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Preservation Leaflets

LEAFLETS
Links to Preservation Leaflets

  1. Planning and Prioritizing
    1. What Is Preservation Planning?
    2. Preservation Assessment and Planning
    3. The Needs Assessment Survey
    4. Considerations for Prioritizing
    5. Collections Policies and Preservation
    6. Priority Actions for Preservation
    7. Preservation Planning: Select Bibliography
    8. Preservation Concerns in Building Design: Select Bibliography
  2. The Environment
    1. Temperature, Relative Humidity, Light, and Air Quality: Basic Guidelines for Preservation
    2. Monitoring Temperature and Relative Humidity
    3. Getting Function from Design: Making Systems Work
    4. Protection from Light Damage
    5. Protecting Paper and Book Collections During Exhibition
    6. Low Cost/No Cost Improvements in Climate Control
  3. Emergency Management
    1. Protection from Loss: Water and Fire Damage, Biological Agents, Theft, and Vandalism
    2. An Introduction to Fire Detection, Alarm, and Automatic Fire Sprinklers
    3. Disaster Planning
    4. Worksheet for Outlining a Disaster Plan
    5. Emergency Management Bibliography
    6. Emergency Salvage of Wet Books and Records
    7. Emergency Salvage of Wet Photographs
    8. Emergency Salvage of Moldy Books and Paper
    9. Protecting Collections During Renovation
    10. Integrated Pest Management
    11. Collections Security: Planning and Prevention for Libraries and Archives
  4. Storage and Handling
    1. Storage Methods and Handling Practices
    2. Storage Furniture: A Brief Review of Current Options
    3. Cleaning Books and Shelves
    4. Storage Enclosures for Books and Artifacts on Paper
    5. Protecting Books with Custom-Fitted Boxes
    6. Card Stock Enclosures for Small Books
    7. The Book Shoe: Description and Uses
    8. Polyester Film Book Jacket
    9. Storage Solutions for Oversized Paper Artifacts
    10. Matting and Framing for Art and Artifacts on Paper
    11. Storage Enclosures for Photographic Materials
    12. Packing and Shipping
  5. Photographs
    1. A Short Guide to Film Base Photographic Materials: Identification, Care, and Duplication
    2. Types of Photographs
    3. Care of Photographs
    4. Creating Long-Lasting Inkjet Prints
    5. Preservation of Photographs: Select Bibliography
  6. Reformatting
    1. Microfilm and Microfiche
    2. Duplication of Historical Negatives
    3. Digital Technology Made Simpler
    4. The Relevance of Preservation in a Digital World
    5. Digital Preservation"NEW 2007"
    6. Preservation and Selection for Digitization "NEW 2007"
    7. Outsourcing and Vendor Relations "NEW 2007"
    8. Digital Preservation Readiness Webliography April 2008
    9. Selected Cultural Heritage Digitization Bibliography "NEW 2007"
  7. Conservation Procedures
    1. Guidelines for Library Binding
    2. Surface Cleaning of Paper
    3. Repairing Paper Artifacts
    4. How to Do Your Own Matting and Hinging
    5. Conservation Treatment for Works of Art and Unbound Artifacts on Paper
    6. Conservation Treatment for Bound Materials of Value
    7. Choosing and Working with a Conservator
    8. Removal of Damaging Fasteners from Historic Documents