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PRESERVATION 101:
A Very Select Core Bibliography

ICPC April 2, 2003 ICN

Prepared by Kristin Baum, University of Iowa Assistant Conservator, Gary Frost, University of Iowa Conservator, and Ivan Hanthorn, Iowa State University Conservator

Banks, Paul and Pilette, Roberta
Preservation, Issues and Planning
American Library Association, 2000.

http://www.nedcc.org/p101cs/p101wel.htm
Preservation 101, Northeast Document Conservation Center

Session: Materials

PAPER

PAPER Papermaking: Art and Craft; an Account Derived from the Exhibition Presented in the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., and opened on April 21, 1968. Washington: Library of Congress, 1968.

Hunter, Dard.
Papermaking: the History and Technique of an Ancient Craft
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New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1967.

CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS

Crafts Council (Great Britain). Science for Conservators, Vols. 1-3. London: Routledge, 1992.
Volume One: An Introduction to Materials.
Volume Two: Cleaning
Volume Three: Adhesives & Coatings

http://www.psrc.usm.edu/macrog/
friendly resource for in-depth learning of polymers

"MULTI-MEDIA" MATERIALS

http://palimpsest.stanford.edu/bytopic/audio/
portal to online resources for audio recordings

http://www.plasticsresource.com/plastics_101/index.html
Plastics 101 from the American Plastics Council

http://palimpsest.stanford.edu/bytopic/video/
portal to online resources for video preservation

http://palimpsest.stanford.edu/bytopic/electronic-records/electronic-storage-media/
portal to online resources for long term storage of electronic media

http://www.vidipax.com/
electronic media restoration service

http://www.paulmessier.com/VideoID/
video format identification guide

The Home Film Preservation Guide
http://www.filmforever.org/


Last update: May 18, 2004
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