Just like museums and galleries, archives and libraries must pay close attention to the temperature and humidity conditions in their spaces. It would be tempting to think or expect that archive collections are not as materially diverse as ethnographic museum...
Library collection management is a challenging task not only because you need to worry about the management of the actual books as a collection, but also because, unlike museums, your collection is freely available for patrons to take home. You need to make decisions...
Storing books requires careful consideration of several environmental factors. Book storage temperature has an interesting relationship to conservation goals, which is mostly (although not entirely) due to how temperature and relative humidity relate to each other....
You are in charge of a team of conservators. It’s your job to justify, plan, spend, and stay within laboratory budgets. Perhaps you used to do some bench conservation back in the day, but that was a long time ago. Now, it’s your responsibility to protect your...
If you don’t have access to an in-house book conservator in your institution, do not fear! Many collections professionals will only rarely get access to specialists, so it’s always a good idea to brush up on our knowledge of different materials so we know what we can...
