24 de janeiro de 2011

New Conserve-O-Grams available online




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 (COG) series is geared to collections management staff. Technical leaflets cover a range of collections types, including archives, ceramics, digital media, fine arts, furniture, leatherwork, natural history collections, photographs, and textiles. The COGs 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 http://www.nps.gov/museum/publications/.

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Rachael Perkins Arenstein
AIC E-editor