Join Deborah Howe for a behind the scenes look into how books are preserved for the Dartmouth's libraries! Registration is required and limited for this in-person event. Please register below. 

This tour will take you inside the Conservation Lab at Dartmouth Libraries, which is responsible for the care and maintenance of all physical collections within the library. During the tour you will learn about the important role of preservation within Dartmouth’s library system and how conservators care for the college’s books and works on paper.  Basic mending techniques will be demonstrated, and we’ll explore specific treatments performed on general and special collection materials. Curious minds and inquisitive participants are welcome!

Deborah Howe is the Collections Conservator at Dartmouth College Library. Previously, she headed the conservation lab at Northwestern University Library. In addition to her conservation work she has been actively involved in teaching book arts. She has taught at Columbia Center for Paper and Book, the Newberry Library, the Paper and Book Intensive and currently binding classes at the Book Arts Workshop at Dartmouth. She is a long-standing member of the Guild of Book Workers and is on the board of directors of the Morgan Conservatory in Cleveland, Ohio.

This event takes place at Baker-Berry Library, off of the Green in Hanover, NH. Attendees should meet in the main lobby, Reiss Hall, by the information desk and will be led down to the Conservation Lab. Please be prompt in arriving!

Email Sam Milnes with any questions, sam.milnes@thehowe.org