The University of Iowa Libraries

This site has moved to https://www.lib.uiowa.edu/conservation/.

General Pres/Cons Resource List 2020

• Preservation Conservation Resource List 2020

Environmental Monitoring

• Environmental Reports 2002-present

Disaster Response

• ALCTS Power Point
• Disaster Preparedness, Response, and Salvage Selected Resources
• Flood Recovery Booklet
• Flood Recovery Power Point, Video
• Disaster Planning and Recovery for Marine Librarians
• Hurricane Katrina
• Flood of 2008

Book Repair Manual

• UI Circulating Collection Repair Manual

Preservation Information

• Preparing, Protecting, Preserving Family Treasures
• Conservation OnLine
• Canadian Conservation Institute – CCI Notes

Digital Information

• Library of Congress Digital Preservation Standards
  http://www.digitalpreservation.gov/
  http://www.digitalpreservation.gov/formats/
  http://www.digitalpreservation.gov:8081/ndsa/activities/levels.html
• Trusted Digital Repository
• Digital Preservation Coalition

Mold

• Major and Minor Mold Outbreaks:  Summer of 2002, Public Library Quarterly v.25, no.3/4
• Chlorine Dioxide: A Treatment for Mold in Libraries. Archival Products News, Volme 10, No. 3
• Emergency Salvage of Moldy Books and Paper. Technical Leaflet from Northeast Document Conservation Center.
• Guidelines on Assessment and Remediation of Fungi in Indoor Environments. New York City Department of Health & Mental Hygiene
• Invasion of the Giant Spore, by Sandra Nyberg. Leaflet from SOLINET Preservation Program.
• Managing a Mold Invasion: Guidelines for Disaster Response, by Lois Olcott Price. Leaflet from Conservation Center for Art and Historic Artifacts.
• Mold as a Threat to Human Health. Abbey Newsletter, October 1994.
• A New Approach to Treating Fungus in Small Libraries, by William R. Chamberlain. Abbey Newsletter, November 1991.
• RBML Mold Recovery Project Done, Preservation Unit. University Library. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. . May 15, 2009.

Film/Video/Audio Preservation

• Conservation Online, Preservation of Audio Materials
• Film Forever
• Library of Congress, Motion Picture Film Preservation
• National Film Preservation Foundation
• Texas Commission on the Arts, Videotape Identification and Assessment Guide
• Vidipax

Preservation Department Suppliers

• Heckman Bindery (binding)
• Preservation Technologies (book alkalization)
• LBS – Library Binding Services (materials supplier)

Articles

• Jutta Reed-Scott 1999. “Preserving Research Collections: A Collaboration between Librarians and Scholars.”

Useful Links

• Iowa Conservation & Preservation Consortium
• University of Iowa Collections Coalition
• Library of Congress Preservation Directorate