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Impact Story: A Devotion to Conserving Nature and Rare Books

Conservation has always been a central theme of Jacques Talbot’s career. Talbot, who is Senior Conservation Technician for Queen’s University Archives and W.D. Jordan Rare Books and Special Collections in Ontario, says that his experience at Rare Book School has been his “most formative professional development experience to date.”  

15 Jul 2026 •
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