Category: Preservation & conservation
“Spine surgery” for damaged books
See the treatment process step by step
Have you wondered what happens to the books that show up damaged at the circulation desks? Specially trained staff in Curation and Preservation Services...
Libraries host Digital Preservation Management workshop
Managers of digital content gathered to learn about digital forensics tools and techniques
Digital Preservation Management (DPM) Workshops, a well-known continuing education series hosted by the MIT Libraries, helps managers of digital content at any organization establish sustainable...
Spy-proof Letters
Researcher details historic techniques for securing correspondence
Long before the digital age, safeguarding correspondence and important documents from prying eyes was a concern. Research by Jana Dambrogio, MIT Libraries Thomas F....
Letterlocking in Lobby 10
Write a letter to a friend and learn how to letterlock it shut
When’s the last time you hand wrote a letter and sent it in the mail? Join us in Lobby 10 if you’re up for...
Aga Khan Documentation Center receives noted scholar’s archive
Yasser Tabbaa, a prominent scholar in Islamic art and architecture, has donated his archive to AKDC@MIT. Dr. Tabbaa has taught at several prestigious US...
AKDC collaboration brings 1959 recordings of Moroccan music to Archnet
Between 1959 and 1962 the American author and composer, Paul Bowles, traveled Morocco to collect samples of the Moroccan soundscape. Half a century later,...
Preserving Tangier’s International Zone
Aga Khan Documentation Center collaborates with Tangier American Institute for Moroccan Studies
The Aga Khan Documentation Center at MIT is collaborating with the Tangier American Institute for Moroccan Studies, in conjunction with Wellesley College’s Center for Work...
Staff Profile: Jessica Venlet
Digital Archives Fellow
Jessica Venlet arrived at MIT in October 2014 to begin a two-year fellowship with the Libraries in the area of digital archives. She came...
Nancy McGovern voted VP/President-elect of SAA
She will serve as the Society of American Archivists' 72nd president in 2016–2017
The Society of American Archivists (SAA) has elected Nancy McGovern, MIT Libraries’ Head of Curation and Preservation Services, as SAA Vice President/President-Elect. She begins a one-year term this August and will become...