Bibliography on standards in library and archives conservation

A new and very useful publication a, register of standards, codes of
practice, guidelines, etc., is available online:

    First, Do No Harm: A Register of Standards, Codes of Practice,
    Guidelines, Recommendations and Similar Works relating to
    Preservation and Conservation in Libraries and Archives.
    Compiled by John McIlwaine on behalf of the IFLA Preservation
    and Conservation Section. March 2005. 79 pp. See
    <URL:http://www.ifla.org/VII/s19/index.htm>

Ten chapters including: 1. Standards in general; 2. Dictionaries of
terminology: 3. Preservation and conservation in general; 4.
Education and training; 5. Environmental management; 6. Security; 7.
Emergency planning/Disaster preparedness; 8. Preventive conservation
and storage; 9. Preservation treatment/Restoration and repair; and
10. Reformatting/Creation of surrogates.  Also list of contact
organizations.

Johanna Wellheiser
Information Coordinator
IFLA Preservation and Conservation Section
Manager, Preservation and Digitization Services
Toronto Public Library
789 Yonge Street
Toronto, Ontario  M4W 2G8
Canada
416-393-7128
Fax: 416-393-7147


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