{"id":53658,"date":"2026-04-09T09:54:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-09T13:54:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/?p=53658"},"modified":"2026-04-09T10:08:26","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T14:08:26","slug":"the-preservation-lab-will-display-preservation-of-all-shapes-and-sizes-at-their-annual-open-house-thursday-april-30","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/2026\/04\/the-preservation-lab-will-display-preservation-of-all-shapes-and-sizes-at-their-annual-open-house-thursday-april-30\/","title":{"rendered":"The Preservation Lab will display &#8220;Preservation of all shapes and sizes&#8221; at their annual open house Thursday, April 30"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Join us for the Annual <a href=\"https:\/\/libraries.uc.edu\/thepreservationlab.html\">Preservation Lab<\/a> Open House, Thursday, April 30, 2-4pm, 300 level of the Walter Langsam Library. \u201cPreservation of all shapes and sizes\u201d will include tours of the lab, demonstrations of projects and treatments, cookies, bookmarks and stickers!<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1978\" height=\"2560\" src=\"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Preservation-lab_Flyer_FNL-scaled.png\" alt=\"preservation lab open house flyer\" class=\"wp-image-53659\" srcset=\"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Preservation-lab_Flyer_FNL-scaled.png 1978w, https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Preservation-lab_Flyer_FNL-109x141.png 109w, https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Preservation-lab_Flyer_FNL-768x994.png 768w, https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Preservation-lab_Flyer_FNL-1187x1536.png 1187w, https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Preservation-lab_Flyer_FNL-1583x2048.png 1583w, https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Preservation-lab_Flyer_FNL-232x300.png 232w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1978px) 100vw, 1978px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:26px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Want a sneak peek of the work of the Preservation Lab? Stop by Langsam Library\u2019s 4th floor on <strong>Tuesday, April 21, 10-11:30am and Thursday, April 23, 2-3:30pm<\/strong> to learn about housing complex materials and relax with a hands-on activity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Formed in 2012, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.libraries.uc.edu\/thepreservationlab.html\">Preservation Lab<\/a> is a book and paper conservation lab. The Preservation Lab provides the full suite of preservation services to the University of Cincinnati Libraries and, for a fee, to other cultural heritage institutions. The Preservation Lab\u2019s expertise is in book and paper conservation, with services available in general circulating materials repair, single-item conservation treatment, housing, exhibition prep, and preservation consulting.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1067\" src=\"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/LafcadioHearnCradle-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"preserved book on cradle\" class=\"wp-image-53662\" srcset=\"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/LafcadioHearnCradle-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/LafcadioHearnCradle-250x104.jpg 250w, https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/LafcadioHearnCradle-768x320.jpg 768w, https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/LafcadioHearnCradle-1536x640.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/LafcadioHearnCradle-2048x853.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/LafcadioHearnCradle-500x208.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>The Preservation Lab Open House is free and open to all to attend. Those driving to campus can <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uc.edu\/about\/parking\/locations\/maps.html\">park<\/a> in the Woodside Drive\/Library Garage or Campus Green Garage off of Martin Luther King Drive.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Join us for the Annual Preservation Lab Open House, Thursday, April 30, 2-4pm, 300 level of the Walter Langsam Library. \u201cPreservation of all shapes and sizes\u201d will include tours of the lab, demonstrations of projects and treatments, cookies, bookmarks and &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/2026\/04\/the-preservation-lab-will-display-preservation-of-all-shapes-and-sizes-at-their-annual-open-house-thursday-april-30\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[83,2236,31,13],"tags":[814,37,2242,78,36],"class_list":["post-53658","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-langsam-library","category-preservation-lab","category-uc","category-uclibraries","tag-events","tag-library-news","tag-open-house","tag-preservation","tag-uc-libraries"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53658","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=53658"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53658\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":53663,"href":"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53658\/revisions\/53663"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53658"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=53658"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=53658"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}