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The exhibit gallery in D. H. Hill, Jr. Library has 15 beautiful exhibit cases that we get to fill every year with items from our collections. This year our exhibit Reading the Natural World:…

A new exhibit is opening in D. H. Hill, Jr. Library this week, and it’s all about rare books. We wanted to give you a peek at the preservation concerns and planning that go into having rare books in…

Let's take another look at some of the “Elegant Enclosures” that we use in Special Collections! Today I'll offer you a close-up view of some of the structures we build in Preservation to accommodate…

You may remember this blog post where we discussed the intricacies of making boxes for the Roy Gussow models and studies. In March of this year, his family got in touch to offer more,…

“Whoops, I’ve torn a page of my book. That’s okay, I’ve got some handy tape right here, I’ll just fix it right up. Probably the Library folks will thank me….”(cue sound of record scratching)This has…

Books are beautiful objects that hold an array of information and knowledge. In Preservation we are interested in more than the knowledge they hold, but also the physical objects themselves. A…

This blog is part of a series of posts featuring stories from the Special Collections Research Center (SCRC) exhibit “A Fair to Remember: The History of the North Carolina State Fair.” The…

Hello again from Preservation! Our work repairing and making protective enclosures for collection items requires some particular tools! We are starting a series today showcasing those tools.…

You’ve seen our Preservation blogs in the past, where we have talked about our work as part of the Libraries’ Special Collections. This time I’m taking you out of the Library and into the larger…

We’ve been showing you a lot of the work we do in Preservation with collection materials. But sometimes we take bookbinding out of the basement and go public! Creative Journaling is an…