{"id":32587,"date":"2017-04-21T15:23:09","date_gmt":"2017-04-21T19:23:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/?p=32587"},"modified":"2017-04-21T15:23:09","modified_gmt":"2017-04-21T19:23:09","slug":"preserving-the-past-for-the-future-exhibit-showcases-preservation-lab","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/2017\/04\/preserving-the-past-for-the-future-exhibit-showcases-preservation-lab\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Preserving the Past for the Future\u2019 Exhibit Showcases Preservation Lab"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"preservation<\/a>Just in time for Preservation Week<\/a> (April 23-29), a new exhibit, \u201cPreserving the Past… for the Future,\u201d showcases the services and mission of the Preservation Lab<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Beginning in January of 2012, the Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County (PLCH) and University of Cincinnati Libraries (UCL) began a long-term collaboration to provide conservation and preservation treatments in an equally-managed, staffed, and equipped preservation lab situated in UC\u2019s Walter C. Langsam Library. Employees from both PLCH and UCL work on the general circulating and rare\/special collections of each institution.<\/p>\n

\"special<\/a>The exhibit, located on the 4th floor of Langsam Library, showcases the work of the lab as well as educates about the difference between preservation and conservation, what makes an item a “special collection,” and the techniques and tools used in the care of collections. The exhibit also features both before and after images of the treatment done to the objects and explains the process. The exhibit was curated by Holly Prochaska, preservation librarian, Ashleigh Schieszer, lab conservator, and Jessica Ebert, conservation technician, and was designed by Jessica Burhans, communications co-op design student.<\/p>\n

For more on the Preservation Lab:<\/p>\n