{"id":3247,"date":"2023-03-20T18:31:29","date_gmt":"2023-03-20T18:31:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/needtoknow\/?p=3247"},"modified":"2023-06-02T16:34:54","modified_gmt":"2023-06-02T16:34:54","slug":"damien-ihrig-curator-waste-not-want-not-exploring-the-binders-waste-of-the-john-martin-rare-book-room","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/needtoknow\/2023\/03\/20\/damien-ihrig-curator-waste-not-want-not-exploring-the-binders-waste-of-the-john-martin-rare-book-room\/","title":{"rendered":"Damien Ihrig | Curator | Waste Not, Want Not: Exploring the Binder’s Waste of the John Martin Rare Book Room | Video available"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Damien<\/span> Ihrig is the Curator for the John Martin Rare Book Room (JMRBR) in the Hardin Library for the Health Sciences at the University of Iowa. He works with researchers of all ages and from various backgrounds to find and use information on the history of the health sciences. He also manages the collection of rare materials in the JMRBR, provides instruction and support to faculty who use JMRBR materials, and performs outreach and engagement to the University community and beyond. Until recently, he also supported several clinical departments in the Carver College of Medicine and currently supports Biomedical Ethics and the History of the Health Sciences. Damien<\/span> completed his LIS degree in 2020 with a certificate in Book Studies. Before working at Hardin, he was the Carver College of Medicine registrar for nine years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ihrig spoke on binder’s waste at the Iowa Bibliophiles Meeting:
Wednesday, March 8, 2023<\/strong>
7:00-8:0pm <\/strong>
Special Collections Reading Room, University of Iowa Main Library, 3rd Floor<\/strong>
125 West Washington Street, Iowa City<\/strong><\/div>\n\n\n\n
Recording of the presentation available<\/strong><\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Bookbinders during the hand press era were ahead of their time with their recycling practices. Nothing went to waste if it could be avoided. This included using damaged, discarded, unsold, substandard, or test leaves from manuscripts and printed books as part of the binding for other books. Some waste is easy to find, such as beautiful manuscript leaves used as a book cover, but much of it is buried inside the binding. Join curator Damien Ihrig for his presentation on a “thousand tiny archeological digs” for an ongoing project to locate, identify, and describe binder’s waste in the John Martin Rare Book Room collection at the Hardin Library for the Health Sciences.<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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This event is free and open to the public<\/strong>. It will be held on the 3rd floor of the Main Library, doors opening at 6:30 PM. For all questions, please contact Elizabeth Riordan at\u00a0elizabeth-riordan@uiowa.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Individuals with disabilities are encouraged to attend all University of Iowa\u2013sponsored events. If you are a person with a disability who requires a reasonable accommodation in order to participate in this program, please contact Elizabeth Riordan in advance at 319-384-2802 or\u00a0elizabeth-riordan@uiowa.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Damien Ihrig is the Curator for the John Martin Rare Book Room (JMRBR) in the Hardin Library for the Health Sciences at the University of Iowa. He works with researchers of all ages and from various backgrounds to find and use information on the history of the health sciences. He also manages the collection of rareContinue reading “Damien Ihrig | Curator | Waste Not, Want Not: Exploring the Binder’s Waste of the John Martin Rare Book Room | Video available”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":157,"featured_media":3248,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[127,103,87],"tags":[444,445,442,105,122,443,289],"syndication":[37],"coauthors":[39],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/needtoknow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3247"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/needtoknow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/needtoknow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/needtoknow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/157"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/needtoknow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3247"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/needtoknow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3247\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3320,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/needtoknow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3247\/revisions\/3320"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/needtoknow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3248"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/needtoknow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3247"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/needtoknow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3247"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/needtoknow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3247"},{"taxonomy":"syndication","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/needtoknow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/syndication?post=3247"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/needtoknow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=3247"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}