General Collection Conservation

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General Collections Conservation:
located in room 108 of
Krieger Hall
 
The General Collections Conservation Unit is responsible for the care and
maintenance of books and flat paper materials (essentially maps) from the
Libraries' general (i.e., circulating) collections. The unit is staffed by
a Conservator, and a cadre of student assistants. The unit performs primarily
minor conservation treatments (i.e., repairs requiring less than two hours),
such as recasing, spine repair, shrinkwrapping, mending and tipping-in loose
or detached pages, textblock consolidation, polyester film encapsulation, and
spray deacidification. The Collections Conservator reviews materials after use,
determines which items receive treatment, and indicates the type of treatment
each item will receive. This position also treats items designated as Medium Rare,
a class of largely nineteenth-century books with illustrated covers and plates which
librarians have judged to have artifactual value.
 
Conservator and Cheif Conservator
Contact Martha Edgerton at (410) 516-4677
medgert1@jhuadig.admin.jhu.edu