Today I returned to the library’s digital imaging services facility in Queens, this time for a tour of the Conservation Lab. If library materials need repair before they can be digitized, they’re brought here. #libraries #conservation #preservation #NYC
Today I returned to the library’s digital imaging services facility in Queens, this time for a tour of the Conservation Lab. If library materials need repair before they can be digitized, they’re brought here. #libraries #conservation #preservation #NYC https://t.co/jMNrKDRIAi
At the entrance to the Conservation Lab is a wall-mounted wood case with glass doors. Inside the case are what the person who led the tour called “tooling tools.” They’re no longer used by the conservators, so they’re here as a display. #libraries #conservation #preservation #NYC
A closer look at the tooling tools. On the end of each is a different design. I was told they were used to stamp designs into leather. Gold and other metals were also poured into the molds to create design pieces. #libraries #conservation #preservation #NYC