Noted: How does one become a book-repair expert? O’Hara’s path began at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where she started on her master’s degree in 1990. While there, she began work in the preservation and conservation area in the basement of the library. She learned to triage and do everything from “tipping” an entire torn page into place to disassembling a book to wash the pages, then put it back together.
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