Resources

Session 1: Introduction to Preservation

American Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works. Definitions of Conservation. http://aic.stanford.edu/about/coredocs/defin.html.

Banks, Paul. "Preservation, Library Collections, and the Concept of Cultural Property," in Libraries and Scholarly Communication in the United States: The Historical Dimension, edited by Phyllis Dain and John Y. Cole. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1990, pp. 89-110.

Boles, Frank. Selecting and Appraising Archives and Manuscripts. Chicago: Society of American Archivists, 2005.

Child, Margaret. "Preservation Assessment and Planning," in Preservation of Library and Archival Materials: A Manual. Andover, MA: Northeast Document Conservation Center, 1999. http://www.nedcc.org/plam3/tleaf12.htm.

Cloonan, Michele V. "W(h)ither Preservation?" Library Quarterly 71 (April 2001): 231-42.

"Collections Policies and Preservation," in Preservation of Library and Archival Materials: A Manual. Andover, MA: Northeast Document Conservation Center, 1999. http://www.nedcc.org/plam3/tleaf15.htm.

National Park Service. "What Makes a Book Rare?" Conserv O Gram 19/1, July 1993. http://www.cr.nps.gov/museum/publications/conserveogram/19-01.pdf

Darling, Pamela W., and Sherelyn Ogden. "From Problems Perceived to Programs in Practice: The Preservation of Library Resources in the U.S.A., 1956-1980." Library Resources and Technical Services 25 (January/March 1981): 9-29.

Harris, Carolyn, "Selection for Preservation," in Preservation: Issues and Planning, edited by Paul N. Banks and Roberta Pilette. Chicago: American Library Association, 2000.

National Archives and Records Administration. Intrinsic Value in Archival Material. Staff Information Paper 21 (1982), revised 1999. http://www.archives.gov/research/alic/reference/archives-resources/archival-material-intrinsic-value.html.

"The Needs Assessment Survey," in Preservation of Library and Archival Materials: A Manual. Andover, MA: Northeast Document Conservation Center, 1999. http://www.nedcc.org/plam3/tleaf13old.htm.

O'Toole, James M. "On the Idea of Permanence," American Archivist 52 (Winter 1989): 10-25.

Pearce-Moses, Richard. A Glossary of Archival and Records Terminology. http://www.archivists.org/glossary/.

Schellenberg, T.R. "The Appraisal of Modern Public Records," in A Modern Archives Reader: Basic Readings on Archival Theory and Practice. Washington, DC: National Archives and Records Service, 1984.

Smith, Abby. The Future of the Past: Preservation in American Research Libraries. Washington, DC: Council on Library and Information Resources, 1999. http://www.clir.org/pubs/abstract/pub82abst.html.

Smith, Abby. Why Digitize? Washington, DC: Council on Library and Information Resources, February 1999. http://www.clir.org/pubs/abstract/pub80.html.

Task Forces on Archival Selection. The Preservation of Archival Materials: A Report of the Task Forces on Archival Selection. Washington, DC: Council on Library and Information Resources, April, 1993. http://www.clir.org/pubs/abstract/pub36.html.

Session 2: Deterioration of Paper Collections

General

Australian Heritage Collections Council. Caring for Cultural Material 1, reCollections: Caring for Collections Across Australia. http://amol.org.au/recollections/1/.

Bachmann, Konstanze, ed. Conservation Concerns: A Guide for Collectors and Curators. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1992.

Banks, Paul N. and Roberta Pilette. Preservation: Issues and Planning. Chicago: American Library Association, 2000.

Long, Jane S., and Richard W. Long. Caring for Your Family Treasures. Washington, DC: Heritage Preservation, 2000.

Ritzenthaler, Mary Lynn, and Diane Vogt O'Connor, with Helena Zinkham, Brett Carnell, and Kit A. Peterson. Photographs: Archival Care and Management. Chicago: Society of American Archivists, 2006.

Ink and Colorants

Ball, Philip. Bright Earth: Art and the Invention of Color. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2001.

Dube, Liz, "The Copying Pencil: Composition, History and Conservation Implications." The Book and Paper Group Annual of the American Institute for Conservation 17 (1998): 45-52. http://www.pencilpages.com/articles/bp17-05.html.

Ink Corrosion Web site. http://www.knaw.nl/ecpa/ink/.

Mayer, Ralph. The Artist's Handbook of Materials and Techniques. New York: Viking Press, 1981.

Petroski, Henry. The Pencil: A History of Design and Circumstance. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1989.

Watercolors Web site. http://www.handprint.com/HP/WCL/pigmt1.html#pigmenttypes (Provides information on the history and characteristics of pigments.)

