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The Book Hospital is a collection of over 6500 books from Houghton Library needing repair and set aside for that purpose. It was started circa mid-in the 1990s by staff retrieving the books and deciding they needed repair. The collection comprises mostly rare books and is housed in the northwest corner of the sub-basement level.

Project

 In In 2019, the Manager of Technical Services in consultation with the Preservation Librarian, took the initiative to begin work on preserving the books after decades of neglect. Repair work was not possible given the staffing of the department, so the Manager decided preservation was determined to be an appropriate intervention.

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