{"id":4977,"date":"2019-02-08T14:33:11","date_gmt":"2019-02-08T20:33:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/preservation\/?p=4977"},"modified":"2019-02-13T09:45:08","modified_gmt":"2019-02-13T15:45:08","slug":"linda-lundy-receives-ui-staff-council-longevity-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/conservation\/2019\/02\/08\/linda-lundy-receives-ui-staff-council-longevity-award\/","title":{"rendered":"Linda Lundy receives UI Staff Council Longevity Award"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Linda Lundy has made more than 4,700 clam shell boxes like the one pictured here, and nearly 1,900 other custom enclosures.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

At the end of last semester, the University of Iowa Staff Council recognized Linda Lundy with a Longevity Award for her 35 years of continuous service.<\/p>\n

Linda began her UI career working in the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics. Later, she accepted a position in the Government Publications department of the UI Libraries. When that department closed, she transitioned to the Preservation & Conservation Department. Gary Frost, Conservator at the time, taught Linda how to make custom protective boxes and enclosures. <\/p>\n

During her career in the Preservation & Conservation Department, Linda has made more almost 6,600 boxes and other custom enclosures for collection materials. She also sews book futons, padded cradles used to support fragile books. One of Linda\u2019s favorite projects was creating a cover for the University’s 1903 commencement podium (pictured at right). <\/p>\n

“We are so lucky to have Linda in the Conservation Lab,” said Conservator Giselle Sim\u00f3n, Linda’s supervisor. “She not only makes our custom boxes, but thank goodness she’s a great sewer! If you happen to call a book in any of our special collection reading rooms (Art, Hardin, Special Collections, IWA, Music…) you’ll see her handiwork in every book “futon” cradle that supports what you are reading. Also, in this month of February, it goes without saying that the person with the biggest heart here is Linda. She is always looking out for her fellow Lab folk. Thank you, Linda!”<\/p>\n

Congratulations Linda, we appreciate your continued service!<\/p>\n

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Linda’s most challenging project was creating a cover for the UI commencement podium after it was restored in 2016.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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The mahogany podium, shown here without the cover, was a gift from the UI class of 1903.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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“We are so lucky to have Linda in the Conservation Lab,” said Conservator Giselle Sim\u00f3n, Linda’s supervisor. “She not only makes our custom boxes, but thank goodness she’s a great sewer! If you happen to call a book in any of our special collection reading rooms (Art, Hardin, Special Collections, IWA, Music…) you’ll see her handiwork in every book “futon” cradle that supports what you are reading. Also, in this month of February, it goes without saying that the person with the biggest heart here is Linda. She is always looking out for her fellow Lab folk. Thank you, Linda!”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":242,"featured_media":4988,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[62,5,47],"tags":[],"syndication":[52],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/conservation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4977"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/conservation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/conservation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/conservation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/242"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/conservation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4977"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/conservation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4977\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4994,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/conservation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4977\/revisions\/4994"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/conservation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4988"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/conservation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4977"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/conservation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4977"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/conservation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4977"},{"taxonomy":"syndication","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/conservation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/syndication?post=4977"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}