Lunch with the Libraries: Conserving the Legacy of Abby Fisher

Lena Warren has been a book conservator for the Sheridan Libraries since completing her 5-year apprenticeship with acclaimed book conservator John Dean in the 1980’s. She has treated thousands of books for the Libraries and continues to make important contributions to the preservation of the Libraries’ collections through conservation treatments, re-housings and exhibition preparation.

As the student engagement librarian for the Winston Tabb Special Collections Research Center, Heidi Herr creates programs and learning activities that engage Johns Hopkins students in conducting research with primary sources. She is also the librarian for English, Philosophy, and the Writing Seminars. Heidi teaches courses on a wide variety of topics, including the ephemera of the women’s suffrage movement and the development of the cookbook, and oversees the Sheridan Libraries’ Freshman Fellows program. She holds MA degrees in English and Library Science from the University of Maryland, College Park.

Jennifer Jarvis is a book and paper conservator in the Department of Conservation and Preservation at the Sheridan Libraries. She has a M.A. in the Conservation of Library Materials from the College of West Dean, University of Sussex. Prior to coming to Hopkins she held positions at Columbia University and the Smithsonian Libraries.