Parchment and Leather

Manning, David. "The Manufacture of Leather - Pt. 1." J. Hewit & Sons, Ltd. [Online], 1 (1996 Spring). http://www.hewit.com/sd1-leat.htm.

"Overview of Leather and Parchment Manufacture." Koninklijke Bibliotheek [Online]. http://www.kb.nl/cons/leather/chapter1-en.html.

Paper

Gascoigne, Bamber. How to Identify Prints: A Complete Guide to Manual and Mechanical Processes from Woodcut to Ink Jet, 2nd ed. New York: Thames and Hudson, 2004.

Hunter, Dard. Papermaking: the history and technique of an ancient craft. New York: Dover, 1978.

Nadeau, Louis. "Office Copying and Printing Processes," from Guide to the Identification of Prints and Photographs: Featuring a Chronological History of Reproduction Technologies, 2002. http://palimpsest.stanford.edu/byauth/nadeau/copyingprocesses.pdf (PDF).

Price, Lois Olcott. "The Fabrication of Architectural Drawings to 1950," from Architectural Records Conference, May 3-5, 2000, Philadelphia, PA. http://www.ccaha.org/arch_rec/lecture.php?lec_id=price_fabrication.

National Information Standards Organization (NISO). Permanence of Paper for Publications and Documents in Libraries and Archives ANSI/NISO Z39.48-1992 (R1997). Bethesda, MD: NISO Press, 1997. http://www.niso.org/standards/resources/Z39-48.pdf (PDF).

Photographs

Lavedrine, Bertrand. A Guide to the Preventive Conservation of Photograph Collections. Los Angeles: Getty, 2003.

Reilly, James M. Care and Identification of 19th-Century Photographic Prints. Rochester, NY: Eastman Kodak Co., 1986.

Ritzenthaler, Mary Lynn, and Diane Vogt O'Connor, with Helena Zinkham, Brett Carnell, and Kit A. Peterson. Photographs: Archival Care and Management. Chicago: Society of American Archivists, 2006.

Books

Diehl, Edith. Bookbinding: Its Background and Technique. New York: Dover Publications, 1980.

Foot, Mirjam M. The History of Bookbinding as a Mirror of Society. London: The British Library, 1998.

Greenfield, Jane. The Care of Fine Books. New York: Lyons and Burford, 1988.

Session 3: Deterioration of Film and Electronic Media

General

Adelstein, Peter Z. IPI Media Storage Quick Reference. Rochester, NY: Image Permanence Institute, 2004. See http://www.imagepermanenceinstitute.org/shtml_sub/dl_pubdownloads.shtml.

Albright, Gary. "Storage Enclosures for Photographic Materials." In Preservation of Library and Archival Materials: A Manual. 3rd ed. Andover, MA: NEDCC, 1999. http://www.nedcc.org/plam3/tleaf411.pdf (PDF).

Lavedrine, Bertrand. A Guide to the Preventive Conservation of Photograph Collections. Los Angeles: Getty, 2003.

Reilly, James M. Storage Guide for Color Photographic Materials. Rochester, NY: New York State Education Department and Image Permanence Institute, 1998. http://www.imagepermanenceinstitute.org/shtml_sub/cat_pubs.shtml.

Ritzenthaler, Mary Lynn, and Diane Vogt O'Connor, with Helena Zinkham, Brett Carnell, and Kit A. Peterson. Photographs: Archival Care and Management. Chicago: Society of American Archivists, 2006.

Wilhelm, Henry. The Permanence and Care of Color Photographs: Traditional and Digital Color Prints, Color Negatives, Slides, and Motion Pictures. Grinnell, IA: Preservation Publishing Company, 1993. http://www.wilhelm-research.com/book_toc.html.

Photographic Negatives and Transparencies

Albright, Gary. "Duplication of Historical Negatives." In Preservation of Library and Archival Materials: A Manual. 3rd ed. Andover, MA: NEDCC, 1999. http://www.nedcc.org/plam3/tleaf53.htm.

Reilly, James M. IPI Storage Guide for Acetate Film. Rochester, NY: Image Permanence Institute, 1993. See http://www.imagepermanenceinstitute.org/shtml_sub/dl_pubdownloads.shtml.

Valverde, Maria Fernanda. Photographic Negatives: Nature and Evolution of Processes. 2nd edition. Rochester, NY: George Eastman House and Image Permanence Institute, 2005. http://www.imagepermanenceinstitute.org/shtml_sub/cat_pubs.shtml

Motion Picture Film

Association of Moving Image Archivists. The Home Film Preservation Guide. http://www.filmforever.org/.

