Nancy H. Nitzberg **** Foulkeways Gwynedd, PA ****6-1028

215-***-**** adyuuk@r.postjobfree.com

Formal Education:

Columbia University, School of Library Service. M.S., Library Service, May 1992. Certificate in Library and Archives Conservation, May 1992.

(Three-year full-time combined program.)

Boston University, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences. M.A., Art History, May 1983. Thesis: Raphael and the Stanza della Segnatura. (Pope Julius II’s library murals by Raphael.) Boston University, College of Liberal Arts. B.A., Art History, May 1977.

State University of New York, College at Purchase, Music Division. Clarinet performance, 1972-1974.

Juilliard School of Music, Pre-College Division.

Clarinet performance, 1969-1972. Music theory, solfège, bassoon lessons (too), chamber music, orchestra,

Mamaroneck High School, Mamaroneck, New York. Diploma, 1972. Professional Library and Book Conservation Experience: June 1992 to the Present: BOOK-CARE, Book Conservator and Owner. As proprietor of Book-Care, I provide a wide range of book conservation treatments and related library consultation services to rare book libraries, historical societies and sites, cultural organizations, private business and individuals. Conservation treatments range from basic stabilization and rehousing to page washing, deacidification, resewing, and rebinding. If possible, original covering materials are preserved and utilized after any necessary repairs. Appropriate historical or sympathetic bindings are also designed, as well as sound, functional structures. Each treatment recommendation is written after close examination of the individual book with considerations of its history and its current role. Upon request, historical structures including the Nag Hammadi (Fourth Century Christian) codex, Ethiopian, Coptic, Islamic style, alum tawed, limp vellum, calf, goat, papercase and cloth bindings and cases, using appropriate historic sewing and endband structures, can be constructed. July 2014 to February 2019: Gratz College Library, Director of Library Services.

(Dec. 2013 to June 2014: Gratz College Library, Interim Librarian, then hired on a permanent basis.)

Directed and administered the library’s operations, forge good working relationships and outreach to faculty, students, department chairs and the community Continually updated library resources for researchers, and to meet standards of institutional assessment and accreditation. Facilitated Information Literacy by instructing students individually and/or by addressing classes on maximizing the potential of library resources. Managed the budget, had primary responsibility for acquisitions, cataloging, reference and public services, and digital collections. Developed partnerships with schools and community organizations to facilitate use of Gratz College resources and create community programs. Provided programming, exhibitions, orientation instruction and outreach to students and faculty. Reported to the President of Gratz College and together establish priorities, tasks, budgets and timelines to achieve goals. Maintained confidentiality.

Feb. 2007 to Feb. 2009: Gratz College Library, Librarian. Responsible for reference (primarily humanities subjects), circulation, copy cataloging (English, Hebrew Yiddish, German, French), book selection, book repair, interlibrary loan, exhibition preparation, familiarizing patrons with the collection, shelving and other tasks, as needed. Work coordinated with other staff members to determine priorities. Some weekend and evening hours included in schedule.

Oct. 2004 - June 2005: Princeton University, Rare Books Conservator (Temporary). Conserved rare books in consultation with curators, preservation librarian and paper conservator to facilitate the most appropriate philosophical and technical solutions. Techniques employed included paper re- pair, resewing, disbinding (when essential), board reattachment, endband construction, and repairing a range of binding styles comprised of many components. Enclosures, such as rare book boxes (some with fills to create uniform exterior dimensions of disparate size volumes, or to accommodate miniature books) and wrappers were designed and fabricated, and repair of original and/or historic housing structures were made. Condition reports, treatment recommendations and photographic documentation were created for each project. Coordinated work schedule and balanced priorities among the library collections for which conservation consultations and treatments were provided. Sept. 1990 - May 1992: Conservation Center for Art & Historic Artifacts, Book Conservator.

Determined and carried out appropriate conservation treatments for library and archive materials. Consulted with institutional and individual clients. Contributed to supervision of conservation technicians. Conducted condition surveys of library collections and made treatment recommendations. Full-time professional position.

