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The AABC Archivist's Toolkit: Preservation and Emergency Planning
On this page:
- General resources
- Needs Assessments / Policies
- Preservation of specific media
- Condition Assessment Tools
- Disaster Preparedness Planning
- Supplies
- Publications
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GENERAL RESOURCES
CCI Notes Canadian Conservation Institute
NEDCC Preservation Leaflets Northeast Document Conservation Center
Conserv O Grams US National Parks
CoOl -- Conservation Online Foundation of the American Institute for Conservation
Sustainable Preservation Strategies Image Permenance Institute - video
NAGARA Online Document Library & Webinars. NAGARA: National Association of Government Archives and Records Administrators (as of March 2017 you need to be a NAGARA member to access this resource)
Resources for professionals U.S. National Archives and Records Administration
Library of Congress Preservation Library of Congress
CLIR Publications Council on Library and Information Resources
Preservation and Access International Newsletter Council on Library and Information Resources
Creating Enclosures Using Microsoft Excel (pgs 52-61) by Shelagh Linklater. See also Instructions for Using Enclosure Tool and the MS Excel Enclosure Tool
The Safeguarding of Audiovisual Heritage: Ethics, Principles, Preservation Strategy (web edition) International Association of Sound and Audiovisual Archvies (IASA)
For a list of Conservators, please contact the AABC EAS Advisor.
NEEDS ASSESSMENTS AND POLICIES
Developing a Conservation Policy for the Museum Ontario Museum Notes #4
PRONI Preservation of Records, Preservation Policy Public Record Office of Northern Ireland
Assessing Preservation Needs : a Self-Survey Guide Northeast Document Conservation Center
Building Blocks for a Preservation Policy National Preservation Office, UK
PRESERVATION OF SPECIFIC MEDIA
Preservation Self-Assessment Program University of Illinois Libraries
Paper
IPH: welcome to fibre space International Association of Paper Historians
Paper and Books CCI Notes, Canadian Conservation Institute
Photographs
Photographic Media Storage Enclosures BC Archival Preservation Service
Cold Storage of Photographs at the City of Vancouver Archives Canadian Council of Archives
Cold Storage (US National Park Service)
The Storage Guide for Color Photographic Materials Image Permanence Institute
A Guide to the Preventive Conservation of Photograph Collections / Bertrand Lavédrine (Getty Conservation Institute, 2003)
Sound and Film
Videotape Identification and Assessment Guide Texas Commission on the Arts
Film Preservation Guide: The Basics for Archives, Libraries and Museums National Film Preservation Foundation (free pdf download)
Care for AudioVisual Materials National Film and Sound Archive, Australia
Film Preservation Handbook National Film and Sound Archive, Australia
Audiotape Digitisation Workflow Training for Audiovisual Preservation in Europe
List of AV preservation articles/resources (March 2018) from AABC AV webinar
Digital / Electronic Records
Guidelines on the Production and Preservation of Digital Audio Objects International Association of Sound and Audiovisual Archives
Library of Congress National Digital Newspaper Program Technical Guidelines Library of Congress
PADI gateway to international digital preservation resources National Library of Australia
CLIR Reports Council on Library and Information Resources
- Sample reports:
- Pub 141. Preservation in the Age of Large-Scale Digitization, A White Paper / Oya Y. Rieger. February 2008
- Pub 92. Authenticity in a Digital Environment. May 2000
- Pub 80. Why Digitize?/ Abby Smith. February 1999
- Pub 69. Digitization as a Method of Preservation? / Hartmut Weber and Marianne Dorr. October 1997
Electronic Storage Media CoOl - Conservation Online
Sustainability of Digital Formats Library of Congress
Optical Disk Media, BC Archival Preservation Service (Archives Association of British Columbia)
Handbook for Digital Projects: A Management Tool for Preservation & Access, Northeast Document Conservation Center
CONDITION ASSESSMENT TOOLS
Audiovisual Self-Assessment Program AvSAP - University of Illinois
Sound Directions Field Audio Collection Evaluation Tool FACET - Indiana University
Visual & Playback Inspection Rating System ViPIRS - New York University
DISASTER PREPAREDNESS PLANNING
Building an Emergency Plan: A Guide for Museums and Other Cultural Institutions. The Getty Conservation Institute
Emergency Preparedness: Introduction Library of Congress Preservation
First Aid for Fire Damaged Audio Visual Material National Film and Sound Archive - Australia
Preventive Conservation CCI Notes, Canadian Conservation Institute
Emergency Management BC Provincial Emergency Program
SUPPLIES
Conservation Resources International
Lines 'n Curves (formerly) Archival Products.ca
Directory of Archival Suppliers - Archives Canada
Bury Media and Supplies (note: company is no longer selling archival supplies as of June 2016).
PUBLICATIONS
(for sources click here)
Mould Prevention and Collection Recovery: Guidelines for Heritage Collections (CCI Technical Bulletin #26) / Sherry Guild and Maureen MacDonald (Canadian Conservation Institute, 2004)
A Guide to the Preventive Conservation of Photograph Collections / Bertrand Lavédrine, 2003
An Ounce of Prevention: Integrated Disaster Planning for Archives, Libraries, and Record Centers / Johanna G. Wellheiser, 2nd ed. Boston: Scarecrow Press, 2002, 288p. ($29.00 from CCA)
Help! A Survivors Guide to Emergency Preparedness /Cynthia Ball and Audrey Yardley-Jones, eds. Edmonton: Museums Alberta, 2001, 298 pp.
New Tools for Preservation: Assessing Long-Term Environmental Effects on Library and Archives Collections / James M. Reilly, Douglas W. Nishimura, and Edward Zinn (Commission on Preservation and Access, 1995)
The Permanence and Care of Color Photographs: Traditional and Digital Color Prints, Color Negatives, Slides, and Motion Pictures / Henry Wilhelm and Carol Brower Wilhelm, 1993. 744p
Care and Identification of 19th-Century Photographic Prints / by James M. Reilly (Eastman Kodak Company,1986)