The Film Preservation Guide: the Basics for Archives, Libraries, and Museums. San Francisco, CA: National Film Preservation Foundation, 2004. http://www.filmpreservation.org/.

National Fire Protection Agency. NFPA Standard for the Storage and Handling of Cellulose Nitrate Film. 2001 edition. Quincy, MA: NFPA, 2001.

Microforms

Dalton, Steve. "Microfilm and Microfiche." In Preservation of Library and Archival Materials: A Manual. 3rd ed. Andover, MA: NEDCC, 1999. http://www.nedcc.org/plam3/tleaf51.htm.

Fox, Lisa. Preservation Microfilming: A Guide for Librarians and Archivists. 2nd ed. Chicago: American Library Association, 1996.

Magnetic Media

Van Bogart, John W.C. Magnetic Tape Storage and Handling: A Guide for Libraries and Archives. Washington, DC: Commission on Preservation and Access, June 1995. http://www.clir.org/pubs/abstract/pub54.html.

Vidipax Web site. www.vidipax.com. See the video and audio format guides and the magnetic tape preservation section.

Wheeler, Jim. Video Preservation Handbook. 2002. http://www.amianet.org/publication/resources/guidelines/WheelerVideo.pdf (PDF).

Optical Media

Byers, Fred R. Care and Handling of CDs and DVDs: A Guide for Librarians and Archivists. Washington, DC: Council on Library and Information Resources and National Institute of Standards and Technology, October 2003. http://www.clir.org/PUBS/abstract/pub121abst.html.

Sound Recordings

The History of Sound Recording Technology Web site. http://www.recording-history.org/HTML/tech.html.

Library of Congress. Cylinder, Disc, and Tape Care in a Nutshell. Washington, DC: Library of Congress, 2002. http://www.lcweb.loc.gov/preserv/care/record.html.

St. Laurent, Gilles. The Care and Handling of Recorded Sound Materials. Washington, DC: Commission on Preservation and Access, 1991, revised 1996. http://palimpsest.stanford.edu/byauth/st-laurent/care.html.

Session 4: The Building and Environment

Appelbaum, Barbara. Guide to Environmental Protection of Collections. Madison, WI: Sound View Press, 1991.

Artim, Nick , "An Introduction to Fire Detection, Alarm, and Automatic Fire Sprinklers, in Preservation of Library and Archival Materials: A Manual. Andover, MA: Northeast Document Conservation Center, 1999. http://www.nedcc.org/plam3/tleaf32.htm.

Association of College and Research Libraries. Rare Books and Manuscripts Section. www.rbms.nd.edu/. See Publications: Standards and Guidelines, particularly Guidelines for the Security of Rare Book, Manuscript, and Other Special Collections, and Guidelines Regarding Theft in Libraries.

Banks, Paul N., and Robert Pilette. Preservation: Issues and Planning. Chicago: American Library Association, 2000. Particularly Chapter 7, "Environment and Building Design" and Chapter 10, "Library and Archives Security."

Bresson, Thomas. "Security as a Partner with Conservators and Small Museum Staffs." WAAC Newsletter 18, no. 2 (May 1996). http://palimpsest.stanford.edu/waac/wn/wn18/wn18-2/wn18-206.html.

Brown, Karen E. K., and Beth Lindblom Patkus, "Collections Security: Planning and Prevention for Libraries and Archives," in Preservation of Library and Archival Materials: A Manual. Andover, MA: Northeast Document Conservation Center, 1999. http://www.nedcc.org/plam3/tleaf312.htm.

Chicora Foundation Web site, Mold section. www.chicora.org/mold.htm.

Image Permanence Institute Web site, at www.imagepermanenceinstitute.org. See the Downloads section for IPI's Preservation Calculator, Dewpoint Calculator, and Stored Alive. See the Environmental Monitoring section for information about the Preservation Environment Monitor and Climate Notebook software (this can also be found at www.climatenotebook.org). The IPI Media Storage Quick Reference wheel is available at http://www.climatenotebook.org/MSQR/wheel_final.html.

Image Permanence Institute. Step-By-Step Workbook: Achieving a Preservation Environment for Collections. Rochester, NY: Image Permanence Institute, August 2005. http://www.imagepermanenceinstitute.org/shtml_sub/cnbworkbook.pdf (PDF).

Kerschner, Richard L., and Jennifer Baker. Practical Climate Control: A Selected, Annotated Bibliography. http://palimpsest.stanford.edu/byauth/kerschner/ccbiblio.html.

