Richenda Brim
Associate Director, Preservation
As the Associate Director for Preservation at Stanford Libraries I lead the preservation program for a network of 15 libraries holding a variety of formats. Through the complementary teamwork of two units, Collection Care and Conservation Services, the Preservation department stabilizes, repairs, houses, and prepares circulating collections, special collections and archives for storage, use, digitization, and exhibition.
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Richenda Brim
Associate Director, Preservation
As the Associate Director for Preservation at Stanford Libraries I lead the preservation program for a network of 15 libraries holding a variety of formats. Through the complementary teamwork of two units, Collection Care and Conservation Services, the Preservation department stabilizes, repairs, houses, and prepares circulating collections, special collections and archives for storage, use, digitization, and exhibition.
Education
- MLIS, University of California, Los Angeles
- BA, Art History, Loyola Marymount University
Professional activities
American Insitute for Conservation
American Library Association, ACRL/Rare Books and Manuscripts Section and Core/Preservation and Reformatting Section
American Printing History Association
Society for the History of Authorship, Reading, and Publishing
Selected publications
Exhibition Preservation Checklist: Caring for your collections on display ACRL Presents Webcasts, April 22, 2019
More about me
My current research interests and projects include, anti-racist descriptive practices for conservation work, climate crisis actions in libraries and archives, and the concept of time in preservation management and planning.