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Nancy Carlson Schrock

Nancy Schrock manages the conservation program for rare books, archives, and manuscripts in the MIT Libraries. She treats book and paper-based materials in its E. Martin Ethel Wunsch Conservation Laboratory and currently heads the Libraries’ exhibit committee for the new Maihaugen Gallery.

From 1997-2006, Schrock served as Chief Collections Conservator in Widener Library, where she planned a comprehensive conservation laboratory and developed an expanded program for research collections in Harvard College Library.

Schrock received her A.B. in art from Brown University, M.A. in art history from the University of Delaware, and M.L.S. from Simmons Graduate School of Library and Information Science. She apprenticed with a book restorer and continued her bookbinding studies through internships.

Today Schrock enjoys being back in the lab where she can continue to learn about the structure and history of books and paper while treating MIT’s most valuable books and manuscripts in consultation with its librarians, archivists, and scholars.