The preservation management handbook : a 21st-century guide for libraries, archives, and museums / Ross Harvey, Martha R. Mahard ; revised by Donia Conn.
PART I: Fundamentals -- Mapping the preservation landscape for the twenty-first century -- Preservation principles -- Managing preservation: Policy, assessment, planning -- Security and disaster planning -- PART II: Collections -- Artifacts and information -- The environment -- Creating preservation-friendly objects -- PART III: Media and material -- Putting it all together: Environment and storage quick reference guides -- Paper objects and books -- Photographic materials -- Digital prints -- Sound materials -- Moving image materials -- Digital storage media and files -- Textiles -- Paintings.
Summary:
"Museum curators, museum professionals, archivists and librarians from small local history museums to world-famous art and natural history collections, must deploy their specialized knowledge to prioritize the needs of their collections. This revised volume has a wide range of topic-specific expertise that comprises both an enduring text for preservation students as well as an essential one-stop reference for cultural heritage professionals where resources are limited and professional help is not always at hand"-- Provided by publisher.
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.