NYU Barbara Goldsmith Preservation and Conservation Department

Join NYU Libraries for Preservation Week 2021! The following events are presented as part of NYU Libraries’ Preservation Week series of programming. Preservation Week is an annual initiative of the American Library Association aimed at connecting our communities through events, activities, and resources that highlight what we can do, individually and together, to preserve our personal and shared collections. Please note that all participants must RSVP for each event; Zoom lin...ks will be distributed following registration confirmation. Preservation Week 2021 at NYU Libraries Investigating Plastics in The Special Collections Mon, April 26, 2021, 12:00 PM 12:30 PM EDT https://www.eventbrite.com/e/investigating-plastics-in-the- Artist Interviews and Artist Books Tue, April 27, 2021, 1:00 PM 2:00 PM EDT https://www.eventbrite.com/e/artist-interviews-and-artist-b A Conservator’s Perspective on Caring For Art Created During Art Therapy Wed, April 28, 2021, 4:00 PM 5:00 PM EDT https://www.eventbrite.com/e/a-conservators-perspective-on- Beyond the Pale Listening Party and Discussion Fri, April 30, 2021, 1:30 PM 3:00 PM EDT https://www.eventbrite.com/e/beyond-the-pale-listening-part

Stay tuned for more information on our celebration of American Library Association Preservation Week at NYU Libraries!!! We may all be working remotely but we're planning a stellar array of activities to honor the work of caring for our library and archive materials. This year's Preservation Week is from April 26 through May 2.

"In celebration of the 100th anniversary of the birth of Robbins Barstow..."

We look forward to connecting with amateur film archivists, historians, and enthusiasts at this year's Northeast Historic Film Summer Symposium, in which we will highlight the life and work of Robbins Barstow. Barstow's son, Dr. Dave Barstow, will present with Kimberly Tarr at the opening night session.

In NYC? We would love to see you next week as we host three panels on preservation at NYU Libraries. Preservation Week 2019 -- Schedule of Events The Barbara Goldsmith Preservation & Conservation Department of NYU Libraries is pleased to announce the following events, which will be held in Bobst Library, as part of ALA's Preservation Week 2019: ...Continue reading

New position within NYU Special Collections -- Collections Manager More information available here: https://uscareers-nyu.icims.com//collections-manager%2/job

Congratulations to Paula De Stefano, Barbara Goldsmith Curator for Preservation and Head of the Preservation Department, who is this year's recipient of the Banks Harris Preservation Award. Her colleagues in NYU Libraries are so happy to see Paula's leadership and achievements recognized by the broader preservation community!

We are delighted to participate in the first-ever virtual Orphan Film Symposium and look forward to convening with the hundreds of film archivists, curators, scholars, and enthusiasts. More than 60 presenters from 20 countries will come together. Hope you can join us!

Our films for May Day on Screen Slate! https://www.screenslate.com/articles/233

Orphan Film Symposium

Our new piece on The Back Table discusses the scanning and research of hundreds of short actuality films of NYC circa 1952, held in the George Amberg and Robert Gessner Papers (MC.199) in NYU Special Collections. https://wp.nyu.edu//scenes-of-the-city-the-production-and/

George Amberg and Robert Gessner Papers, NYU Special Collections

This year marks the tenth anniversary of Preservation Week and the staff have put together a menu of remote events and will share recently-preserved collections -- and the stories behind the preservation work -- via social media posts. This year, ALA has designated Preserving Oral History as the theme for 2020 Preservation Week. Over the last fifteen years, NYU Libraries’ Media Preservation Unit has preserved a wide array of oral history collections held in NYU Special Col...Continue reading