The 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 of Chicago, Illinois. Beginning with the academic year 2004/2005, the endowment has sponsored programs that promote and advance knowledge of library conservation theory, practice, and application among wide audiences, both on campus and in the region. Programs typically include lectures and workshops by prominent library conservators.

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2024

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Reuse, Repurpose, Recycle: A Conservator Reviews the Long History of Binding Waste, Alexis Hagadorn

2023

Materials of the Illuminator’s Art: Medieval Recipes, Modern Identifications, and the Preservation of Pigments, Dyes and Metals in Medieval Manuscripts, Nancy Turner

2022

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The Conservation of Plastics in Collections: a challenging path, Anna Lagana

2021

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Translating Bits: Maintaining (Born-)Digital Heritage, Monique Lassere

2019

A Tale of Two Flags: How History of Treatment and Ownership Affected Conservation Treatment of Two Early Nineteenth-Century American Flags, Deborah Trupin

2018

Conserving cinema’s legacy at George Eastman Museum, Deborah Stoiber

2017

Rare Books as Museum Objects: Considerations for Safe Exhibition and Loan, Maria Fredericks

2016

Knowledge Crowns Those Who Hear Her: Sound Archives in the 21st Century, Sam Brylawski

2015

The Intensification of Photographs: Observations from Recent Research and Practice, Gary Albright

2013

Reconstructing Diderot: Eighteenth-Century French Bookbinding, Jeffrey Peachy

2011

Line, Shade & Shadow: Fabrication and Preservation of Architectural Drawings, Lois O. Price

2010

Featuring Herblock!, Holly H. Krueger

2009

A Sixty-year Odyssey in Bookbinding and Conservation, Don Etherington

2008

Rare Skills for Rare Books: Book conservation education, Consuela Metzger

2007

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The Archimedes Palimpsest, William Noel

2006

The Aesthetics of Book Conservation, Gary L. Frost

2005

Conservation and Preservation in the Digital Age, John F. Dean

Conservation and the Book Arts – Creative and Innovative Solutions for Preserving Library and Archival Materials, Hedi Kyle