Film, Video Centuries of Cellulose: Lessons Learned from the Molecular Analysis of Cellulose in Aged Paper Collections
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Title
- Centuries of Cellulose: Lessons Learned from the Molecular Analysis of Cellulose in Aged Paper Collections
Summary
- Andrew Davis discussed the work of 20th-centry paper chemist William J. Barrow, whoundertook an ambitious study of 1,000 books printed from the 16th through 20th centuries, meticulously measuring their chemical and physical properties and offering systematic predictions of paper aging and permanence. These same test books now reside in the Center for the Library's Analytical Scientific Samples in the Library of Congress. This talk presented results using advancements in scientific tools to reassess and measure Barrow's same sample books anew. In particular, new micro-invasive tools provide the ability to quantify the degradation effects of aging, enabling new insights and mathematical methods for minimally-destructive paper material analysis.
Names
- Library of Congress
- Library of Congress. Preservation Directorate, sponsoring body
Created / Published
- Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 2017-08-29.
Headings
- - Education
- - Science, Technology
- - Preservation, William J. Barrow, Paper Aging, Paper Material Analysis, Micro-invasive Tools, Minimally-destructive Material Analysis
Notes
- - Classification: Bibliography, Library Science, Information Resources (General).
- - Classification: Science.
- - Classification: Technology.
- - Andrew Davis.
- - Recorded on 2017-08-29.
- - Librarians, Archivists.
- - Researchers.
- - Teachers.
- - Visitors.
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- 1 online resource
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- 2021690594
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- video
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- online text