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Preservation Unit
44 Library, MC-522
UIUC Library
1408 West Gregory Dr.
Urbana, IL 61801
217-244-1626

Conservation Lab
Oak St. Library Facility
OSLF, 2nd Floor
809 South Oak Street
Mail Code 527
Champaign, IL 61820
217-265-4198

Staff Contact Information

Preservation Unit

44 Library, MC-522
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Library
1408 West Gregory Drive, Urbana, IL 61801
217-244-1626

Name	Title	Preservation Services
Jennifer Hain Teper (217) 244-5689	Head, Preservation and Conservation	General administrative questions Large scale print collection preservation Review of patron damage and subsequent charges Disaster planning and response Environmental concerns Insect/vermin concerns Collection cleaning and loanable HEPA vacuums
Annette Morris (217) 244-5276	Preservation Reformatting Coordinator	Digitize brittle books Repair microfilm Collection assessment for reformatting Order missing or damaged pages for general collections materials
Kyle Rimkus (217) 300-3842	Preservation Librarian	Digital preservation planning and assessment Medusa digital preservation service General questions related to digital preservation and reformatting activities in collaboration with other Library units Project planning on large digital projects involving Preservation staff and resources
Joshua Harris (217) 244-8555	Media Preservation Coordinator	Assessment, preservation, and repair of analog media and image formats including: film, audio and video tape, grooved recordings and photographs Assessment and consultation on storage conditions and enclosures for media collections Preservation and access reformatting of obsolete media formats.
Tracy Popp (217) 244-0765	Digital Preservation Coordinator	Assessment and preservation of born-digital content Computer-based media reformatting Facilitating access to content dependent on obsolete hardware and software Web archiving service institutional administrator
Erich Burkhardt (217) 333-1997	Binding Preparations	New and retrospective binding of serials Monograph binding (digicover, buckram, bind-in-cover, etc.) General binding questions
William Schlaack (217) 244-1626	Preservation GA (2012-2013)	Triage of incoming paper-based materials Environmental monitoring Integrated Pest Management Minor book repair (e.g. drying damp books, opening uncut pages, etc.) Provision of rain bags Provision of general supplies (Acid free envelopes, archival board scraps preservation streamers)

Conservation Lab

Oak Street Library Facility, 2nd Floor, MC 527
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Library
809 South Oak Street, Champaign, IL 61820
217-265-4198

Name	Title	Conservation Services
Jennifer Hain Teper (217) 244-5689	Head, Preservation and Conservation
Henry Hébert (217) 300-5381	Rare Book Conservator
Jane Gammon (217) 333-1269	General Collections Conservation
Cher Schneider (217) 333-7043	Special Collections Conservation (Paper)
Jody Waitzman (217) 244-9690	General Collections Conservation