Assessing the Condition of the United States National Collection
April 29, 2020
Video
Assessing the Condition of the United States National Collection
About the Program:
A national research initiative funded by the Mellon Foundation “Assessing the Physical Condition of the National Collection” is undertaking the task to objectively assess the condition of books held in collecting institutions of the United States by performing an in-depth scientific analysis on a representative sample.
The research focuses on analyzing the same 500 volumes from five different research libraries in five different climatic zones through the time period 1840-1940. Research to date has shown some extremely interesting trends. This presentation will focus on the analytical technics used in the program and show what this means to the preservation of print collections throughout the United States.
Speaker
Dr. Fenella France, Chief, Preservation Research and Testing Division