Lavedrine, Bertrand. A Guide to the Preventive Conservation of Photograph Collections. Los Angeles: The Getty Conservation Institute, 2003. See Part 2: Protection and Part 3: Exhibition.

Lull, William P., and Paul N. Banks. Conservation Environment Guidelines for Libraries and Archives. Ottawa, ON: Canadian Council of Archives, 1995. Out of print, but may be available through interlibrary loan.

National Fire Protection Association. NFPA 909: Code for the Protection of Cultural Resource Properties—Museums, Libraries, and Places of Worship, 2005 Edition. Quincy, MA: NFPA, 2005.

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH). Building Air Quality: A Guide for Building Owners and Managers. NIOSH, 1991. http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/baqtoc.html. A guide to diagnosing and resolving indoor air quality (IAQ) problems Has appendices on measurement of IAQ; HVAC systems and IAQ; and moisture, mold, and mildew.

National Park Service. Datalogger Applications in Monitoring the Museum Environment, Part 1: Comparison of Temperature and Relative Humidity Dataloggers. Conserve O Gram 3/3, June 2001. http://www.cr.nps.gov/museum/publications/conserveogram/03-03.pdf (PDF).

New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, Guidelines on Assessment and Remediation of Fungi in Indoor Environments. November 2000. http://www.nyc.gov/html/doh/html/epi/moldrpt1.shtml. Not specific to library collections, but provides information on health risks of mold exposure, environmental assessment, and procedures for cleanup of mold-infested buildings.

Occupational Health and Safety Administration (OSHA). Evacuation Plans and Procedures eTool: Evaluating the Workplace-Portable Fire Extinguishers. http://www.osha.gov/SLTC/etools/evacuation/portable.html.

Patkus, Beth Lindblom, "Integrated Pest Management", in Preservation of Library and Archival Materials: A Manual. Andover, MA: Northeast Document Conservation Center, 1999. http://www.nedcc.org/plam3/tleaf311.htm.

"The Environment" section, in Preservation of Library and Archival Materials: A Manual. Andover, MA: Northeast Document Conservation Center, 1999. http://www.nedcc.org/plam3/index3.htm.

Reilly, James M., Douglas W. Nishimura, and Edward Zinn. New Tools for Preservation: Assessing Long-Term Environmental Effects on Library and Archives Collections. Washington, DC: Commission on Preservation and Access, November 1995. http://www.clir.org/pubs/abstract/pub59.html.

Thomson, Garry. The Museum Environment, 2nd ed. Boston: Butterworth, 1994.

Trinkaus-Randall, Gregor. Protecting Your Collections: A Manual of Archival Security. Chicago: Society of American Archivists, 1995.

United States Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Air and Radiation, Indoor Environments Division, Mold Remediation in Schools and Commercial Buildings. EPA 402-K-01-001, March 2001. http://www.epa.gov/iaq/molds/mold_remediation.html.

Wilson, William K. Environmental Guidelines for the Storage of Paper Records. NISO Technical Report (NISO-TR01-1995). Bethesda, MD: NISO Press, 1995. www.niso.org.

Session 5: Collections Care

General Storage and Handling/Paper Collections

Balloffet, Nelly, and Jenny Hile. Preservation and Conservation for Libraries and Archives. Chicago: American Library Association, 2005. See "Section 1: The Basics of Preservation," and "Section 3: Simple Preservation Techniques: Rehousing Library and Archive Materials."

Garlick, Karen, "Planning an Effective Holdings Maintenance Program." American Archivist Vol. 53, No. 2 (Spring 1990): 256-264.

Higginbotham, Barbara Buckner and Judith W. Wild. "Circulation and Stack Maintenance," in The Preservation Program Blueprint. Chicago: American Library Association, 2001, 42-47.

The National Archives. NARA Holdings Maintenance web site. http://www.archives.gov/preservation/holdings-maintenance/.

National Park Service. ConservOGrams. http://www.cr.nps.gov/museum/publications/conserveogram/cons_toc.html.

• "Storing Archival Paper-Based Materials," 19/15, 1996.
• "Housing Archival Paper-Based Materials," 19/16, 1996.
• "Handling Archival Documents and Manuscripts," 19/17, 1996.
• "How to Care for Bound Archival Materials," 19/18, 1996.

Northeast Document Conservation Center. Preservation Suppliers and Services web site. http://www.nedcc.org/suppliers/listsup.htm.

Ogden, Sherelyn, ed. "Section 4: Storage and Handling," in Preservation of Library and Archival Materials: A Manual. 3rd ed. Andover, MA: Northeast Document Conservation Center, 1999. http://www.nedcc.org/plam3/index4.htm.

