General Collections Conservation Home Page

The General Collections Conservation section of the Craig Preservation Lab maintains and enhances access to the materials in all branches of the IU Bloomington Libraries. From 10,000 - 12,000 items are repaired or stabilized each year by the General Collections section, from simple paper mending to construction of custom clamshell boxes for the artist book collections in the Fine Arts Library. The full range of treatments performed by the GCC are documented in the Craig Lab On-Line Manual (opens new window).

In addition to repair and maintenance of the Libraries collections, the General Collections section provides specialist services such as disaster response, environmental monitoring and preservation assesments.