Connecting to the World's Collections (2009)

Title: Connecting to the World's Collections: Making the Case for the Conservation and Preservation of our Cultural Heritage
Author: Joyce Hill Stoner
Publisher: Institute of Museum and Library Services
Year: 2009
Pages: 36
Link: http://www.imls.gov/... (pdf, 3.5 Mb)

Description:

Sixty cultural heritage leaders from thirty-two countries, including representatives from Africa, Asia, the Middle East, South America, Australia, Europe, and North America gathered in October 2009 in Salzburg, Austria, to develop a series of practical recommendations to ensure optimal collections conservation worldwide.

Preservation of photographic material (2009)

Title: Preservation of photographic material
Author: Susie Clark
Publisher: The British Library
Series: Preservation guidance booklets
Pages: 19
ISBN: 978 0 7123 0909 7
Download: http://www.bl.uk/... (pdf, 500 Kb)


From the Introduction:

Photographs are housed in libraries, archives and museums all over the world. Whilst photographic conservation is a relatively new specialism and treatment options are often limited, it is usually possible to prolong the life of a photograph through good preservation practices in handling, housekeeping and storage. This booklet describes the most common historical photographic processes,outlines the causes of deterioration and provides guidelines on good preservation practice. It is aimed at people working or volunteering in libraries, archives and museums whose responsibilities include photographic collections.Whilst the booklet focuses on monochrome photographs, much of the information is applicable to colour photographs and other imaging materials such as microfilm, x-rays and motion picture film.

Report: Ensuring Perpetual Access- German National Hosting Strategy

Title: Ensuring Perpetual Access: Establishing a Federated Strategy on Perpetual Access and Hosting of Electronic Resources for Germany. Final Report, 2010.
Author: Charles Beagrie
Pages: 177
Year: 2010
Link: http://www.allianzinitiative.de/...
Download: http://www.allianzinitiative.de/... (pdf, 1.97 Mb)

From the Preface:

This study was conducted as basis for all further steps towards a national hosting strategy. It was financed jointly by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation), the Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft, the Helmholtz Association, the Leibniz Association and the Max Planck Society. The study is intended to be the starting point from which to arrive at concrete ideas and activities related to a coordinated national hosting strategy. The intensive, often controversial but always constructive and continuing discussion now expands out of the working group into the public area to be continued there in the same manner. Invited for further discussion are all stakeholders with responsibility in the German science system to establish and finance sustainable structures for perpetual access as well as long-term preservation for electronic resources.

Table of Contents:

1. Executive Summary
2. Overview of the Study Report
3. Introduction
4. The International Context
5. The Current Position in Germany
6. Views on The Future Position in Germany
7. Technical Infrastructure and Standards
8. Gap Analysis for a Federated Strategy on Perpetual Access and Hosting
9. Use Cases
10. Scenarios, Potential Solutions and Recommended Approaches
11. Future Development of the Strategy
12. References
13. Appendix 1 - Glossary and Definition of Terms
14. Appendix 2 - List of Interviewees
15. Appendix 3 - Supplement on Technical Standards

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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Developing Sustainable Practices in Preservation Environments (2007)

Title: From Gray Areas to Green Areas: Developing Sustainable Practices in Preservation Environments, Symposium Proceedings
Editor: Melissa Tedone
Venue: 1-2 November 2007, School of Information's Kilgarlin Center for Preservation of the Cultural Record at the University of Texas, Austin
Year: 2007
Website: www.ischool.utexas.edu/...

Table of contents:

What Will the Cultural Record Say About Us? The stewardship of culture and the mandate for environmental sustainability, Michael C. Henry (pdf, 37Kb)

Going Green in Museums: A Conservator's View, Paul Himmelstein and Barbara Appelbaum (pdf, 18Kb)

From Japanese Tradition: Is /Kura/ a Model for a Sustainable Preservation Environment?, Kazuko Hioki (pdf, 581Kb)

Sustainability Means Less is More, Joachim Huber (pdf, 54Kb)

Providing Safe and Practical Environments for Cultural Property in Historic Buildings...and Beyond, Richard L. Kerschner (pdf, 508Kb)

Sustainable Practices for Conservation Environments, William P. Lull (pdf, 47Kb)

Real and Relevant Green Building, Peter L. Pfeiffer (pdf, 38Kb)

Specifying Storage Environments in Libraries and Archives, James Reilly (pdf, 33Kb)

Pennsylvania's Rare Collections Library: Design Overview, Cornelius J. Rusnov (pdf, 48Kb)

From Institutional Mission to Sustainable Outcome:Cultivating Stewardship Through the Planning and Design Process, Laurie Zapalac (pdf, 897Kb)