Exhibition

Balloffet, Nelly, and Jenny Hile. "Section 6: Small Exhibitions," in Preservation and Conservation for Libraries and Archives. Chicago: American Library Association, 2005, 149-182.

National Information Standards Organization (NISO). Environmental Conditions for Exhibiting Library and Archival Materials. ANSI/NISO Standard Z39.79-2001. Bethesda, MD: NISO Press, 2001. http://www.niso.org/standards/resources/Z39-79-2001.pdf (PDF).

National Park Service. "Safe Plastics and Fabrics for Exhibit and Storage," ConservOGram 18/2, August 2004. http://www.cr.nps.gov/museum/publications/conserveogram/18-02.pdf (PDF).

Pilette, Roberta. "Exhibition Policy and Preparation," in Preservation: Issues and Planning, edited by Paul N. Banks and Roberta Pilette. Chicago: American Library Association, 2000, 185-205.

Staff/User Education

Drewes, Jeanne M. and Julie A. Page, eds. Promoting Preservation Awareness in Libraries. Westport, CT: Greenwood press, 1997.

Preservation Education and Awareness for Library Users web site. http://gort.ucsd.edu/preseduc/.

Photographs and Film

Association of Moving Image Archivists. The Home Film Preservation Guide. http://www.filmforever.org/. See "Inspection, Cleaning, and Repair," "Projection," and "Storage Preparation."

The Film Preservation Guide: the Basics for Archives, Libraries, and Museums. San Francisco, CA: National Film Preservation Foundation, 2004. See "Chapter 3: Film Handling and Inspection" and "Chapter 6: Storage." http://www.filmpreservation.org/.

Lavedrine, Bertrand. A Guide to the Preventive Conservation of Photograph Collections. Los Angeles: The Getty Conservation Institute, 2003. See "Chapter 3: Enclosures" and "Chapter 7: Mounting and Exhibition."

National Park Service. ConservOGrams. http://www.cr.nps.gov/museum/publications/conserveogram/cons_toc.html.

• "Caring for Photographs: General Guidelines," 14/4, 1997.
• "Caring for Photographs: Special Formats," 14/5, 1997.
• "Caring for Color Photographs," 14/6, 1998.
• "Caring for Photographs: Special Monochrome Processes," 14/7, 1998.
• "Caring for Cellulose Nitrate Film," 14/8, 2004.

Reilly, James M. Care and Identification of 19th-Century Photographic Prints. Rochester, NY: Eastman Kodak Co., 1986. See "Chapter VI: Storage" and "Chapter VII: Handling, Display, and Care."

Ritzenthaler, Mary Lynn, and Diane Vogt O'Connor, with Helena Zinkham, Brett Carnell, and Kit A. Peterson. Photographs: Archival Care and Management. Chicago: Society of American Archivists, 2006.

Sound Recordings/Magnetic Media/Optical Media

Association of Moving Image Archivists (AMIA). Videotape Preservation Fact Sheets. http://www.amianet.org/publication/resources/guidelines/videofacts/intro.html.

Library of Congress. Cylinder, Disc, and Tape Care in a Nutshell. Washington, DC: Library of Congress, 2002. http://www.lcweb.loc.gov/preserv/care/record.html.

National Park Service. ConservOGrams. http://www.cr.nps.gov/museum/publications/conserveogram/cons_toc.html.

• "Care of Archival Compact Disks," 19/19, 1996.
• "Care of Archival Digital and Magnetic Media, 19/20, 1996.

St. Laurent, Gilles. The Care and Handling of Recorded Sound Materials. Washington, DC: Commission on Preservation and Access, 1991, revised 1996. http://palimpsest.stanford.edu/byauth/st-laurent/care.html.

Session 6: Reformatting and Treatment

Library Binding

Library Binding Institute. www.lbibinders.org. See this site for a draft update of the Guide to the Library Binding Institute Standard for Library Binding.

National Information Standards Organization and the Library Binding Institute. Library Binding. ANSI/NISO/LBI Z39.78-2000. Bethesda, MD: National Information Standards Organization, January 2000. http://www.niso.org/standards/resources/Z39-78.pdf (PDF).

Paper Reproductions

American National Standards Institute (ANSI). Permanence of Paper for Publications and Documents in Libraries and Archives. ANSI/NISO Z39.48 1992(R2002). Bethesda, MD: National Information Standards Organization, 2002. http://www.niso.org/standards/resources/Z39-48.pdf (PDF).

Harvard University Libraries. "Guidelines for Preservation Facsimiles." http://preserve.harvard.edu/guidelines/facsimiles.html.

