It happened this week. The library has been contributing content to the Internet Archive through the Scribe Project at UNC as we mentioned in a previous post. On Tuesday we got our very own Scribe. We were giddy with excitement, until it wouldn’t fit in the door. How many librarians does it take to get … Continue reading The Internet Archive Arrives at Duke
by Erin Hammeke, Senior Conservator Duke University Libraries recently hosted an Islamic Bookbinding workshop with instructor Yasmeen Khan, head of Paper Conservation at the Library of Congress. Staff from Preservation at UNC libraries; Duke Conservation Services; and former HBCU library conservation alliance intern, Layla Huff, attended the workshop. During the course of the week, we … Continue reading Islamic Binding Workshop with Yasmeen Khan
In the first blogpost of our series introducing the Conservation Documentation Archive (CDA), I wrote at length about the needs for creating documentation during our work and the various forms in which it takes. Unfortunately, ingesting those materials into the Duke Digital Repository was not as simple as migrating digital files from one platform to … Continue reading CDA Episode 2: Prepping for Ingest
On Tuesday, Libraries Assembly put together a really great passport event for staff to learn more about the different departments and groups within our organization. Eighteen groups volunteered to set up a table with information and activities: Adopt-a-Highway Team Center for Data and Visualization Sciences Conservation Services Data and Reporting Learning Group DivE-In Council Divinity … Continue reading Stamps in Your Library Passport
It’s annual statistics time! We love a good stat. One Stat That Stands Out 42% of overall productivity in FY2022 was disaster recovery, mostly attributed to mold removal. FY 2022 Statistics 371 Book repairs 964 Pamphlet bindings 16 Treatments: Other (objects, textiles, etc.) 694 Flat Paper repairs (includes paper, parchment, and photos) 3,094 Protective enclosures … Continue reading FY2022: By The Numbers
Twenty years ago when I started working at Duke we had a “morgue” of broken books. This is where damaged books came, and sat, until they could be repaired. Most of these were very brittle or nearly so. To clear the space for work benches and tables, we decided to tie books up with cotton … Continue reading Blast From the Past
The internet loves things in miniature, and books are no exception. We’ve previously written about miniature figurines, photo albums, and other books – but today I’d like to add miniature screens to the mix. Recently this wonderful little book came into the lab for boxing: Japanese Screens in Miniature; Six Masterpieces of the Momoyama Period. … Continue reading Miniature Screens
Stamp collecting, often associated with philately (or the study of stamps), is a hobby that has been around since the first postage stamp was issued by Britain in May of 1840. Since then, stamp collecting has been one of the world’s most popular hobbies, resulting in the production of over 400,000 different types of stamp … Continue reading North Korea as Seen Through Stamps
Looking for the perfect gift for the winter holidays? Look no further. Donating to the Duke Libraries Adopt-a-Book program not only helps the Library preserve its collections, it makes a great gift for family or friends. Donations are also calorie-free and don’t take up closet space! We have a few new items up for adoption, … Continue reading Adopt A Book: The Perfect Gift
It’s annual statistics time! As you can imagine Covid-19 influenced our stats for this year. I don’t think any of us anticipated we would spend the first few months of the fiscal year working exclusively from home, and when we did return it was on a staggered schedule to avoid too many people in the … Continue reading FY2021: By The Numbers
