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Leaflet Topic Categories
1. Planning and Prioritizing
2. The Environment
3. Emergency Management
4. Storage and Handling
5. Photographs
6. Reformatting
7. Conservation Procedures
1. Planning and Prioritizing
1.1 What Is Preservation Planning?
1999
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1.2 Preservation Assessment and Planning
1999
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1.3 The Needs Assessment Survey
2022
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1.4 Considerations for Prioritizing
1999
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1.5 Collections Policies and Preservation
1999
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1.6 Priority Actions for Preservation
1999
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1.7 Celebrating with Collections
2025
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2. The Environment
2.1 Temperature, Relative Humidity, Light, and Air Quality: Basic Guidelines for Preservation
2020
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2.2 Monitoring Temperature and Relative Humidity
2022
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2.3 Getting Function from Design: Making Systems Work
1999
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2.4 Protection from Light Damage
2024
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2.5 Protecting Paper and Book Collections During Exhibition
2020
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2.6 Low Cost/No Cost Improvements in Climate Control
1999
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3. Emergency Management
3.1 Protection from Loss: Water and Fire Damage, Biological Agents, Theft, and Vandalism
1999
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3.2 Introduction to Fire Detection and Automatic Sprinklers for Cultural Heritage
2022
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3.3 Emergency Planning
2026
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3.4 Worksheet for Outlining an Emergency Response Plan
2026
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3.5 Disinfecting Books and Other Collections
2025
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3.6 Emergency Salvage of Wet Books and Records
2023
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3.7 Emergency Salvage of Wet Photographs
2020
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3.8 Emergency Salvage of Moldy Books and Paper
2025
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3.9 Protecting Collections During Renovation
1999
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3.10 Integrated Pest Management
2024
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3.11 Collections Security: Planning and Prevention for Cultural Heritage Institutions
2024
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3.12 Freezing and Drying Wet Books and Records
2023
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4. Storage and Handling
4.1 Storage and Handling for Books and Artifacts on Paper
2022
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4.2 Storage Furniture: A Brief Review of Current Options
1999
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4.3 Cleaning Books and Shelves
2021
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4.4 Storage Enclosures for Books and Artifacts on Paper
1999
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4.5 Packing and Shipping Paper Artifacts
2020
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4.6 Packing and Shipping Audio Media
2020
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4.7 The Book Shoe: Description and Uses
1999
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4.9 Storage Solutions for Oversized Paper Artifacts
1999
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4.10 Matting and Framing for Works on Paper and Photographs
2019
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5. Photographs
5.1 A Short Guide to Film Base Photographic Materials: Identification, Care, and Duplication
2020
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5.2.1 Types of Photographs, part 1: 19th and Early 20th Century
2018
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5.2.2 Types of Photographs, part 2: Color
2020
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5.2.3 Types of Photographs, part 3: Digital Output Media
2019
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5.3 Care of Photographs
2019
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5.4 Creating Long-Lasting Inkjet Prints
2020
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5.5 Storage Enclosures for Photographic Materials
2018
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6. Reformatting
6.1 Microfilm and Microfiche
2017
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6.2 Duplication of Historical Negatives
1999
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6.3 Digital Technology Made Simpler
1999
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6.4 The Relevance of Preservation in a Digital World
1999
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6.5 Digital Preservation
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6.6 Preservation and Selection for Digitization
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6.7 Outsourcing and Vendor Relations
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7. Conservation Procedures
7.1 Guidelines for Library Binding
2019
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7.2 Surface Cleaning of Paper
2019
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7.4 Custom Protective Enclosures
2018
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7.5 Conservation Treatment for Works of Art and Unbound Artifacts on Paper
2022
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7.6 Conservation Treatment for Bound Materials of Value
2019
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7.7 Choosing and Working with a Conservator
2018
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7.8 Removal of Damaging Fasteners from Historic Documents
2020
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1. Planning and Prioritizing
2. The Environment
3. Emergency Management
4. Storage and Handling
5. Photographs
6. Reformatting
7. Conservation Procedures
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