Tag Archives: condition survey

A Survey in the Making: Archives and Preservation

One of the most recent initiatives in the Barbara Goldsmith Preservation and Conservation department is the creation of the Archives Preservation Program. The program supports the long term maintenance of archival materials held by the archival repositories in Bobst Library. The three collecting repositories—Fales, Tamiment

Why Preservation Archivist? Reflections on changes in a department and a field

As the Barbara Goldsmith Preservation and Conservation Department’s first Preservation Archivist, I feel the need to explain the origins of this position as it relates to Bobst, our main campus library, its archival repositories, and the broader changes occurring in the field of information science