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Ashmolean Museum: Conservation - Prevention - Methods for preventing artifact deterioration, including controlling the environment, light levels, pollution monitoring, insect infestation monitoring, handling, storage, and treatment when needed.
Barry Bauman Conservation - Offers conservation of paintings and fine arts to museums and non-profit organizations.
Biological Deterioration and Damage to Furniture and Wooden Objects - Brochure from the Smithsonian on causes and effects of furniture and wooden artifact deterioration.
Bookbinding, a tutorial - A tutorial introduction to long-stitch bookbinding, aimed primarily at the preservation of old pulp paperbacks.
Care and Handling of Ivory Objects - Guideline brochure on care of ivory objects from the Smithsonian Center for Materials Research and Education.
Care, Handling and Storage of Motion Picture Film - Care, handling and storage of motion picture film including nitrate, acetate and, safety-based film.
Care, Handling, and Storage of Photographs - From the Library of Congress, the care, handling and storage techniques for photographs including cased, glass, film, paper and negative photographic items.
Collections Care - Collections Care guidelines, reference materials and course materials from the Smithsonian.
Conservation - Investigation - Object investigation techniques at the Ashmolean Museum, including visual investigation, environmental monitoring, and non-destructive and destructive analytical investigation techniques.
Deterioration - Deterioration studies at the Ashmolean Museum. Includes discussions on metals, textiles, ceramics, casts and paper.
Emergency Drying Procedures for Water Damaged Collections - Techniques and procedures to follow to salvage water damaged library collections, including books, framed items, photographic materials. paper and mold damaged materials
Emergency Salvage of Moldy Books and Paper - Basic stabilization techniques of small to medium mold outbreaks in paper collections.
Fumigation for Insect Control - Article on fumigation within museums and art repositories.
Guidelines for Taking Wood Samples From Objects of Antiquity - Best case scenario guidelines on preparing wood samples to be sent for laboratory testing.
Leather Dressing - Use of leather dressing for the treatment of rare leather bound books and library materials.
Managing: Pests in Your Collections - A discussion of different pest control techniques. Includes a guide to identification of wood boring beetles.
Protecting Paper and Book Collections During Exhibition - Information and simple rules for display from the Northeast Document Conservation Center technical leaflet.
Repairing Paper Artifacts - Procedures and supplies needed to repair paper and reinforce weak areas in paper artifacts.
Surface Cleaning of Paper - When and how to clean paper, as well as proper supplies and resources for supplies, a Northeast Document Conservation Center technical leaflet.
Temperature, Relative Humidity, Light, and Air Quality - Basic guidelines from the Northeast Document Conservation Center.
Textile and Quilt Resources - How to store and care for antique quilts, embroidery, rugs, tapestries, and clothing from the Smithsonian.
The Care and Preservation of Archival Materials - Overview from Henry Ford Museum.
The Care of Feathers - Small PDF document discussing the preservation of feathers from the Bishop Museum. Includes a standard of preservation for feathers.
Tidal Wave at Our Shores - Article on magnetic tape deterioration which appeared in Video Magazine.
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