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Management & planning
Care and handling
Housekeeping
Shelving
Handling
Environment
Climate control
Temperature
Humidity
Light
Pollutants
HVAC and the use of Dessicants
Passive climate control
Sustainable Building
Correcting Design Faults
Monitoring
Recording hygrothermographs
Psychrometer
Data-loggers
Mold
Detecting mold
Preventing mold
Treating mold-infected books
Returning treated books
What not to do
Mold damage to non-book materials
Pest control
Insects
Make the building inhospitable from the outside
And from the inside
Inside fittings
Killing insects
Harmful insects
Cockroaches
Silverfish
Beetles
Termites
Rodents
Security
Security measures
Taking precautions against theft
Stock control
Marks of ownership
Accessibility and use
Guarding against mutilation and vandalism
Protecting materials in book drops
Protecting materials on exhibit
Controlling entrances and exits
Emergencies
Planning for evacuation—and storing duplicates
Using alarms
Suppressing fire
Disasters
Getting started
Selecting task force members
Setting agendas
Appointing a disaster action team
Disaster response administrator
Building representative
Disaster recovery director
Emergency Coordinator
Library Specialist
Communications director
Regional mutual response team
Recorder
Create your own team member list
Developing a disaster phone tree
Create your own disaster telephone tree
Readiness
Essential parts of a disaster response plan
Examples of disaster response plans
Facilities and risks audit
Obvious dangers
Checklists of hazards and safety features
Sensible precautions
Floor plans
Salvage priorities
Salvage priority checklist
Notify key people immediately
Drying and packing areas
Emergency supplies
Other supplies on site
Supplies and equipment off site
Suppliers
Conducting a response and recovery workshop
Timetable
Space, equipment, and supply needs
Three cases for discussion
Dawson College: Inundation by rainwater
Cardoman University: Water pipe leak
Metropolitan Public Library: Basement flood from a water main break
Response and recovery
Dealing with minor emergencies
Dealing with major emergencies
Checklist of immediate steps
Plan for packing and removing materials
Organization
Workers
Equipment
Sorting and packing
Priorities
Washing off mud and dirt
Plan for air drying wet books and records
Handling wet materials
Paper
Books
Paintings
Floppy diskettes
Sound and video recordings
Photographic materials
Motion pictures
Microforms
Parchment and vellum
Technologies for drying wet books and records
Procedures for air drying wet books and records
Paper documents or pamphlets
Palm leaf or bark manuscripts
Recovery methods for other media
Magnetic media
Preservation
Nature of materials
Papyrus
Parchment
Palm leaf
Diagnostic Tests
Photographs
Film
Sound recordings
Conservation
Basic remedial
Paper materials
Metal fasteners
Adhesive tape
Soft-paper tissue
Polyester film encapsulation
Cleaning soiled paper
Unrolling materials
Tools
Basic repairs
Emergency action for rare books
Repairing adhesive binding bond breaks
Recasing books
Sound recordings and electronic/magnetic media
Major remedial
Paper treatment
Rare books
Indigenous materials
Palm leaf manuscripts
Removing insects
Removing surface soil
Repairing mechanical damage
Parabaik or Concertina manuscripts
Double-leaved books
Collection level
Binding periodicals
Binding paperbacks
Mass de-acidification
Paper strengthening
Stabilization & housing
Enclosure materials
Housing paper
Folders
Mats
Boxes
Map cabinets or steel flat files
Rolled objects
Housing photographs
Housing motion picture film
Housing books
Housing sound recordings
Gramaphone/phonograph discs
Dictaphone belts
Wax cylinders
Reel-to-reel audiotapes
Audio cassettes
Housing microform
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Reality check
Facilities
In house or vendors
Competence and standards
Decision-making and service
Space & location
Stiffening
Book repair
Commercial binding preparation
Microfilm preparation
Microfilming operation
Equipment & furniture
Microfilm operation
Book conservation
Paper conservation
Basic conservation supplies
Layout
Reformatting
Photocopy
Microform
Standards
Standards content
Film Generations
Preservation Microfilming Training Materials
Storage
Microfilm Production
Digital imaging
Unigue Properties of Digital Technology
Pros and Cons of Digital
Related Reading
Building capacity
Training
Staff and users
Resources
The World Wide Web
Exhibitions
Loans and packaging
Microfilm readers
Disaster-response techniques
Spreading the word
Education
Training the trainers
Forms of education
Workshops and seminars
Academic programs
Apprenticeship programs
Internship programs
A model solution
Useful websites
Collaboration
Resource sharing
Sharing preservation resources
Efforts worldwide
Starting a cooperative model
Sources
Supporting the effort
Management review
The planning process
Developing a preservation management plan
Needs assessment: Sample condition surveys
Needs assessment: Action surveys
Documentation and funding
Integrated planning
Communication
Long-range plan
Needs assessment
Funding
Exisitng allocations
New funding
Within the institution
External sources
Proposal outline
Summary of the proposal
Case studies
The Albatross Library
The Metropolitan Library
The Hangon Institute Library
Funding sources
Public relations
Building relationships
Publicity
Media Relations and Self-Marketing
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