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Online Resources

ALCTS Preservation Pages | Library of Congress
Includes guidelines for care, storage, and display, as well as ideas for emergency preparedness and long-term preservation.
DIY Book Scanner
Interested in preservation technology? DIY is a community of people who build book scanners. Try a simple scanner, building a kit, or pushing the limits of scanning technology.
National Archives: Preservation | www.archives.gov
User-friendly pages organized by task with additional information and resources.
Preservation Toolkit | American Library Association
Preservation facts and instructions, disaster recovery, and additional resources.
Preservation Resource Materials | Conservation Center for Art & Historic Artifacts
Addresses specific issues, including light and mold exposure in addition to guidelines for planning, handling, moving, copying, & storage recommendations.
Graphics Atlas | Image Permanence Institute
A sophisticated resource that presents a unique, object-based approach for the identification and characterization of prints and photographs.

Reference Shelf

Family Photo Detective by Maureen A. Taylor
Call Number: TR147 .T39 2013
ISBN: 1440324980
Historical family photos offer a glimpse into the lives of our ancestors, but the images-- and the stories behind them-- often fade away as decades pass. Taylor shows you how to study the clues in your old family photos to put names to faces and recapture their lost stories.
How to Archive Family Keepsakes by Denise May Levenick
Call Number: CD976 .M39 2012
ISBN: 1440322236
How do you organize your loved one's estate in a way that honors your loved one, keeps the peace in your family and doesn't take over your home or life? How to Archive Family Keepsakes gives you step-by-step advice for how to organize, distribute and preserve family heirlooms.

Digital Preservation

Why Digital Preservation is Important to YOU!

from the Library of Congress

Digital Imaging Best Practices

Also known as the CDP Best Practices, these standards have been created through the collaboration of working groups pulled from library, museum, and archive practitioners.

Featured Resource

Book Repair Manual

A Simple Book Repair Manual | Dartmouth College Library
Focuses on a wide range of topics, including terminology, standards, and instructions for specific repairs.
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The web version of the Simple Book Repair Manual was created by members of Preservation Services, Dartmouth College Library. Copyright 1996 the Board of Trustees of Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire. All rights reserved. Permission is granted for copying and redistribution as long as this copyright notice is included.

Preservation in the Real World

Explore more Conservation Highlights: http://www.loc.gov/.

Iranian-Kurdish Ketubbah (1936) | Library of Congress
The Iranian-Kurdish Ketubbah (Jewish marriage document) is part of the Library's collection of illustrated Hebraica from Iran. In the instance of this ketubbah, the priority was to provide minimal intervention while maximizing the ability to safely display, study, and store the document.

Preservation Tips

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