Victoria G. D. Landau
@vgdlandau.bsky.social
Cultural Heritage. Ancient Heritage. Data Management 📜💻
PhD Candidate, Digital Humanities Lab @unibas.ch 🇨🇭
Visiting Researcher @utoronto.ca 🇨🇦
PhD Candidate, Digital Humanities Lab @unibas.ch 🇨🇭
Visiting Researcher @utoronto.ca 🇨🇦
Reposted by Victoria G. D. Landau
Recently, a Library senior paper conservator turned to the University of Michigan Library, which holds the largest collection of papyri in North America, to learn more about papyrus conservation & bring that knowledge back to the national library's staff. blogs.loc.gov/preservation...
Unfolding History: Conserving Papyrus | Guardians of Memory
Papyrus is a unique material among the vast holdings of the Library of Congress, but these early fragmentary texts give us remarkable glimpses into history. Specialized training was undertaken and giv...
blogs.loc.gov
June 16, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Recently, a Library senior paper conservator turned to the University of Michigan Library, which holds the largest collection of papyri in North America, to learn more about papyrus conservation & bring that knowledge back to the national library's staff. blogs.loc.gov/preservation...
Reposted by Victoria G. D. Landau
Most of the Library's holdings are on paper, but some are on papyrus, the common writing surface of the Mediterranean world before paper was invented in China. Notable papyrus holdings at the Library include fragments from Homer’s Iliad & the biblical Book of Isaiah. 🧵
June 16, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Most of the Library's holdings are on paper, but some are on papyrus, the common writing surface of the Mediterranean world before paper was invented in China. Notable papyrus holdings at the Library include fragments from Homer’s Iliad & the biblical Book of Isaiah. 🧵
Reposted by Victoria G. D. Landau
The OpenGLAM Survey 2.0 is a GARGANTUAN upgrade to the most comprehensive catalog of open GLAM institutions in the world, making it easier to explore for you and easier to keep up to date for us
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The Open GLAM Survey provides insight on open access policies and practice across the global sector of Galleries, Libraries, Archives and Museums.
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December 5, 2024 at 1:36 PM
The OpenGLAM Survey 2.0 is a GARGANTUAN upgrade to the most comprehensive catalog of open GLAM institutions in the world, making it easier to explore for you and easier to keep up to date for us
survey.glamelab.org
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A highlight from the Leipzig University Library's 4th Papyrus Restoration and Conservation Workshop in November 📜: Preparing for work on ancient material by making fresh “fragments” of papyrus ourselves, using both the Classical & the Groningen method (more work, but more authentic, in my opinion)
December 10, 2024 at 7:51 AM
A highlight from the Leipzig University Library's 4th Papyrus Restoration and Conservation Workshop in November 📜: Preparing for work on ancient material by making fresh “fragments” of papyrus ourselves, using both the Classical & the Groningen method (more work, but more authentic, in my opinion)