Library of Congress. "Preservation Photocopying." http://www.loc.gov/preserv/care/photocpy.html

Preservation Microfilming

American National Standards Institute (ANSI) eStandards Store. http://webstore.ansi.org/ansidocstore/default.asp. Provides abstracts of various ANSI and ISO (International Organization for Standardization) standards for imaging materials.

Association for Information and Image Management (AIIM). Standards Committees: Micrographic Quality and Control Committee. http://www.aiim.org/standards.asp?ID=24816. Provides references to ANSI/AIIM standards relating to micrographics.

Dalton, Steve. "Microfilm and Microfiche," in Preservation of Library and Archival Materials: A Manual. 3rd ed. Andover, MA: NEDCC, 1999. http://www.nedcc.org/plam3/tleaf51.htm.

Elkington, Nancy E., editor. RLG Archives Microfilming Manual. Mountain View, CA: Research Libraries Group, Inc., 1994.

Elkington, Nancy E., editor. RLG Preservation Microfilming Handbook. Mountain View, CA: Research Libraries Group, Inc., 1992.

Fox, Lisa. Preservation Microfilming: A Guide for Librarians and Archivists. 2nd ed. Chicago: American Library Association, 1996.

Research Libraries Group (RLG). RLG Guidelines for Microfilming to Support Digitization. Mountain View, CA: Research Libraries Group, 2003. http://www.rlg.org/en/pdfs/microsuppl.pdf (PDF).

Reformatting Media Collections

Albright, Gary. "Duplication of Historical Negatives," in Preservation of Library and Archival Materials: A Manual. 3rd ed. Andover, MA: NEDCC, 1999. http://www.nedcc.org/plam3/tleaf53.htm.

Association of Moving Image Archivists (AMIA). Videotape Preservation Fact Sheets. http://www.amianet.org/publication/resources/guidelines/videofacts/intro.html. See Fact Sheet 7: Reformatting for Preservation.

The Film Preservation Guide: the Basics for Archives, Libraries, and Museums. San Francisco, CA: National Film Preservation Foundation, 2004. http://www.filmpreservation.org/. See particularly Chapter 5: Duplication.

"Preservation of Information in Nonpaper Formats," in Preservation: Issues and Planning. Chicago: American Library Association, 2000.

Vidipax Web site. www.vidipax.com. See the Magnetic Tape Preservation: Reformatting section.

Digital Imaging

Trusted Digital Repositories: Attributes and Responsibilities. An RLG-OCLC Report. Mountain View, CA: Research Libraries Group, May 2002. http://www.rlg.org/en/pdfs/repositories.pdf (PDF).

Chapman, Stephen, Paul Conway, and Anne R. Kenney. Digital Imaging and Preservation Microfilm: The Future of the Hybrid Approach for the Preservation of Brittle Books (DRAFT). Washington, DC: Council on Library and Information Resources, n.d. http://www.clir.org/pubs/archives/hybridintro.html#full.

Conway, Paul. Preservation in a Digital World. Washington, DC: Council on Library and Information Resources, March 1996. http://www.clir.org/pubs/reports/conway2/.

The Evidence in Hand: Report of the Task Force on the Artifact in Library Collections. Washington, DC: Council on Library and Information Resources, November 2001. http://www.clir.org/pubs/abstract/pub103abst.html.

Hazen, Dan, Jeffrey Horrell, and Jan Merrill-Oldham. Selecting Research Collections for Digitization. Washington, DC: Council on Library and Information Resources, August 1998. http://www.clir.org/pubs/reports/hazen/pub74.html.

Kenney, Anne R. and Oya Rieger. Moving Theory into Practice: Digital Imaging for Libraries and Archives. Mountain View, CA: Research Libraries Group, 2000.

Kenney, Anne R. and Oya Rieger. "Moving Theory into Practice: Digital Imaging Tutorial." http://www.library.cornell.edu/preservation/tutorial/index.html

National Information Standards Organization. A Framework of Guidance for Building Good Digital Collections. 2nd ed. Bethesda, MD: NISO, 2004. http://www.niso.org/framework/Framework2.html.

Sitts, Maxine K. (editor). Handbook for Digital Projects: A Management Tool for Preservation and Access. Andover, MA: Northeast Document Conservation Center, 2000. http://www.nedcc.org/digital/dighome.htm

Smith, Abby. Strategies for Building Digitized Collections. Washington, DC: Council on Library and Information Resources, September 2001. http://www.clir.org/pubs/abstract/pub101abst.html.

Smith, Abby. Why Digitize? Washington, DC: Council on Library and Information Resources, February 1999. http://www.clir.org/pubs/abstract/pub80.html.