August 1989 - Sept. 1990: Yale University Library, Assistant Conservator. Performed highly skilled professional conservation treatments to preserve and protect rare and valuable books and archival materials from the Beinecke Library. Managed the onsite binding unit of the Conservation Division. Trained and supervised staff and students in binding and conservation procedures, determined appropriate techniques, materials and procedures for the conservation treatments. Full-time professional position.

Internships and part-time employment while a student at Columbia University: Sept. 1988 - Aug. 1989: Library of Congress, Rare Books Conservation Section, Intern.

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Carried out full conservation treatments on rare library materials including page washing, buffering, mend- ing, leaf-casting, guarding, resewing, recasing and box-making. Prepared deacidification solution and paste for use by the conservation staff. July 1988 - August 1988: University of Hartford, Museum of American Political Life, Summer Intern.

Rehoused museum’s collection of unbound and bound artifacts into chemically stable enclosures. Sept. 1987 - Mar. 1988: The Juilliard School, Lila Acheson Wallace Library, Conservation Assistant.

Conducted a grant funded item-specific survey of rare materials. Recorded their conditions and recommended treatments. Part-time professional position. July 1987 - August 1987: Northeast Document Conservation Center, Conservation Technician.

Mended manuscripts with long-fiber tissue and wheat starch paste. Temporary summer employment.

July 1987: Boston University, Mugar Library, Summer Intern. Assisted with in-house book repairs.

June 1987: Acme Bookbinding Company, Inc., Summer Intern. Assisted and observed in state-of-the-art commercial (mechanized) bindery. Professional Teaching and Papers Presented:

January 2018: Book Repair Seminar for Tri-State College Library Cooperative.

(Two days.)

October 2017: “Hyman Gratz: Philadelphia and Beyond.” (Founder of Gratz College.) Gratz Coll.

May 2017: “A No-Budget In-House Digitization Project.” PaLA CRD (Pennsylvania Library Association; College and Research Division). Conference on Digital Scholarship and the Academic Library held at Bucknell University. May 2017: “Hyman Gratz, Facets of his Life.” (Founder of Gratz College; President of the Philadelphia Club.) For The Philadelphia Club. July 2006 / December 2005 “The Hebrews’ Books as Artifacts: Way Beyond the Pale.”

Lecture for The Philobiblon Club, Philadelphia, PA. (2006.) Lecture (repeated) and bookbinding workshop for The Guild of Book Workers, Delaware Valley Chapter, Philadelphia, PA. (2006.)

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1992 - present: Bookbinding/conservation lessons, at my studio. Bookbinding and conservation skills taught, attuned to students’ experience and interests. November 2003: “The History of the Hebrew Book.” Congregation Kol Ami. Elkins Park, PA.

The Hebrew book as artifact, illustrated with color slides and actual examples of materials used in their creation. Discussion of methods, materials, aesthetics, in making Hebrew books around the world through the millennia.

March 2002: “Book Conservation for the Ephrata Cloister.” History Class at Ephrata Cloister, PA

Described original construction of bound manuscripts, their conservation needs, and resulting treatments. Photographic documentation of the conservation treatments and the books from the bound manuscript collection were used to illustrate the processes. March 2002: “Preserving Your Family Treasures.” Lower Merion Historical Society, PA. How to preserve ones books, documents, paintings, photographs, videos. Illustrated with color slides; in- formation provided on environmental issues, storage materials. September 1999: “Historic Sewing Structures.” Winterthur Museum, Winterthur, DE Presentation and workshop for graduate conservator students. Spring & Sum. 1990: “Historic Sewing Structures.” For the Guild of Book Workers, at my studio.

Historical sewing structures were described, illustrated, and demonstrated, then implemented by students with instructor’s guidance using prepared materials. Spring and Fall, 1990 Basic Bookbinding I & II. Creative Arts Workshop, New Haven, CT. Taught traditional bookbinding techniques including sewing, spine lining, endpaper construction, case making (cloth covers) and box making. Historical bindings discussed. Other Work Experience:

Nov. 1983 - Aug. 1986: Harvard Law Library, Supervisor of Conservation, Binding

& End-Processing.

