Last week I worked on a simple evaluation project for housing late nineteenth and early twentieth century publishers bindings. Here are three that I found particularly pleasing (and in good shape).
They all have in common different interesting green hues – just in case I washed my hands after handling! Why? Check out this post to find out!
Holly Prochaska (UCL) — Preservation Librarian
Yesterday we did some General Collections evaluation. This is when the Conservation Technicians get together to inspect the General Collections books that have been sent to us, and determine the best way to treat them. Since these materials circulate some of them are heavily used, and sometimes we find little surprises in them. This batch had a couple of especially fun ones. I found out that someone likes their vitamin gummies:
Then Jessica came across this unusual bookmark:
And then she was looking through this book about Nikola Tesla:
Complete with this invitation (number redacted for privacy):
I don’t know about you, but I think that sounds way better than, “for a good time call…”!
Veronica Sorcher (PLCH) – Conservation Technician