Storing cellulose nitrate artifacts

Lisa Ann Bengston <lbengston<-a t->royalbcmuseum< . >bc< . >ca> writes

>We are considering cold storage for the cellulose nitrate artifacts
>in our History collection. Those cellulose nitrate artifacts that
>are visibly deteriorated will be rehoused and sent to our offsite
>cold storage facility immediately. The question is what to do with
>those cellulose nitrate artifacts that appear to be stable at this
>time. ...

I want to take the opportunity to point out that an extensive
annotated bibliography on cellulose nitrate, produced as part of the
NEH funded Wisconsin Cellulose Nitrate Film Study, is available
here:

    <URL:http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/libraryarchives/conservation/pdfs/LIB-Nitrate-Bibliography-WORKING.pdf>

In addition to annotations, every article is tagged from a
controlled list. That list, which can be used to limit a search for
articles relevant only to CN objects, is available here:

    <URL:http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/libraryarchives/conservation/pdfs/LIB-CN-Controlled-Vocabulary-NUMERIC-tiny.pdf>

Katie Mullen
Preservation Coordinator
Library-Archives
Wisconsin Historical Society


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