Conservation Treatment

American Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works (AIC). Code of Ethics and Guidelines for Practice. Washington, DC: AIC, 1998. http://aic.stanford.edu/pubs/ethics.html.

Conservation Procedures section, in Preservation of Library and Archival Materials: A Manual, ed. by Sherelyn Ogden. Andover, MA: Northeast Document Conservation Center, 1999. http://www.nedcc.org/plam3/index6.htm.

Sturman, Shelley G., Martine Burke, and Doris Hamburg. Guidelines for Selecting a Conservator. Washington, DC: AIC, 1991. Revised 2000, by Shelley G. Sturman. http://aic.stanford.edu/public/select.html.

Merrill-Oldham, Jan, and Nancy Carlson Schrock. "The Conservation of General Collections," in Preservation: Issues and Planning. Chicago: ALA, 2000.

Paris, Jan. "Choosing and Working with a Conservator," in Preservation of Library and Archival Materials: A Manual, ed. by Sherelyn Ogden. Andover, MA: Northeast Document Conservation Center, 1999. http://www.nedcc.org/plam3/tleaf69.htm.

Stewart, Eleanore. "Special Collections Conservation," in Preservation: Issues and Planning. Chicago: ALA, 2000.

Session 7: Disaster Planning

Links to Sample Plans

"Disaster Planning, Prevention, and Recovery Manual for the Smithsonian Institution Archives." Smithsonian Institution Archives
http://www.si.edu/archives/report/disaster.

"Disaster Plans" Conservation Online
http://palimpsest.stanford.edu/bytopic/disasters/plans/.

Templates for Writing a Plan

"Worksheet for Outlining a Disaster Plan," in Preservation of Library and Archival Materials: A Manual. Andover, MA: Northeast Document Conservation Center (NEDCC), 1999. A very basic worksheet that will get you started. http://www.nedcc.org/plam3/tleaf34.htm.

dPlan, NEDCC's online disaster planning template, at www.dplan.org. This template allows you to input information about your institution and generates a disaster plan for you. Be aware that collecting and entering data into this template is a time-consuming process that results in a very detailed plan.

Printed Resources

Buchanan, Sally. "Preservation Management: Emergency Preparedness," in Preservation: Issues and Planning, by Paul Banks and Roberta Pilette. Chicago: American Library Association, 2000.

Breighner, Mary, and William Payton with Jeanne Drewes, managing editor. Risk and Insurance Management Manual for Libraries. Chicago: LAMA, 2005.

Dorge, Valerie and Sharon L. Jones, compilers. Building an Emergency Plan; A Guide for Museums and Other Cultural Institutions. Los Angeles, CA: The Getty Conservation Institute, 1999.

Heritage Preservation, in support of the Heritage Emergency National Task Force. Field Guide to Emergency Response . Washington, D.C. : Heritage Preservation, 2006. Ordering and other information, including downloadable forms, at www.heritagepreservation.org .

Kahn, Miriam. Protecting Your Library's Digital Sources. Chicago: ALA, 2004.

National Task Force on Emergency Response. Emergency Response and Salvage Wheel. Washington, D.C.: The Task Force, 1997. Available from Heritage Preservation, 1730 K Street, NW, Suite 566, Washington, D.C. 20006. Ordering and other information at www.heritagepreservation.org.

Wellheiser, Johanna and Jude Scott. An Ounce of Prevention: Integrated Disaster Planning for Archives, Libraries, and Records Centres. 2nd ed. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press, 2002.

Online Resources

"Disaster Planning Portal." Special Library Association. http://www.sla.org/content/resources/inforesour/sept11help/disip/

"Disaster Preparedness and Response." Conservation Online. http://palimpsest.stanford.edu/bytopic/disasters/.

Downey, Anne and Mary Schobert. "Disaster Recovery: Salvaging Art on Paper." Philadelphia, PA: Conservation Center for Art and Historic Artifacts, 2000. http://www.ccaha.org/tech_bulletins.php.

"Emergency Management" section, in Preservation of Library and Archival Materials: A Manual. Andover, MA: Northeast Document Conservation Center, 1999. http://www.nedcc.org/plam3/index3.htm.

"Emergency Salvage Procedures for Wet Items." Minnesota Historical Society. http://www.mnhs.org/preserve/conservation/emergency.html.

"Get Disaster Information." Federal Emergency Management Agency. http://www.fema.gov/hazard/.

Heritage Preservation. Cataclysm and Challenge: Impact of September 11, 2001 on Our Nation's Cultural Heritage. Heritage Preservation, 2002. http://www.heritagepreservation.org/PUBS/Cataclysm.htm.

