Boxes for the protection of books (1998)

Title: Boxes for the protection of books: their design and construction
Authors: Lage Carlson, John Bertonaschi, Margot Healey, Lynn Kidder, Nancy Lev, Bob Muens, Carol Paulson and Carrie Beyer
Publisher: Library of Congress
Year: 1998
Pages: 224
Link: http://books.google.com/... (Full view)

Table of contents (short version):

1. General Information
2. Simple Housing
3. Phased Boxes
4. Portfolios
5. Double-tray Clam Shell Box
6. Book Box with Portfoio Smaller than the Book
7. Book Box with Portfoio Larger than the Book
Index

Boxes for the protection of rare books (1982)

Title: Boxes for the protection of rare books: their design and construction
Author: Margaret R. Brown with Don Etherington and Linda K. Ogden
Publisher: Library of Congress
Year: 1982
Pages: 270
Formats: image, text, 1-page pdf
Link: http://hdl.handle.net/...

Table of contents (short version):

1. Phased Preservation Box Design
2. Portfolio Design (Stiffened Flaps, One-Piece Covering)
3. Fore Edge Grip Box Design
4. Standard Rare Book Box Design Without Portfolio
5. Standard Rare Book Box Design With Portfolio Smaller than the Book
6. Standard Rare Book Box Design With Portfolio Larger than the Book
7. Standard Rare Book Box Design With Portfolio: Other Variations
8. Double-Tray Book Design


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Tráfico ilícito de Bienes Culturales (2008)

Title: La lucha contra el tráfico ilícito de Bienes Culturales
Coord.: Pilar Barraca de Ramos
Year: 2008
Link: http://www.mcu.es/...
Download: http://www.mcu.es/...

Descripción:

Esta publicación recoge las ponencias de prestigiosos profesionales que participaron en estas jornadas, en las que se abordó la problemática del tráfico ilegal del que son objeto los bienes culturales, una lacra que afecta profundamente a nuestro patrimonio y que se traduce en el contrabando y el expolio de bienes culturales de todo tipo.
A lo largo de estas ponencias se aborda el problema del tráfico ilícito de bienes culturales desde muy diversos puntos de vista: el jurídico, que aborda la normativa existente al respecto, tanto a nivel nacional como internacional; el administrativo, en el que se señala la competencia de cada una de las administraciones y su papel en este campo; el de las fuerzas de seguridad que actúan en la recuperación de estos bienes; o el de las Aduanas, Museos y profesionales del mercado del arte, entre muchos otros.

Índice:

La situación general de la protección del patrimonio en España, Félix Benítez de Lugo y Guillén (pdf, 894 KB)
Cultura y la lucha contra el tráfico ilícito de bienes culturales, Pilar Barraca de Ramos (pdf, 270 KB)
Sistema judicial y protección del patrimonio histórico-artístico, Consuelo Fidalgo Martín (pdf, 720 KB)
La relación del patrimonio histórico con el derecho penal, Jesús María García Calderón (pdf, 475 KB)
Falsificaciones y robo de obras de arte, Ramón Fernández Gallego (pdf, 551 KB)
Interpol y su trabajo en relación con la protección del patrimonio, Carlos Bisquert Cebrián (pdf, 216 KB)
Las brigadas del patrimonio en el entorno jurídico de las comunidades autónomas. Mossos d’esquadra, Tomás Rabadán (pdf, 376 KB)
Los depósitos judiciales, Isabel Quintana Jiménez (pdf, 370 KB)
Importación y exportación de bienes culturales, Carlos González-Barandiarán y de Muller (pdf, 298 KB)
La convención de París 1970 y UNIDROIT, Juan Manuel García Labajo (pdf, 202 KB)
La protección de los bienes culturales en los conflictos armados, Fernando Pignatelli y Meca (pdf, 291 KB)
La directiva 93/7/CEE del Consejo, relativa a la restitución de bienes culturales que hayan salido de forma ilegal del territorio de un estado miembro, Ignacio Rodríguez Fernández (pdf, 255 KB)
La custodia de las colecciones del Estado, María Agúndez Lería (pdf, 154 KB)
Medios preventivos y planes de emergencia en museos, Carmen Rallo Gruss (pdf, 545 KB)
El expolio de yacimientos arqueológicos, Angel M. Núñez Sánchez (pdf, 873 KB)
Los códigos deontológicos, Manuel Casamar Pérez (pdf, 213 KB)
Mesa redonda / Ponencias de participantes americanos (pdf, 142 KB)


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Recording Physical Access to Collections (2008)

Title: Recording Physical Access to Stored Collections: London Museums Hub
Author: Stuart Davies Associates
Year: 2008
Pages: 57
Type of document: Report
Link: http://www.collectionslink.org.uk/...
Download: http://www.collectionslink.org.uk/... (pdf, 709 Kb)

From the Summary:
This study was commissioned by the London Museums Hub to investigate current and potential future ways to collect data on how stored collections are accessed and used. The project was developed because currently there is no common system for recording the use of stored collections either within institutions themselves (e.g. to support research work) or by the wider public.

