{"id":1141,"date":"2016-01-20T18:30:44","date_gmt":"2016-01-20T18:30:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/thepreservationlab\/?p=1141"},"modified":"2016-01-20T18:30:44","modified_gmt":"2016-01-20T18:30:44","slug":"tiny-tomes-now-on-display","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/thepreservationlab\/2016\/01\/tiny-tomes-now-on-display","title":{"rendered":"Tiny Tomes &#8211; Now on Display!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There\u2019s an exciting new Public Library exhibit located in the Popular Library in the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cincinnatilibrary.org\/main\/\">Main Library<\/a> building downtown. It\u2019s titled, <em>Tiny Tomes<\/em>\u00a0 and includes over 50 small books that are part of the reference library collection. There are a variety of subjects, binding styles, and time periods represented. Topics include sport flip books, lichens &amp; ferns, children\u2019s books, and many more!<br \/>\nThis past week, the Preservation Lab assisted with preparing the books for display. Once the layout of the show was established and pages were selected for display, I helped strap bindings with soft polyethylene strapping and showed staff how to use various supports made out of Vivak and archival mat board. These supports were made beforehand in our lab by lab technician, Chris Voynovich.\u00a0 Since we knew the overall size of the books were generally 4 x 6 inches, a variety of general supports were constructed out of lab scraps rather than custom fitting the supports to each book. This greatly expedited the process of making the book cradles.<br \/>\nOut of approximately 40 constructed supports, every single one was put to use! \u00a0There were V-shaped supports used to hold books open while lying flat, U-shaped supports to lift up books, triangle shaped supports to act as cradles, and other supports to hold books safely upright.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/thepreservationlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/IMG_8821.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1146 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/thepreservationlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/IMG_8821-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_8821\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/thepreservationlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/IMG_8819.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1145\" src=\"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/thepreservationlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/IMG_8819-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_8819\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/thepreservationlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/IMG_8816.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1142\" src=\"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/thepreservationlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/IMG_8816-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_8816\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Some books were too fragile to be opened or had more than one page to exhibit. As an alternative to displaying interior pages, some of the books were scanned by Digital Services and surrogates were printed. These images are also available online, located here: <a href=\"http:\/\/cdm16998.contentdm.oclc.org\/cdm\/landingpage\/collection\/p16998coll52\">http:\/\/cdm16998.contentdm.oclc.org\/cdm\/landingpage\/collection\/p16998coll52<\/a>.<br \/>\nThe exhibit runs from Jan 18<sup>th<\/sup> to March 13<sup>st<\/sup>. While you\u2019re at Main Library, be sure to check out the <a href=\"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/thepreservationlab\/2015\/12\/mounting-a-microscopic-book\/\">Smallest Book<\/a> on exhibit in the Cincinnati Room, located on the 3<sup>rd<\/sup> floor!<br \/>\n<strong>Ashleigh Ferguson Schieszer (PLCH) &#8211; Book and Paper Conservator<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There\u2019s an exciting new Public Library exhibit located in the Popular Library in the Main Library building downtown. It\u2019s titled, Tiny Tomes\u00a0 and includes over 50 small books that are part of the reference library collection. There are a variety of subjects, binding styles, and time periods represented. 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