preventive conservation
Find below the blog posts related to preventive conservation:
Smart materials for display, storage, housing and wrapping solutions in cultural heritage (APACHE)
The APACHE project aims to develop new technologies for display, storage and wrapping materials of cultural heritage. Answer the survey to contribute to it, and your collection will be represented in this leading research.
Silver Mirroring Removal in Photographs (Video)
At last a deffinitive method, safe and efficient for silver mirroring removal in historical photographs. This new treatment will change the way the issue of silver mirroring removal has been addressed in photographic collections. See it in this video and value the results.
“Smart books” and bibliographic terrorism
Terrorists do not always carry explosives or mallets, nor they come from overseas, it may even be people in charge of collections. We ought to deal with them to safeguard "smart books": books intelligently made, such that no material interfere with each other, on the contrary, they create formidable synergies. Each one has its peculiarities, its beauty and its function. They represent a compendium of technology, art, society and culture at the time and place in which they were created.
I have mold! (…or is it foxing?)
Foxing is mould... or not? One of the main concerns in archives and libraries is the presence of mould. Not surprisingly: it develops without fanfare, and when it is detected, an irreversible loss of information might have taken place. Before pulling your hair out, you should identify whether the symptoms actually reveal fungal activity, or not. Not an easy assessment.
Conservation literature bargain hunting!
My studio has been bargain hunting, and I am delighted with the results! ICCROM offers books at great prices. I got hold for only 17€, of these books:
