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Preventive Conservation: Collection Storage is 7 x 10 in., 944 pages, 5 lbs, hardcover. ISBN 9780997867923. LIsa Elkin and Christopher A. Norris, editors.
Good storage is the foundation of effective collection care-advancing conservation while promoting accessibility and use. Preventive Conservation: Collection Storage covers all types of collections, including science, fine and decorative art, history, library, archive, and digital collections. It concentrates on preventive conservation and emphasizes a risk-management approach. Reflecting the breadth of its scope, the new book is a collaboration between the Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections, the American Institute for Conservation, the Smithsonian Institution, and the George Washington University Museum Studies Program. It will be useful to anyone in the field of collection care looking for an overview of collection storage-be it an established specialist, an emerging professional, or a student.
Table of Contents
Fundamentals
- Chapter 1: Respectful and Responsible Stewardship: Maintaining and Renewing the Cultural Relevance of Museum Collections
Sanchita Balachandran and Kelly McHugh
- Chapter 2: Building Internal Partnerships for Collection Care
Dieter Fenkart-Fröschl and Christopher A. Norris
- Chapter 3: A Preventive Conservation Approach to the Storage of Collections
Carolyn L. Rose, Catharine A. Hawks, and Robert Waller
Assessment and Planning
- Chapter 4: Collection Risk Assessment
Robert Waller
- Chapter 5: Collection-Care Surveys for Preventive Conservation
Joel Taylor
- Chapter 6: Balancing Collection Storage with Historic Buildings
Nancy McCoy
- Chapter 7: Building Project Process
Walt Crimm
- Chapter 8: Functional Planning for Collection Storage
Michael Lundholm
Creating and Renovating Storage Facilities
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Chapter 9: Design of Storage Facilities
Walt Crimm
- Chapter 10: Environmental Management and Related Systems
Walter Henry
- Chapter 11: Illumination for Collection Storage
Paul Himmelstein, Scott Rosenfeld, and Steven Weintraub
- Chapter 12: Fire Protection for Collection Spaces
Jeffrey LaSalle and Bryan L. Stemen
- Chapter 13: Securing Your Collections
Steven R. Keller
- Chapter 14: Managing a Collection Move: Planning, Packing, and Logistics
Heather Thorwald, Gretchen Anderson, Lori Benson, Jude Southward, Annette L. Van Aken, and Russell D. White
Facility Management
- Chapter 15: Facility Management: The Partnership with Collection Preservation
Jeff Joplin
- Chapter 16: Emergency Management
Rebecca Fifield
- Chapter 17: Safety and Health Issues within Storage Space
Kathryn A. Makos, David Hinkamp, and James R. Smith Jr.
- Chapter 18: Integrated Pest Management for Museum Collections
Thomas Strang, Jeremy Jacobs, and Rika Kigawa
- Chapter 19: Environmental Monitoring
Konstantinos Ntanos and W. (Bill) Wei
- Chapter 20: Air Quality, Monitoring, and Management
Peter Brimblecombe
Specialized Collection Environments & Care
- Chapter 21: Specialized Macroclimates and Microclimates: Options for the Control of Temperature, Relative Humidity, and Pollutants
Steven Weintraub
- Chapter 22: Low Temperature Storage
Frank P. Simione
- Chapter 23: Storage in Fluid Preservatives
John E. Simmons
- Chapter 24: Visible Storage
Linda Edquist and Claire F. Larkin
- Chapter 25: Off-Site Storage
Doris A. Hamburg
- Chapter 26: Outdoor Storage Situations
George Prytulak
- Chapter 27: Storage of Human Remains
Nancy Odegaard and Vicki Cassman
Storage Equipment and Materials
- Chapter 28: Storage Furniture
Barbara P. Moore, Jeffrey C. Weatherston, Russell D. White, and Stephen L. Williams
- Chapter 29: Support and Rehousing for Collection Storage
Rachael Perkins Arenstein, Lisa Goldberg, and Eugenie Milroy
- Chapter 30: Evaluating Materials Used for Collection Storage
Pamela Hatchfield
- Chapter 31: Wood and Related Products
Pamela Hatchfield
- Chapter 32: Paper-Based Storage Materials - Fenella G. France
- Chapter 33: Plastic Storage Products - R. Scott Williams
- Chapter 34: Marking Collections - Nora Sharon Lockshin
Storage of Digital Collections
- Chapter 35: An Introduction to Digital Preservation - Sarah Slade, David Pearson, and Steve Knight
- Chapter 36: Care of Born-Digital Objects - Riccardo Ferrante