Mass Deacidification

See also Commercial Services, Suppliers, etc.

Abbey Publications

Both Alkaline Paper Advocate and Alkaline Paper Advocate frequently carry items concerning mass deacidification, among them:

• Patents for Low-Cost Deacidification, Rapid Retrieval in Remote Storage Facilities
• Paprican's Dry Deacidification Method
• Two Deacidification Processes Evaluated; Reports Available from LC by Kenneth E. Harris and Chandru J. Shahani
• Akzo Decides to Drop DEZ
• The German Mass Deacidification Project
• Mass Deacidification: Writing A Contract by Elayne Bond
• Mass Deacidification (May 1993)
• DEZ Mass Treatment: Testing for Compliance to Specifications by Scott Kellar
• LC Round Table on Preservation Research & Development by Linda Nainis
• LC and Deacidification Suppliers to Cooperate in 2-Year Testing and Evaluation Program (Oct 1992)
• A Discussion on Deacidification and Pollutants
• LC Has an Action Plan for Deacidification Program (Apr 1992)
• Three Deacidification Methods Compared by Ellen McCrady
• Deacidification vs Microfilming by Ellen McCrady
• Nonaqueous Deacidification at Princeton by Susan Syre Batton

John Havermans, Ronald van Deventer, Sophia Pauk and Henk Porck

Deacidification of Books and Archival Materials with the Battelle Process (PDF), A study carried out by order of the National Preservation Office of the Netherlands (CNC). February 1996

John W. Baty, Crystal L. Maitland, William Minter, Martin A. Hubbe, Sonja K. Jordan-Mowery

Deacidification for the conservation and preservation of paper-based works: a review. BioResources, Vol 5, No 3 (2010)

Harvard University Libraries

Mass Deacidification in the Harvard University Library

Library of Congress

Mass Deacidification Reports

Sophia Pauk

The Bookkeeper Mass Deacidification: Some effects on 20th century library material

Sophia Pauk and Henk Porck

Effects of the Battelle Deacidification on Library Materials, Coördinatiepunt Nationaal Conserveringsbeleid (CNC), September 1995.

Henk J. Porck

Mass deacidification: An update of possibilities and limitations

Jonathan Rhys-Lewis

The Enemy Within! Acid Deterioration of our Written Heritage. A report to the British Library Co-Operation and Partnership Programme on the behalf of the project Steering Committee. Feb. 2001. (Alternate title: Mass Deacidification Feasability Project Report: February 2001)

Sally Roggia

William James Barrow: A Biographical Study of His Formative Years and His Role in the History of Library and Archives Conservation From 1931 to 1941. Dissertation. Columbia University, 1999

Peter G. Sparks

Technical Considerations in Choosing Mass Deacidification Processes

Chandru J. Shahani and F.H. Hengemihle

Effect of Some Deacidification Agents on Copper-Catalyzed Degradation of Paper, Preservation Research and Testing Series No. 9501, Preservation Research and Testing Office, November 1995

See also Research & Testing Publications Online, Preservation Directorate, Library of Congress

Bibliographic resources

Zimmmerman, Carole

Bibliography on Mass Deacidification