Consuela (Chela) Metzger | UCLA Library

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Head of Preservation & Conservation

Preservation and Conservation

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cmetzger@library.ucla.edu

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How Library Special Collections loans materials for exhibit
A behind-the-scenes peek into preparing special collections materials for exhibition loans
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Syriac materials at UCLA Library: Understanding the evidence
Our head of conservation describes key features of UCLA's copy of a Syriac Old Testament, known as the Urmia Bible
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Up close and personal with the Gladzor Gospels
Our conservation department inspects pigments on a 14th century illuminated manuscript
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Bruin mascots love Preservation Week
A peek into conservation of the Bruin mascot heads in University Archives
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Human skin binding at UCLA? Say it’s not so….
Scientific testing reveals book binding's actual source

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