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Mar 06, 2017 Head of Preservation Travels 7,000 Miles to Save 80,000 Rare Books

Posted at 21:24h in Preservation by Marriott Library 1 Comment

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It all started with a tour of the library’s Preservation Department led by the Marriott Library’s Preservation Head, Randy Silverman. The group of academics was visiting from the country of Georgia, a post-Soviet state, when the subject of dealing with a mold outbreak affecting rare...

Apr 13, 2016 Preservation of the Jack Sears Clay Figurines

Posted at 02:53h in Preservation, Special Collections by rarebooks 1 Comment

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Marriott Library’s collections include far more than simply books. Many of these items are fragile as well as valuable, and one of the most important tasks for the Library’s Preservation Department is their protection. Protection implies a number of things: proper housing in appropriate materials;...