What We Keep: An Exploration of Personal Archives Through Harriet Thayer’s Album
Curatorial Assistant and Social Media Manager Jake Gentry spotlights personal archives with the multigenerational album of Harriet Thayer and her ...
Tag: Preservation
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On Ephemera
These days research libraries collect all sorts of things you might be surprised to find in a library. If you ... -
The rewards of our work
This week we have been reflecting on our role as caretakers. The work we do with our hands in conservation ... -
Why Environmental Conditions Matter for Library Collections
Indiana University’s library and archival collections are absolutely vital for the research, learning, and creative activity at the heart of ... -
2024 graduate uses Safer Together video contest to focus on alcohol misuse
IU Media School undergraduate Audra Sapp is the 2024 winner of IU Libraries Moving Image Archive Safer Together contest. -
Elvira Bates Friendship Album
One of my favorite parts of my job is interacting with aspects of history I never would have sought out ... -
A Glimpse into the Paper Lab
Hello Fair Blog Readers! My name is Natalie Guingrich and, as the newest addition to the Preservation Lab, I thought ... -
Bibliotoxicology
Greater awareness has risen recently concerning the phenomenon of “Poison Books”: that is, books containing pigments composed of heavy metals ... -
Interview an Archivist: A Conversation with Chris Lacinak
By Joshua Koepke In archival and preservation circles, the word “digital” often induces worry about costs, skills, and plans necessary ... -
Interview an Archivist: Kasandra “Kaz” O’Connell
By Sarah Prause I recently had the fortune of interviewing film preservationist Kasandra “Kaz” O’Connell. Kaz is the head of ...