The preservation management handbook : a 21st-century guide for libraries, archives, and museums / [edited by] Ross Harvey, Martha R. Mahard ; revised by Donia Conn.

"Museum curators, museum professionals, archivists and librarians from small local history museums to world-famous art and natural history collections, must deploy their specialized knowledge to prioritize the needs of their collections. This revised volume has a wide range of topic-specific ex...

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Other Authors: Harvey, D. R. 1951- (Editor), Mahard, Martha R., 1948- (Editor), Conn, Donia, 1968-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, [2020]
Edition:Second edition.
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Table of Contents:
  • PART I: Fundamentals
  • Mapping the preservation landscape for the twenty-first century
  • Preservation principles
  • Managing preservation: Policy, assessment, planning
  • Security and disaster planning
  • PART II: Collections
  • Artifacts and information
  • The environment
  • Creating preservation-friendly objects
  • PART III: Media and material
  • Putting it all together: Environment and storage quick reference guides
  • Paper objects and books
  • Photographic materials
  • Digital prints
  • Sound materials
  • Moving image materials
  • Digital storage media and files
  • Textiles
  • Paintings.