Book Conservation

Book Conservation in the Cornell University Conservation Unit is responsible for the preservation and conservation of rare materials in all of the Cornell University Library collections.  We provide the following services for the Cornell University Library:

We also reach out to the local library community and beyond by offering workshops in Care of Collections, Mold, Exhibit Preparation,  Care and Handling of Materials during Scanning, and Disaster Planning and Preparation.


Contact: Michele Brown, Book Conservator, mb72@cornell.edu, 607 255-2484.

 

Treatment Options and Duration

 

Repair (.5 -2 hrs.)

Usually for Circulating, Interlibrary loan, some Rare materials

Book Repair

Page repair

Opening pages

Restore (2 hours or more)

Usually for rare materials

Reback

Wash/resew

Rebind

Other repair

Enclosures (.5 hrs. – 8 hrs.)

MM case/Reinforced MM case (Usually for circulating materials)

Clamshell box (Usually for rare materials)