Preservation Institute: Introduction to Preservation Practices
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Introduction to Preservation Practices – Held at the Library of Congress
Preservation Institute at the Library of Congress taught by LC Preservation Directorate staff.
These sessions will introduce you to:
- how to put into practice mission and vision statements
- developing and assigning resources, roles and responsibilities
- undertaking and evaluating risk assessments and surveys
- justifying prioritization and using cost-benefit analysis to develop preservation selection based on criteria of value, use and risk
- designing and implementing short and long-term planning
- developing COOPs and use training tools and drills for pest management, disaster mitigation, and disaster salvage and recovery
- planning exhibitions based on preservation principles
SESSIONS (Grouped in chronological sequence):
1. Preservation Management in Practice: mission and vision; resources, roles and responsibilities; risk assessments and surveys; prioritization and cost-benefit analysis based on value, use and risk; short and long-term planning; funders, clients and COOPs).
2. Preservation Controls in Practice: environmental risk evaluation including review of construction and furnishing ,materials, and emergency mitigation
Supplemental Afternoon Practica
- Environmental Controls Practicum
- Emergency Salvage Practicum
Time and Team: Monday, August 17; D. van der Reyden, N. Lev-Alexander, B. Bahlmann, A. Robb, A. Haley
3. Storage in Practice: commercial housing and handling
4. Exhibition in Practice:cases and custom housings
Supplemental Afternoon Tours:
- Demonstration of Automatic Box-making and Mat Cutting Equipment
- Exhibitions Onsite at the Library
- Visual Storage Systems (The Waldseemueller 1507 World Map)
Time and Team: Tuesday, August 18; D. van der Reyden, M. Nugent, N. Lev-Alexander, A. Greek, Preventive Conservation Technicians
5. Preservation Reformatting in Practice: digitization, facsimiles, microfilm, and photocopying
6. Binding and Collections Care in Practice: commercial binding, collections conservation for general and reference materials
7. Conservation Practice for Rare Books: a brief review of history, technology and treatment of books and parchment
Supplemental Afternoon Tours and Demos:
A. Tour of the Library’s Rare Book Conservation Laboratory
B. Tour of the Library’s Scan Center
Time and Team: Wednesday, August 19; M. Chace, J. Hodson, J. Drewes, H. Robertson, M. Nugent, Y. Khan, C. Dekle
8. Conservation Practice for Paper-based Documents: from cartoons to posters, including manuscripts, maps, music sheets and similar items
9. Conservation Practice for Photographic Materials: film, prints, and cased photographs
10. Conservation Practice for Analog and Digital Audiovisual Materials: moving image, broadcast and recorded sound materials
Supplemental Afternoon Demos:
- Paper-based Materials
- Photographic Materials
- Audiovisual Materials
Time and Team: Thursday, August 20; D. Vogt-O’Connor, S. Peckham, D. Hemmenway, M. Green
11. Preservation Research and Testing in Practice: a brief introduction to instrumental analysis and research at the Library of Congress.
Morning Demos Only:
Quality Assurance
Optical Properties
Chemical and Physical Properties
Mass Deacidification
Time and Team: Friday, August 21; E. Hansen, K. Harris, L. Brostoff, F. France, J. Wade
Last Updated: 08/11/2009