Monthly Archives: March 2019

The Preservation Lab – in the news!

The Preservation Lab and lab staff were in the news twice this week.

UC's newspaper from March 2019

The News Record 3/27/2019


 
Check out a nice write up on the work of the Lab in the student newspaper, The News Record, HERE.
“Below the main floor of Langsam Library, where students bustle about studying, researching and caffeinating, there’s a lab where books with torn pages and cracked bindings fall into the capable hands of a team of technicians who spend their days quietly restoring texts back to working order.”  —- Sami Steward
 
 
 
Cake of an octopus

Edible book by Jessica Ebert


 
Also, Jessica Ebert was interviewed about her participation in the annual University of Cincinnati Libraries’ Edible Book Festival by the local news station.  Check it out HERE.
 
 
Holly Prochaska (UCL) — Preservation Librarian

Happy 20th Anniversary, Holly!

Our Preservation Librarian and co-manager, Holly Prochaska, is celebrating her 20th year at UC Libraries today!  Holly is such a great advocate for the Lab and the Lab staff.  She cares so much about the Lab and we wanted to show her just how much we care about her, so we planned a little surprise…See Holly’s reaction here:


Congratulations on this milestone, Holly!
Check out the Lab’s Instagram @thepreservationlab (especially our story highlights) to see more fun photos of the Rock (Dwayne Johnson) around the Lab.
Jessica Ebert [UCL] – Conservation Tech/Photographic Documentation Tech

Lab Featured in New Book & Save the Date!


 
Secret Cincinnati: A Guide to the Weird, Wonderful, and Obscure by Kathryn Witt recently came out and you wouldn’t believe who’s featured in it…
 
 
 
 

The Preservation Lab!


When you flip to # 72 you will find a great description of the Lab’s annual Open House, where the Lab opens its doors to the public and shares a little bit about what with do.  Generally our Open House falls on ALA’s Preservation Week (the last week of April).  However, this year it will be held during this first week of May due to a scheduling conflict.
 
 
So mark your calendars!

Thursday, May 2nd, 2019 | 1:30-3:30pm

University of Cincinnati | Langsam Library | 300 Level

 
Jessica Ebert [UCL] – Conservation Technician & Photographic Documentation Tech

*Thank you to Mikaila Corday, a docent at the Lucky Cat Museum (also featured in Secret Cincinnati), for sharing the feature with us and lending us her copy of the book!