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 Syracuse University Libraries’ annual Brodsky Series for the Advancement of Library Conservation.

Hagadorn’s hybrid lecture, titled “Reuse, Repurpose, Recycle: a Conservator Reviews the Long History of Binding Waste,” will occur on April 4 from 3:30-5 p.m. in Bird Library’s Peter Graham Scholarly Commons and on Zoom. Register to attend the lecture.

A woman smiles while standing in front of a collection of preserved texts.
Alexis Hegadorn

The hands-on workshop, titled “Identifying, Describing and Understanding Waste Fragments and Bindings,” 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 ’67, G’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 Brodsky Series for the Advancement of Library Conservation is endowed through a generous gift by William J. ’65, G’ 68 and Joan ’67, G’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.