Here are the links from the Second Edition of the Handbook, checked and updated in November 2019. You’ll find other relevant material in the Preservation category.
Examples and case studies
- Archimedes Palimpsest, www.archimedespalimpsest.org.
- Chawton House Library, www.chawtonhouse.org.
- Chethams Library, www.chethams.org.uk.
- Great Parchment Book, www.greatparchmentbook.org.
- John Rylands Library, www.library.manchester.ac.uk/rylands.
- Rushdie Archive at Emory University, http://pid.emory.edu/ark:/25593/8zv36.
- White glove policies British Library and The National Archives: https://www.bl.uk/help/using-gloves-with-books-and-manuscriptsand www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documents/information-management/what-is-the-policy-on-wearing-gloves-to-handle-documents.pdf.
Useful websites
- American Institute for Conservation (AIC), www.conservation-us.org.
- Australian Institute for the Conservation of Cultural Material, www.aiccm.org.au.
- BitCurator (forensic tools for digital preservation), www.bitcurator.net.
- British Library Collections Care, https://www.bl.uk/conservation. The excellent Preservation Guides can be downloaded from this site.
- CALIPR (needs assessment tool). Sorry, the link I cited is broken and I have not yet found an online alternative.
- Canadian Association of Professional Conservators, https://capc-acrp.ca/en/.
- Canadian Conservation Institute, www.cci-icc.gc.ca/index-eng.aspx.
- Collections Trust, https://collectionstrust.org.uk/.
- Conservation Dist List, now available via the Global Conservation Forum www.culturalheritage.org/forum.
- Conservation Online (CoOL), http://cool.conservation-us.org.
- Conservation Register (UK), www.conservationregister.com.
- Digital Archiving at the University of York, http://digital-archiving.blogspot.co.uk.
- Digital Preservation Coalition, www.dpconline.org.
- Digital Preservation (Library of Congress, includes NDIIP and other schemes), www.digitalpreservation.gov.
- Digital Preservation listserv, www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?A0=digital-preservation.
- Historic Libraries Forum, https://historiclibrariesforum.com/.
- Image Permanence Institute, http://imagepermanenceinstitute.org.
- Institute of Conservation (ICON) (UK), http://icon.org.uk, leaflets at icon.org.uk/what-is-conservation/caring-your-collection.
- National Archives guidance on digital preservation, www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/information-management/manage-information/preserving-digital-records.
- National Conservation Service, www.ncs.org.uk.
- National Digital Stewardship Alliance, ndsa.org, and glossary https://ndsa.org/glossary/.
- New Zealand Conservators of Cultural Materials (NZCCM), www.conservators.org.nz.
- Northeast Document Conservation Center (NEDCC), www.nedcc.org
- Portico Primer, knconsultants.org/a-preservation-primer.
- Preservation 101, https://www.nedcc.org/free-resources/preservation-101.