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Cataloging and preserving the Shakespeare collection

Cataloging and Preserving the Shakespeare Collection is a three-year project at the Folger Shakespeare Library funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH). Catalogers are working to create and upgrade definitive records for the Folger’s more than 5,000 Shakespeare works in print from the 18th through 20th centuries. In addition to cataloging the books and making the records available online, the project brings together a team of curators, conservators, and reference members in order to conserve the materials for future generations of scholars, with procedures such as sending high spot volumes for off-site deacidification, as well as housing vulnerable materials in phase boxes, to preserve structural integrity.

Comments

Dear Carrie
Thanks for your piece about this fascinating project to provide authorititative catalogue records for these early editions. It’s particularly good that the results of this work will enable other libraries to identify and register their holdings accurately.
Good luck!

Sylvia Morris — October 3, 2011