Category: Preservation & conservation
Book cradles that don’t go to the grave
Wunsch Conversation Lab invents reusable mounts for library exhibits
Staff in the MIT Libraries’ Wunsch Conservation Laboratory have been working to design a new kind of structure to display books and other objects exhibited...
Ada Lovelace Grant recipient announced
Jessika Khazrik will create web archive of work by environmental activist and scientist Pierre Malychef
Graduate student Jessika Khazrik is the first recipient of the Ada Lovelace Grant, a new grant at MIT that encourages and supports projects at...
IAP 2017: Music, arts & crafts
Explore our workshop offerings
Explore artists’ books or learn a new craft. “The Codex and Its Variations”: Artists’ Books @ MIT Wed, Jan 25, 1-2pm, 14N-112 Register Contact: Anna...
Mozart rolls the dice
Solving a conservation puzzle
Recently the Wunsch Conservation Lab staff received this puzzle: a game of musical chance by W.A. Mozart in which new compositions are created by...
Engineering librarians convene and celebrate
Serving the needs of engineers in a digital age
Much of the world knows the strength of the MIT Libraries engineering resources, but did you know the librarians who work with our engineers...
Media Lab’s Ethan Zuckerman on lessons from letterlocking
What historic letters can tell us about the power of tangible demonstrations and analog text
Ethan Zuckerman, director of the Center for Civic Media at MIT and recently appointed associate professor of the practice in Media Arts and Sciences, is a member of...
Libraries celebrate Preservation Week
Join us for an afternoon of fun events
Join us for a fun and informative afternoon in celebration of Preservation Week. To assist with our planning, registration is requested but not required....
Letterlocking Workshop: Signed, Sealed & Undelivered
Unlocking the secrets of the De Brienne Postal Archive
Come spend a couple hours with the Signed, Sealed & Undelivered Project team learning how to fold and secure correspondence using the same techniques found on...