Arthur E. Holman Jr. Conservation Laboratory The conservation laboratory is a 2,300 square-foot facility designed to provide for the conservation and preservation of rare University library materials. The lab has facilities to treat flat paper, pamphlets, cartographic items, parchment, pictorial works, and bound materials. Book treatments performed include construction of clamshell boxes, text block repair, re-sewing, and conservation of bindings. Flat paper conservation treatments include leafcasting and pulp fills, Japanese paper repair, deacidification, washing, flattening, bleaching, stain, tape, backing, and mold removal, lining, humidification, suction table treatments, and encapsulation. Visit the Preservation Services' Homepage Other important services provided by the laboratory staff members include answering daily inquiries from the general public and other institutions about conservation and preservation, and training student interns, volunteers, faculty, and staff to assist with conservation work. The conservation laboratory is not open directly to the public. For more information, contact the head conservator and preservation librarian, Holly Herro, at 803-896-0783 or hollyh@gwm.sc.edu