Online Resources
Newsletters and Blogs
Library of Congress Digital Preservation News and Newsletter
Getty Conservation Institute Bulletin
The Book Arts Web & Bonefolder Newsletter
Preservation & Conservation Administration News (see links to many preservation-related blogs)
Thompson Conservation Lab (Technology of the Medieval Book)
YouTube
Conservation at the Library of Virginia (LibraryofVa channel)
How to clean surface dirt (molly1216 channel)
Making books is fun! (1947 Encyclopedia Britannica Film)
Preservation of Pop Up and Movable Books (UFlibraries channel)
The Art and Science of Conservation: Behind the Scenes at the Freer Gallery (SmithsonianVideos channel)
Aesthetics of Book Conservation (SULPreservation channel)
Exhibits
VCU Libraries Digital Collections
Under Covers: The Art and Science of Book Conservation
Library of Congress American Memory Project
Keeping Our Word: Preserving Information Across the Ages An on-line exhibit from the University of Iowa Libraries
Publishers' Bindings Online, 1815-1930 An on-line exhibit from The University of Alabama
Time Capsules
Smithsonian Museum Conservation Institute
Lectures
Smithsonian Topics in Museum Conservation Lectures
Yale Preservation Lecture Series
Library of Congress Topics in Preservation Series
National Archives Preservation Conferences
Brodsky Series for the Advancement of Library Conservation
Patricia's Selected Talks and Presentations
Preserving the Past for the Future
How to Protect Your Library and Its Books
Organizations
American Institute for Conservation
American Library Association - ALCTS Preservation & Reformatting Section
Virginia Conservation Association
Bibliophily
Carl Sagan at the Great Library of Alexandria (YouTube, 10:32)
A 3-D Panorama (this must be heaven)
Booklove by Jerry Stern
What a Library Means to Me by Adam Wilson
A Brief History of Paper - by Patricia Palmer Selinger
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