Colleagues, See messaging below from HBCU Library Alliance Board member Debbie Hess Norris, University of Delaware. This is an opportunity to support preservation of select images from your library. Respond to Debbie directly at dhnorris@udel.edu<mailto:dhnorris@udel.edu> with questions or for more information. HBCU Library Alliance members, For the past three years, ten graduate students in the Winterthur/University of Delaware Program in Art Conservation have helped to recover a collection of severely damaged photographs during a 2.5-week intensive course in photograph conservation led by me in my role as Chair and Professor of Photograph Conservation in the Department of Art Conservation. We have preserved images damaged by fire and floods and a large collection of historically important 19th-century album pages exhibiting significant dirt and fragility. We would like to consider another project for January 2018. We can accommodate up to 200 images. Our focus is on surface cleaning and stabilization (such as minor tear mending, flattening, crease reduction, etc.). Ideally, we would like a variety of photographic processes as this will provide the best educational experience for our fellows. We will cover all costs including supplies, rehousing materials, and labor. The collection will be examined and treated at Winterthur. We are especially willing to help stabilize a collection in an underserved museum or archive where surface cleaning and basic care are required but the materials must be treated at Winterthur given our class schedule. Please contact me at dhnorris@udel.edu<mailto:dhnorris@udel.edu> if you know of a collection in need or a recovery effort where we can be helpful. For information on past projects see http://www.udel.edu/udaily/2017/january/art-conservation-arctic-explorers-photographs/ or http://www1.udel.edu/udaily/2016/jan/saving-photographs-011516.html or http://www1.udel.edu/udaily/2015/jan/photographs-011415.html Debra Hess Norris Chair and Professor Unidel - Henry Francis DuPont Chair of Fine Arts Director, Winterthur/University of Delaware Program in Art Conservation Interim Associate Dean for the Humanities, College of Arts and Sciences University of Delaware 303 Old College Newark, De 19716 dhnorris@udel.edu<mailto:dhnorris@udel.edu> SANDRA M. PHOENIX HBCU Library Alliance Executive Director Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library 111 James P. Brawley Drive SW Atlanta, GA 30314 404-978-2118 (office) 404-702-5854 (cell) http://www.hbculibraries.org/ sphoenix@hbculibraries.org<mailto:sphoenix@hbculibraries.org<mailto:sphoenix@hbculibraries.org%3cmailto:sphoenix@hbculibraries.org>> Honor the ancestors, honor the children. Follow us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hbculibraryalliance1/ and Twitter https://twitter.com/HBCULibAlliance Check out "PULSE!" The HBCU Library Alliance's News Source! - https://hbculibraryalliance.wordpress.com/