Alexis Hagadorn Leading Lectures During Brodsky Series for the Advancement of Library Conservation
Alexis Hagadorn, head of conservation for the Columbia University Libraries, will present at the annual Brodsky Series for the Advancement of Library Conservation.
Hagadorn’s hybrid lecture, titled 鈥淩euse, Repurpose, Recycle: a Conservator Reviews the Long History of Binding Waste,鈥 will occur on April 4 from 3:30-5 p.m. in Bird Library鈥檚 Peter Graham Scholarly Commons and on Zoom.
The hands-on workshop, titled 鈥淚dentifying, Describing and Understanding Waste Fragments and Bindings,鈥 will be held on April 5 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the Antje Bultmann Lemke Seminar Room and the Joan Breier Brodsky 鈥67, G鈥68 Conservation Lab, Special Collections Research Center, 6th floor of Bird Library. The onsite workshop is limited to 15 people and registration is required by emailing mlwagh@syr.edu.
All events are open to the public.
The annual is endowed through a generous gift by William J. 鈥65, G鈥 68 and Joan 鈥67, G鈥68 Brodsky. Beginning in 2004, the endowment has been used to sponsor programs featuring prominent library conservators that promote and advance knowledge of library conservation theory, practice and application among wide audiences, both on campus and in the region.
