Library Offering Session on Preserving Your Family's History

Everyone has mementos of their family’s history, whether it’s a tattered journal your mother wrote during your childhood or your grandparents’ marriage certificate. While these precious documents and books cannot be replaced, there are steps you can take to preserve them for generations to come. Come to Athens-Clarke County Library at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, May 8, and learn what to do!

The Library’s Heritage Room presents “Preserving Your Historical Documents and Books,” featuring Rachel Parnell, a Binding & Preservation supervisor in the Collection Department at the University of Georgia Libraries.

Parnell will give a presentation on identifying and preserving personal historical books and documents. She will review the basics, talk about the difference between preservation and conservation, and demonstrate some simple at-home repair techniques.

This program is free and open to the public and will take place in Multipurpose Room B on the library’s first floor. For more information and to register for this free program, call the Athens-Clarke County Library’s Heritage Room at (706) 613-3650, ext. 350.