{"id":1679,"date":"2017-08-30T19:43:57","date_gmt":"2017-08-30T19:43:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/thepreservationlab\/?p=1679"},"modified":"2017-08-30T19:43:57","modified_gmt":"2017-08-30T19:43:57","slug":"basement-finds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/thepreservationlab\/2017\/08\/basement-finds","title":{"rendered":"Basement Finds"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We follow that old rule of conservation labs always being in the basement (though we do have a window!). \u00a0Well, technically we&#8217;re not actually in the basement. \u00a0While our lab space was originally storage space when the library was built, there is actually another storage space below us, i.e. the real basement. \u00a0Or, more accurately, the deep, dark void full of stuff&#8230;random chairs, pieces of shelving units, leftover carpet tiles, etc. \u00a0Recently we heard a lot of activity going on down there and when Holly made a little trip down to check out our PackTite she found the space completely different. \u00a0Dare I say, verging on organized. \u00a0And front and center was this little gem with a thick layer of dust on it&#8230;<br \/>\n<div id=\"attachment_1680\" style=\"width: 635px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/thepreservationlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/IMG_6760-e1504120422116.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1680\" class=\"wp-image-1680 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/thepreservationlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/IMG_6760-e1504120422116-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Basement Finds\" width=\"625\" height=\"833\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1680\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A little letterpress printing press!<\/p><\/div><br \/>\nNeedless to say, Holly scooped that puppy up and whisked it away to the lab (and then promptly called our facilities manager to make sure that was ok)! \u00a0We have every intention of fixing this beauty up and doing some very fun and exciting things with it in the future. \u00a0So stay tuned!<br \/>\n<strong>Jessica Ebert (UCL) &#8211; Conservation Technician<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We follow that old rule of conservation labs always being in the basement (though we do have a window!). \u00a0Well, technically we&#8217;re not actually in the basement. \u00a0While our lab space was originally storage space when the library was built, there is actually another storage space below us, i.e. the real basement. \u00a0Or, more accurately, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[171,249],"class_list":["post-1679","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-jessica-ebert","tag-printing-press"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/thepreservationlab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1679","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/thepreservationlab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/thepreservationlab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/thepreservationlab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/thepreservationlab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1679"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/thepreservationlab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1679\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/thepreservationlab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1679"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/thepreservationlab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1679"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/thepreservationlab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1679"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}