Table of Contents (short version):
1. Introduction
2. Methodology of the project
3. Questionnaire findings on current methods of collecting data on stored collections
4. Discussion of issues
5. Recommendations
Appendix 1: List of the London hub museums and their major departments
Appendix 2: Information on non-hub museums responding to the questionnaire
Appendix 3: People consulted as part of the research
Appendix 4: List of items that The National Archives scores in the ‘Access and the User Experience Section’ of their self-assessment questionnaire.


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Reviewing Machine-readable Systems (2008)

Title: Reviewing Machine Readable Labelling Systems for Collections Management and Access
Author: Julian Tomlin
Year: 2008
Pages: 70
Type of document: Report
Link: http://www.collectionslink.org.uk/...
Download: http://www.collectionslink.org.uk/... (pdf, 1.68 Mb)

Description:

The Hub commissioned this review of the use of machine-readable labelling systems across the heritage sector to evaluate the benefits of this technology both as a collections management tool, and as a means of providing user access to collections information. The study focuses on the use of machine-readable technologies eg Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) and bar coding as methods to control object movements, update locations, enhance security and facilitate access to information associated with an object or collection of objects.

Table of Contents:

1. Introduction and Brief
2. Technological overview
3. Review
4. Potential for implementation in the partner museums
Decision-making aids

Appendices
A. Case Studies
1. The Ashmolean Museum of Art, Oxford
2. The Children‟s Museum of Indianapolis (TCM)
3. Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge
4. Gemeentemuseum, The Hague
5. Great North Museum, Newcastle
6. MVWISE
7. Manchester City Galleries
8. National Museum of Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur
9. Norfolk Museums and Archives Service
10. The Petrie Museum, London
B. Database of Past, Present and Future Installations and Suppliers
C. Acknowledgements
D. Images


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Video: Bookbinders (1961)

Title: Bookbinders
Producer: Norwood Studios
Sponsor: AFL-CIO
Year: ca. 1961
Running Time: 13:24
Download formats: avi, rm, mp4 (from 7 Mb to 354 Mb)
See online: http://www.archive.org/...

Description:
Shows the work of bookbinders and the final steps in the process of manufacturing printed books. From the "Americans at Work" series.


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Disasters, displays, digitization (2006)

Title: Proceedings of the international Symposium the 3-D's of preservation: disasters, displays, digitization
Editor: Corine Koch
Event: Organized by the Bibliothèque nationale de France in collaboration with IFLA (IFLA Section on Preservation and Conservation IFLA Core Activity on Preservation and Conservation) Paris, France, March 8th-10th 2006
Pages: 144
Year: 2006
Download: http://archive.ifla.org/... (pdf, 1.24 Mb)

Table of Contents:

Forty Years Outside Looking in: Panaceas, Principles and Pragmatism, John McIlwaine

The Future of Preservation, Deanna B. Marcum

Session 1
The Never-ending Challenge: Disaster and Preservation in Chile, Ximena Cruzat A.
Foreseeing and Dealing with the Unforeseen - Library Disasters in Perspective, Per Cullhed
From Disaster Plan to Action Plan, Sarah-Jane Jenner
Le Plan d'Urgence de la Bibliothéque Nationale de France, Josiane Laurent
Towards a National Disaster Response Protocol, Randy Silverman

Session 2
Les conditions de conservation des Doscuments Graphiques et Photographiques lors des Expositions, Jocelyne Deschaux
Expositions et Conservation: de la Norme à la Réalité, Anne-Hélène Rigogne et Brigitte Leclerc
Displays: The Role of Preservation in Exhibitions at the Library of Congress, Diann van der Reyden

Session 3
Networking for Digital Preservation: Current Practice in 15 National Libraries, Ingeborg Verheul
Conservation et Accès aux Ressources Numériques à la Bibliothéque Nationale de France, Catherine Lupovici
Making (Preservation) Plans Together - Planning Strategies for Digital Preservation in the Netherlands and Europe, Hilde Van Wijngaarden
National Digital Information Infrasctruture and Preservation Program: What we have achieved so far and where we are headed?, Laura Campbell


