Juneau Lab Preserves Alaska’s Historical Documents

From the AP (via SF Chronicle):

When the state was designing its new library, archives and museum for Juneau, engineers realized that problem, then designed and built a capacious laboratory specifically to preserve and restore paper documents.
“We really saw there was this big need for paper conservation statewide,” [objects conservator Ellen] Carrlee explained.
The resulting lab, where Irwin has been working, is the first of its kind in Alaska
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The lab was completed last year in conjunction with the opening of the State Library, Archives and Museum, but [paper conservator Seth] Irwin is the first person to use it: While the state had the money to build the lab, the crash in oil prices meant that Alaska couldn’t afford to staff it.

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Note: This article was originally published in the Juneau Empire on March 20, 2017.

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