New York City Department of Health, Bureau of Environmental & Occupational Disease Epidemiology, Guidelines on Assessment and Remediation of Fungi in Indoor Environments. November 2000. http://www.nyc.gov/html/doh/html/epi/moldrpt1.shtml.

Norris, Debra Hess. "Disaster Recovery: Salvaging Photograph Collections." Philadelphia, PA: Conservation Center for Art and Historic Artifacts, 1998. http://www.ccaha.org/tech_bulletins.php.

Ruzicka, Glen. "Disaster Recovery: Salvaging Books." Philadelphia, PA: Conservation Center for Art and Historic Artifacts, 2002. http://www.ccaha.org/tech_bulletins.php.

SOLINET. "Invasion of the Giant Spore." Atlanta, GA: SOLINET, 2001. http://palimpsest.stanford.edu/byauth/nyberg/spore.html.

Trinkley, Michael. "Protecting Your Institution from Wild Fires: Planning Not to Burn and Learning to Recover." Undated. http://palimpsest.stanford.edu/byauth/trinkley/wildfire.html.

Session 8: Building a Preservation Program

Association of Research Libraries (ARL). ARL Preservation Statistics. Washington, D.C.: ARL, published annually since 1988. http://www.arl.org/stats/pres/.

Banks, Paul N., and Roberta Pilette. Preservation: Issues and Planning. Chicago: American Library Association, 2000. See in particular: Morrow, Carolyn Clark, "Defining the Library Preservation Program: Policies and Organization;" Ward, Christine, "Preservation Program Planning for Archives and Historical Records Repositories;" Reed-Scott, Jutta, "Planning for Preservation in Libraries," and Child, Margaret, with the assistance of Laura J. Word, "Programs, Priorities, and Funding."

Bishoff, Liz, and Nancy Allen. Business Planning for Cultural Heritage Institutions. Washington, D.C.: Council on Library and Information Resources, 2004. www.clir.org.

Calvi, Elise, Yvonne Carignan, Liz Dube, and Whitney Pape. The Preservation Manager's Guide to Cost Analysis. Chicago: American Library Association, 2006.

Evans, G. Edward, Patricia Layzell Ward, and Bendik Rugaas. Management Basics for Information Professionals. New York: Neal-Schumann Publishers, 2000.

Hallam, Arlita W. and Teresa R. Dalston. Managing Budgets and Finances: A How-To-Do-It Manual for Librarians and Information Professionals. New York: Neal-Schumann Publishers, 2005.

Harvey, Ross. Preservation in Libraries: Principles, Strategies, and Practices for Librarians. London: Bowker-Saur, 1993.

Heritage Preservation. A Public Trust at Risk: The Heritage Health Index Report on the State of America’s Collections . Washington, D.C. : Heritage Preservation, 2005. A summary of results is available at http://www.heritagepreservation.org/HHI/HHIsummary.pdf . Full survey results are available at http://www.heritagepreservation.org/HHI/full.html.

Heritage Preservation, in partnership with the Institute of Museum and Library Services. Capitalize on Collections Care. Washington, D.C. : Heritage Preservation, 2007. Ordering and other information at www.heritagepreservation.org .

Kenney, Anne R. and Deirdre C. Stam. The State of Preservation Programs in American College and Research Libraries: Building a Common Understanding and Action Agenda. Washington, D.C.: Council on Library and Information Resources, Association of Research Libraries University Libraries Group, and the Regional Alliance for Preservation, 2002. www.clir.org/pubs/abstract/pub111abst.html.

Merrill-Oldham, Jan, Carolyn Clark Morrow, and Mark Roosa. Preservation Program Models: A Study Project and Report. Washington, D.C.: Association of Research Libraries, Committee on Preservation of Research Library Materials, 1991.

Ogden, Sherelyn. Preservation of Library and Archival Materials: A Manual. Andover, Mass.: Northeast Document Conservation Center, 1999. www.nedcc.org. See in particular: Section 1, Preservation Planning.

Ogden, Sherelyn. Preservation Planning: Guidelines for Writing a Long-Range Plan. Washington, D.C.: American Association of Museums, 1998.

Smith, Abby. The Future of the Past: Preservation in American Research Libraries. Washington, D.C.: Council on Library and Information Resources, April 1999. www.clir.org/pubs/reports/reports.html.

SOLINET. "Funding Resources for Preservation" and "Preservation Budget Planning," at www.solinet.net/preservation/leaflets/.

Teper, Thomas H. "Current and Emerging Challenges for the Future of Library and Archival Preservation." Library Resources and Technical Services 49:1 (2005): 32-39.