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Soot, Mud, and Mold: Beyond the Basics of Salvaging Archives Collections
Melissa Tedone, Whitney Baker, and Hilary T. Seo
Do you have a disaster plan but still don’t feel like you would know what to do in the event of a largescale disaster? This half-day workshop takes you to the next step in terms of implementing your plan under stress. Through lecture, simulations, and hands-on activities, you will develop an understanding of how to respond to the emergency, prioritize salvage operations, and work with vendors. Know what your immediate responses should be and feel confident in your decision-making process bybecoming familiar with your treatment options and knowing how to get the salvage operation started. Participants will be asked to come prepared with their own institution-specific plans and information.
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Historic Scrapbooks: Common Risks and Sensible Solutions
Melissa Tedone
This session will discuss the most common threats to historic scrapbooks, and demonstrate strategies for safe handling, stabilization, and storage. Participants will gain tools for identifying the highest-risk items in their collection; setting priorities for stabilization and rehousing; and creating the best strategy for long-term preservation.
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Keep Calm & Carry On: Matrix Approach to Prioritizing Disaster Salvage
Hilary T. Seo, Pete Sixbey, and Melissa Tedone
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Preservation of Deteriorated Documents Manual
Hilary T. Seo and Carie M. McGinnis
The preservation techniques covered during the workshop included basic non-aqueous and aqueous cleaning procedures such as vacuuming, brushing, dry cleaning, and washing. Simple backing, tear mending, tape removal, and re-housing procedures were also addressed. Proper selection of treatments was encouraged by stressing that students should begin with more innocuous treatment options before implementing more aggressive and invasive options. Several treatment options were developed to deal with specific situations common to the field of questioned documents. These include: a methyl cellulose backing technique, and a modified sink mat. Methods for consolidating charred paper fragments were also explored. Remember to test all documents for water soluble inks and media before implementing any of these procedures.
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Taking the Law into Your Own Hands: Establishing an In-house Book Repair Program
Hilary T. Seo
Law collections pose some unique problems in terms of their physical care due to filing and updating practices, use patterns and special binding structures such as loose-leafs and pocket parts. This workshop is designed to address specific preservation needs of law collections through lecture, demonstration and hands-on opportunities. Participants will learn the fundamentals of book repair, treatment options and decision-making, and preservation best practices. Emphasis will be placed on moving knowledge into practice through guidelines for establishing institution-appropriate in house book repair programs, by training the trainers in basic book repair techniques and providing all participants with a start-up tool kit.
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