Introduced new in-house capabilities by establishing state-of-the-art book repair techniques. Selected equipment and supplies. Applied own technical skills such as paper repair, rebacking and recasing to pre- serve books and archive materials. Consulted with library staff and advised on exhibitions, supplies, book labeling, commercial bindery and conservation subjects. Served as liaison with commercial bindery, and outside conservators. Managed department supplies and restocking. Interviewed, scheduled and trained new staff members. Position upgraded after first year to reflect expanded scope. Staff Development and Exhibition Committees member. Nov. 1982 - Oct. 1983 Harvard College Library, Conservation Technician. Repaired/conserved books with paper repair, resewing, spine lining, rebacking, recasing, and wrapper and box construction. Toned materials for special projects. 4.

Sept. 1980 - May 1981: Boston Museum of Fine Arts, Curatorial Aide/Department Assistant.

Typed and maintained department correspondence and files. Put on museum payroll after work- study funds were depleted. Offered job permanently. Sept. 1977 - May 1980: Boston University, Art History Slide Library, Slide Cataloger.

Cataloged slides of works of art, trained students., ordered supplies. Oriented new library users. Professional Affiliations:

• American Library Association; Public Library Association.

• American Institute for Conservation: Book & Paper Group.

• Guild of Book Workers: Delaware Valley, New England, and New York Chapters. Publications:

• Pressing Matter. Guild of Book Workers, Delaware Valley Chapter. Review: “Pattern and Flow: A Golden Age of Decorated Paper Symposium Sponsored by the Grolier Club. Spring 2023.

• SHARP News. January, 2017.

Book Review: Garlock, Gayle. Canadian Binders’ Tickets and Booksellers’ Labels. 2016.

• Guild of Book Workers Newsletter. October, 2010. Book Review: Young, M.M. Field & Tuer. . . New Castle, DE: Oak Knoll Books, 2010.

• DVC Pressing Matter; The Publication of the Delaware Valley Chapter of the Guild of Book Workers. Sept., 2010. Picturing the West: Yokohama Prints, 1859-1870s.

• Papers of the Bibliographical Society of America. 101:3. Book Review: Foot, Mirjam. Bookbinders at Work, 2005.

• Papers of the Bibliographical Society of America, 98:3. Book Review: Lock. M. Bookbinding Materials... 2003.

• Paper Conservation Catalog. Co-compiler: “Surface cleaning.” Eighth Ed. Wash., D.C. The Book and Paper Group of the American Inst. for Conservation. 1992. Rare Book School courses attended:

• Conservation Bookbinding, Gary Frost.

• European Bookbinding 1500-1800, Nicholas Pickwoad. 5.

• Evidence in Early Printed Books, Paul Needham.

• Medieval & Early Renaissance Bookbinding Structures, Chris Clarkson. Seminars & workshops attended on the subject of historic bookbinding.

(Selected.)

• Board Reattachment and Rebacking, Don Etherington.

• Fifteenth Century Alum-Tawed Binding Structure, Robert Espinosa.

• Ethiopian Bookbinding, Shana Leino.

• French Style Leather Bookbinding, Monique Lallier.

• Gold-tooling and stamping, Gray Parrot.

• Italian Longstitch Binding, Pamela Spitzmueller.

• Leather Rebacking, James Brockman.

• Nag Hammadi (4th Century) Bindings, Julia Miller.

• Nineteenth Century Publishers’ Cloth Bindings (History), Sue Allen.

• Repair of Nineteenth Century Publishers’ Cloth Bindings, Craig Jensen.

• Scaleboard Bindings, Julia Miller.

• Wooden-leaf Books, Pamela Spitzmueller.

Exhibitions: Curated Exhibitions (Selected.)

• Haggadot from the collection of I. Daskal, Ph.D., M.D. Gratz College, Melrose Park, PA.

• Publications by Deborah A. Lipstadt. 2016. Gratz College, Melrose Park, PA.

• Pamphlets from the rise of National Socialism. 2016. Gratz College, Melrose Park, PA.

