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Lloyd Sealy Library
John Jay College of Criminal Justice

Special Collections - Lloyd Sealy Library: Taking care of your collections

This is a guide to the Manuscript Collections, Rare Books and John Jay College Archives in the Special Collections at the Lloyd Sealy Library of John Jay College of Criminal Justice.

Resources for information on taking care of your Personal Collections

From the Harry Ransom Center, University of Texas Conservation: Frequently asked Questions

How to Store Books Safely from the ABAA Antiquarian Blog

A list of local conservators from the NY State Archives.

Find a Professional from the American Institute of Conservation

Most of the Lloyd Sealy Library's collections' conservation needs are provided by Mitra Library Conservation LLC

Your Old Books from the Rare Book and Manuscript Section (RBMS) of ACRL

Northeast Document Conservation Center - provides many online resources on care of collections including disaster mitigation/resources

Creating and Building your own Collections

WorldCat - find out which early editions, old books exist in the worlds libraries (including those digitally available) - you can limit by publication date in the advanced search

Add All Used Books search - find old rare, out of print books

Bookshop.org - includes rare and out of print books

Booksellers certified by the ABAA [Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America]

Honey and Wax Book Collecting Prize for young women book collectors