Re: [ARSCLIST] 78 RECORDS MILDEW AND MOLD

["Watsky, Lance" <lwatsky@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

For the highly acidic cardboard containers, you can preserve the information and possible artwork by Preservation Photocopying. 

Here is the link to the Library of Congress requirements for Preservation Photocopying: http://www.loc.gov/preserv/care/photocpy.html

Lance Watsky
Preservation & Media Specialist
The Georgia Archives
5800 Jonesboro Road
Morrow, GA 30260
678-364-3764 (phone)
678-364-3860 (fax)
lwatsky@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
www.GeorgiaArchives.org




-----Original Message-----
From: Association for Recorded Sound Discussion List
[mailto:ARSCLIST@xxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Don Cox
Sent: Sunday, October 24, 2004 4:18 PM
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Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] 78 RECORDS MILDEW AND MOLD


On 24/10/04, H. Duane Goldman wrote:

> I would not recommend prolonged storage of phonograph records in
> plastic bags.

I have plenty of LPs which have been stored in standard polythene inner
sleeves for forty years or more without damage.

Regards
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Don Cox
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