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With Plenty of Elbow Room: Planning New and Upgraded Spaces for Library and Archives Conservation and Audiovisual Preservation
Baker, Whitney
Baker, Whitney
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Abstract
In 2018, the University of Kansas (KU) Libraries upgraded from a tired, twenty-year-old basement space to a new, purpose-built conservation lab for library and archives collections. The new conservation lab, which is housed in the special collections and archives library, quadrupled available lab space for its conservators and fleet of student employees. The move afforded Conservation space in the same library as the most vulnerable collection materials. In addition, rooms in the special collections and archives library were repurposed for audiovisual (AV) preservation, creating two new spaces for film and video workflows and upgrading an existing small audio room. This paper will discuss the conservation and preservation lab construction literature and will serve as a practical exemplar of the challenges and successes of the planning process, including lessons learned and unexpected benefits.
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2021-12
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Sage
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Conservation, Preservation, Laboratory design, Renovation, Library, Archives, Audiovisual, Case study, University, Special collections
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Baker, Whitney. 2021. With plenty of elbow room: Planning new and upgraded spaces for library and archives conservation and audiovisual preservation. Collections: A Journal for Museum and Archives Professionals 17(4): 294-318.