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The Participatory Museum (2010)

Title: The Participatory Museum
Author: Nina Simon
Licence: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0
Link: http://www.participatorymuseum.org/... (html)

From the Preface:

This book presents techniques for cultural institutions to invite visitor participation while promoting institutional goals. Community engagement is especially relevant in a world of increasing participatory opportunities on the social Web, but it is not new. Arguments for audience participation in cultural institutions trace back at least a hundred years. [...] I wrote this book not to update or stake claim to these ideas, but to present specific techniques and case studies to make them actionable in contemporary institutions. This doesn’t require flashy theaters or blockbuster exhibits. It requires institutions that have genuine respect for and interest in the experiences, stories, and abilities of visitors.

Table of Contents:

Preface: Why Participate?

Part 1: Design for Participation
Chapter 1: Principles of Participation
Chapter 2: Participation Begins with Me
Chapter 3: From Me to We
Chapter 4: Social Objects

Part 2: Participation in Practice
Chapter 5: Defining Participation at Your Institution
Chapter 6: Contributing to Institutions
Chapter 7: Collaborating with Visitors
Chapter 8: Co-creating with Visitors
Chapter 9: Hosting Participants
Chapter 10: Evaluating Participatory Projects
Chapter 11: Managing and Sustaining Participation

Imagining the Participatory Museum
Acknowledgements
Selected Bibliography

Article: Electronic Detection of Wood Decay

Title: Evaluation of Three Electronic Noses for Detecting Incipient Wood Decay
Author: Manuela Baietto, Alphus D. Wilson, Daniele Bassi and Francesco Ferrini
Journal: Sensors
Year: 2010
Volume: 10
Issue: 2
Pages: 1062-1092
DOI: 10.3390/s100201062
Download: http://mdpi.com/... (pdf, 1678 Kb)


Abstract:

Tree assessment methodologies, currently used to evaluate the structural stability of individual urban trees, usually involve a visual analysis followed by measurements of the internal soundness of wood using various instruments that are often invasive, expensive, or inadequate for use within the urban environment. Moreover, most conventional instruments do not provide an adequate evaluation of decay that occurs in the root system. The intent of this research was to evaluate the possibility of integrating conventional tools, currently used for assessments of decay in urban trees, with the electronic nose–a new innovative tool used in diverse fields and industries for various applications such as quality control in manufacturing, environmental monitoring, medical diagnoses, and perfumery. Electronic-nose (e-nose) technologies were tested for the capability of detecting differences in volatile organic compounds (VOCs) released by wood decay fungi and wood from healthy and decayed trees. Three e-noses, based on different types of operational technologies and analytical methods, were evaluated independently (not directly compared) to determine the feasibility of detecting incipient decays in artificially-inoculated wood. All three e-nose devices were capable of discriminating between healthy and artificially-inoculated, decayed wood with high levels of precision and confidence. The LibraNose quartz microbalance (QMB) e-nose generally provided higher levels of discrimination of sample unknowns, but not necessarily more accurate or effective detection than the AromaScan A32S conducting polymer and PEN3 metal-oxide (MOS) gas sensor e-noses for identifying and distinguishing woody samples containing different agents of wood decay. However, the conducting polymer e-nose had the greater advantage for identifying unknowns from diverse woody sample types due to the associated software capability of utilizing prior-developed, application-specific reference libraries with aroma pattern-recognition and neural-net training algorithms.

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digital art characterisation techniques (2009)

Title: Report on emerging digital art characterisation techniques
Author: Andrew McHugh, Leonidas Konstantelos, Matthew Barr
Publisher: Planets
Year: 2009
Pages: 39
Download: http://www.planets-project.eu/... (pdf, 374 Kb)

Abstract

The preservation, or conservation of digital art confronts us with a range of challenges, eclipsing many of the difficulties posed by more mainstream digital resources like documents and images. In this, digital art is not alone, with many of the most critical questions shared by conservators of contemporary art more generally. Issues of context, of interpretation and perceived value are all critical, but rarely clear cut. Preservation of art may itself be an impossible goal; instead, one might realistically aim only to create and collate sufficient documentation capable of conveying meaning and impact to a future audience, with perhaps one eye on its recreation where necessary at a later date.

Table of Contents (short version):

1. Introduction
2. Approaching a Vocabulary for Context Classification
3. Documentation of Intrinsic Aspects of Contemporary Art
4. Art Conservation Practice and Planets