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The UCLA Library Preservation Department is offering two internships for the summer of 2010 (application deadline is May 3, 2010). This ... more about Preservation and Conservation Internships for Summer 2010

We recently had the pleasure of a visit from our colleague David Scott. David is a faculty member in the Department of Art History and... more about Portable XRF Pigment Analysis

In a recent essay in the New York Review of Books, "Publishing: The Revolutionary Future," Jason Epstein deployed a nice turn of phrase in... more about Avoiding Obliteration

And suddenly it's spring. Next week, I'll be in Washington D.C. for the National Archives Preservation Conference, and I'm looking forward... more about Time marches on

UCLA's newspaper, The Daily Bruin, ran a great article this week about open access journal publishing. "GSA's print academic journal Carte... more about Open Access, or, Preservation Requires More Than Paste

Today's update comes from Laura Bedford, a Master's degree student in book and paper conservation at the University of Texas, Austin. Third... more about Laura Bedford: Internship Report

Life is pretty hard in Los Angeles. Day after day, week after week, every month, year in and out, the collections and library staff... more about A Shortage of Cold Weather

The UCLA Library has a collection of photos by Carleton Watkins including 85 of his mammoth albumen prints, which measure 18x22". Building... more about Mammoth Print Enclosures

A few years ago I attended a great conference on "direct digital image capture of cultural heritage" at the Munsell Color Science Lab at... more about Direct Digital Capture

Our conservator, Kristen St. John, was recently interviewed by UCLA's newspaper, The Daily Bruin, in a short spot called "Preserving... more about Conservator Kristen St. John Interviewed by The Daily Bruin

We're looking forward to hosting a tour for the Horn Press on Weds, Feb. 17. Our conservator, Kristen St. John will be giving a tour of the... more about Horn Press Tour

The UCLA Library is one of the nation’s great academic libraries. Its collection of more than 8.5 million cataloged items supports the work... more about Building a Preservation Program at the UCLA Library