Bunsen and Bronte: C-U at the Lab
The Conservation Lab at the University of Illinois Library | Where Art and Science Meet Everyday
It is amazing to work at an institution that acquires so many interesting objects for its collection. A recent acquisition to our Rare Book and Manuscript Library is Sir Isaac Newton’s Latin translation of “Opus Galli Anonymi” in April 2018. While a fascinating piece for researchers, this antique manuscript needed some conservation help. Continue reading “Sir Isaac Newton comes to the Conservation Lab”
To all our students, enjoy your Fall Break! We will see you back in 1 week.
One of our previous blog posts introduced our ongoing project to disbind and rehouse nearly 12,000 19th and early 20th-century Spanish plays. The Conservation Lab has just finished this massive disbinding process, and future steps will include cataloging and digitization.
We talked to Jody Waitzman, the General Collections Conservator at the Conservation Lab, who has overseen the unbinding process of the 669 volumes of Spanish plays. Jody shared some of her reflections about this project: