Category: Preservation & conservation
Creating scrapbooks that last
A webinar about creating durable scrapbooks
Join us for a free webinar about creating scrapbooks with preservation in mind, hosted by the New England Document Conservation Center (NEDCC). Learn about archival materials and...
Connect the clues!
Exploring personal digital archives
Imagine that it’s the year 2025 and you’ve recently begun preserving your family history. While sorting through photo albums and books, you’ve discovered a...
Conservation demystified
A webinar about planning a conservation project
Conservation? Treatment? Restoration? Join us for a free webinar about planning a conservation project hosted by the New England Document Conservation Center (NEDCC). A...
Digital preservation management
An overview of DPM tools
The Digital Preservation Management (DPM) workshops launched a set of management tools and techniques in March 2015 that are available for use. Join Nancy Y McGovern,...
Exhibit tour
Wired: A world transformed by the telegraph
Take a tour of the current exhibit in the Libraries’ Maihaugen Gallery with by Stephen Skuce, Program Manager for Rare Books, MIT Institute Archives and Special Collections. Location:...
Preserving place
Issues and insights in documenting cultural heritage in the modern Middle East
Throughout the Middle East, cultural heritage is being destroyed faster than we can document it. Join us for a discussion that examines the processes...
BYOB(ook)
Learn how to preserve a book with a protective cover
Stop by Lobby 10 and learn how to use our CoLibri machine to create custom protective covers on books in seconds. Bring your own...
Movable messages in books
Spinning wheels, a coded disk, and volvelles
Wheels don’t just spin on bikes, buses, and cars…sometimes they are rings that rotate in the pages of old books, that spin and revolve...
Examining Medieval chant manuscripts
Parchment, chant, and MIT’s Glaser Codex
Theresa Zammit Lupi, book and paper conservator, and Michael S. Cuthbert, MIT Associate Professor of Music will talk about various aspects of parchment, bookmaking, and...