and Tim let us use the space for a party. Nancy picked up sandwiches, Gary and Joyce brought drinks and the table decoration, and Caitlin, Kat and I cleaned up theContinue reading “Celebration”
Amanda’s Grandma’s Bible Completed
Friday, August 29, 2008 Once the Bible was completed, Conservation Assistant Linda Lundy made a box for it. The box will give it added protection for easy transport. It’ll also protect it from dust, sunlight, and dampness. Hopefully, it’ll never go through another tornado. If it does, the box will give it extra protection andContinue reading “Amanda’s Grandma’s Bible Completed”
Amanda’s Grandma’s Bible Continued
Tuesday, August 26, 2008 Once Gary had the maps re-attached, it was time to put the cover back on. The original cover was too damaged to save it. So Gary took the outside of the cover off the inner boards and trimmed the fabric cover. He made a new black cover and then glued theContinue reading “Amanda’s Grandma’s Bible Continued”
Book Boxes for Peru
Friday, August 22, 2008 The University of Iowa Conservation Department, in continued collaboration with INLIBRE and the Preservation of Historical Libraries of Arequipa Project (Peru), is donating clam shell protective boxes for 35 books of La Recoleta library collection. University of Iowa participants in the Project will be delivering the boxes April ’09 on theirContinue reading “Book Boxes for Peru”