• The Treasure of Provenance: Books from Gratz Family. 2015. Gratz College, Melrose Pk., PA.

• Scrolls of Esther. Ashkenazi parchment manuscript and printed on paper examples. 2015. Gratz Coll.

• Bialik’s illustrated imprints emphasizing nature. 2015. Gratz College, Melrose Park, PA. 6.

• Publications by Gratz College Faculty. 2009. Gratz College, Melrose Park, PA.

• History of Papermaking and Bookbinding, 1986. Harvard Law School Library, MA. Group Shows (Mostly interpretive bookbinding designs.)

• Guild of Book Workers, Delaware Valley Chapter. “Blue.” City Hall, Philadelphia. June 2023.

• Wendell Berry’s The Farm, 2016. Guild of Book Workers, Del. Val. Chapter. Free Library of Philadelphia.

• The Seventh Helen Warren DeGolyer Triennial Exhibition and Competition for American Bookbinding. 2015. SMU, Bridwell Library, Dallas, Texas.

• Geography, 2014. Guild of Book Workers, New England Chapter. Traveling show.

• Plainly Spoken, 2013-14. Guild of Book Workers, Midwestern Chapter. Traveling show.

• Small Wonders: Miniature Books. 2013-14. Guild of Book Workers, Del. Val. Chap. Traveling Show.

• ABC Collaborative Book. 2013. Del. Valley Chapter, Guild of Book Workers. Printing project.

• From Seneca Falls to Philadelphia. Athenaeum of Philadelphia/ Philadelphia Center for the Book.

• Dirck De Bray. Short Instruction on Bookbinding. Noord Hollands Archief, Haarlem, NL.

• Creative Structures. Allen’s Lane Art Center.

• The Sixth Helen Warren DeGolyer Triennial Exhibition and Competition for American Bookbinding. 2012. SMU, Bridwell Library, Dallas, Texas.

• The Decorated Book: Continuing a Tradition. Philadelphia Athenaeum.

• Philadelphia Artists’ Books. . .to Venice. 2011. Del. Valley Chapter, Guild of Book Workers.

• deFINEd BINDINGS. 2011. New England Chapter, Guild of Book Workers.

• The Thread That Binds. 2011. Lone Star Chapter, Guild of Book Workers.

• Space and Sequence. 2010. Free Library of Philadelphia. (Phila. Ctr. for the Book) 7.

• Show and Bestow. 2009. Free Library of Philadelphia.

• Inspired Design: The Mentoring Stamp. 2008. Smith College, MA.

• ReBound: Contemporary Artists’ Responses to 18th & 19th Century Ticketed American Bookbindings. 2007. Bryn Mawr College, PA.

• Paper Bound, The Guild of Book Workers, 1996. Traveling exhibition.

• The Book during the Machine Age, University of Pennsylvania, 1994. Phila., PA.

• Chapter One, Guild of Book Workers, University of Pennsylvania, 1994. Phila., PA.

• Polychrome Polytechnique, 1990. New Haven, CT.

Awards

Funding to attend Association of Jewish Libraries Conferences:

• Funds to attend Association of Jewish Libraries 52nd Conference, 2017. Ass’n. of Jewish Libraries

• Partial funding to attend the Association of Jewish Libraries 51st Conference, 2016.

• Tri-State College Library Consortium. Partial funding to attend Ass’n. of Jewish Libraries Conf., 2016.

Partial Scholarship to attend Music Cataloging Intensive:

• North Texas University. Scholarship toward tuition for Music Cataloging. 2016. Funding to attend two American Institute for Conservation Annual Meetings:

• Carolyn Horton Award, (American Institute for Conservation). 1994.

• George Stout Memorial Fund. (American Institute for Conservation). 1988. Scholarships to attend Columbia University School of Library Service, three-year program: Funding to attend Columbia University, School of Library Services, Conservator Program:

• Full scholarship from Columbia University School of Library Service, Kress Foundation.

• Additional special funding to attend Columbia University from the Harvard Law Library after three years of employment.

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