Conserve O Gram

The U.S. National Park Service Museum Management Program is pleased
to announce the publication of several new Conserve O Gram technical
leaflets on the following topics:

      How To Select Gloves: An Overview For Collections Staff
      Care and Identification of Objects Made from Plastic
      Preparing and Storing Geological Drill Cores
      Digital Storage Media

The National Park Service [NPS] Conserve O Gram [COGs] series is
geared to collections management staff.  Leaflets cover a range of
collections types, such as archives and manuscripts, ceramics,
digital media, fine arts, furniture, leatherwork, natural history
collections, photographs, and textiles. The COGs also address
specific procedures, techniques and materials on preservation,
security, fire and curatorial safety, agents of deterioration,
packing and shipping, storage, and disaster preparedness.

The NPS Conserve O Gram series and other NPS museum publications are
available for free download at

    <URL:http://www.nps.gov/history/museum>

Joan Bacharach
National Park Service
Park Museum Management Program
Editor, Conserve O Gram Series
202-354-2015


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