Heritage Hub Collections Care training
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- How to preserve your family or community archive: Introduction to Collection Care
- How to preserve your family or community archive: Collection Care 2: Preparation for preservation.
- How to preserve your family or community archive: Collection Care 3, Preservation Layers
- How to preserve your family or community archive: Collection Care 4: Dangers to preservation
- How to preserve your family or community archive: Collection Care 5: Protective enclosures
- How to preserve your family or community archive: Collection Care 6: Managing workload
- How to preserve your family or community archive: Collection Care 7: Economics of Preservation
- How to preserve your family or community archive: Collection care 8: Protective enclosures
- How to preserve your family or community archive: Collection care 9: Protective enclosures 2
- How to preserve your family or community archive: Collection Care 10: Outsize items
- How to preserve your family or community archive: Collection Care 11: Books and volumes in storage
- How to preserve your family or community archive, Collections care training 12: Pests
- How to preserve your family or community archive: the Collection Care 13: Fire & water damage
- How to preserve your family or community archive: Collection Care 14: Physical damage prevention
- How to preserve you family or community archive: Collection care 15: damaged items
- How to preserve your family or community archive? Collection Care 16: Copies
- How to preserve your family or community archive: Collection Care 17: Storage Furniture
- How to preserve your family or community archive: Collection Care 18: Wrap-up
How to preserve your family or community archive: Collection Care 3
How do I care for my collection? Want to know where to start?
Previously, we addressed the question: why care for the collection? Now it’s time to consider ‘how’.
Think of your document, object or collection as sitting inside several outer layers. These can provide protection, or they could be sources of harm. We need to think about each of these layers when preserving our collections. Each collection is unique and is kept in a particular location and environment. It will be different for everyone.
Later, we will introduce you to the 10 agents of deterioration. For now, it’s enough for you to know that there are multiple threats to your collection!
You will need to make a plan that meets your specific needs. You can download an Action Checklist from our website which will give you some things to consider. It covers Aims (2), Buildings, Storage, Housekeeping, Handling & Use, Environment, Conservation, Copies and Emergencies, and can be used as a framework to ensure your collection is well protected and cared for.