Cultural heritage professionals – museum curators, museum professionals, archivists and librarians – work with their specialized knowledge to prioritize the needs of their collections. Preservation managers draw on experts in climate control, fire safety, pest management and more in developing the large overview of a collection and its needs. And all the special materials within the collections have their experts too. Here, in one volume, is a wide range of topic-specific expertise that comprises both an enduring text for preservation students as well as an essential one-stop reference for cultural heritage professionals—particularly those in small- to medium sized organizations where resources are limited and professional help is not always at hand. The editors introduce the reader to the essential tools and principles of a preservation management program in the twenty-first century, addressing the realities of diverse collections and materials, and embracing the challenges of working with both analog and digital collections. The sections on planning and managing a preservation program contain the basic starting point for any kind of collection, regardless of size and content. Written with the small collection in mind, the principles are nevertheless scalable and widely applicable.

The Preservation Management Handbook: A 21st-Century Guide for Libraries, Archives, and Museums

Politics & Social Sciences

Harvey, Ross

Mahard, Martha R.

Social Sciences

Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

Preservation how-to for every medium. 
Cultural heritage professionals—museum curators, museum professionals, archivists, and librarians— use their specialized knowledge to prioritize the needs of their collections. Preservation managers and collections care specialists draw from experts in climate control, fire safety, pest management, and more in assessing a collection and its needs. And all the special materials within the collections have their experts too. This revised second edition contains a wide range of topic-specific expertise that comprises both an enduring text for preservation and collections care students, as well as an essential one-stop reference for cultural heritage professionals—particularly those in small- to medium sized organizations where resources are limited and professional help, is not always accessible. 
Chapter coverage includes: 
PART I: FUNDAMENTALS 
Chapter 1: Mapping the Preservation Landscape for the Twenty-first Century 
Chapter 2: Preservation Principles 
Chapter 3: Managing Preservation: Policy, Assessment, Planning 
Chapter 4: Security and Disaster Planning 
PART II: COLLECTIONS 
Chapter 5: Artifacts and Information 
Chapter 6: The Environment 
Chapter 7: Creating Preservation-friendly Objects 
PART III: MEDIA AND MATERIAL 
Chapter 8: Putting it all together – environment and storage quick reference guides 
Chapter 9: Paper Objects and Books 
Chapter 10: Photographic Materials 
Chapter 11: Digital Prints (A. Carver-Kubik) 
Chapter 12: Sound Materials 
Chapter 13: Moving Image Materials 
Chapter 14: Digital Storage Media and Files 
Chapter 15: Textiles 
Chapter 16: Paintings 
In addition to updated and expanded existing content, a new chapter on digital prints has been added to the Media and Material. Also new is 
<ul>
<li>Expanded information on disaster planning; </li>
<li>A quick guide to good, better, and best preservation practices to help institutions strive to improve their own activities; </li>
<li>A comparative terminology guide to assist in greater understanding between LAMs; </li>
<li>and two quick references for temperature and relative humidity preferences for a wide range of collection materials.</li>
</ul>
This comprehensive handbook is an invaluable reference.

Business & Money

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Libraries, Archives, and Museums Today: Insights from the Field

This book offers insights into changes brought about by the enormous growth of the internet. There are new ways to share cultural heritage materials through online finding aids, exhibits, and other initiatives. What has been accomplished across libraries, archives, and museums? The authors consider that question by using case studies to explore activities in 14 libraries, archives, museums, and other heritage organizations. They consider what we can learn from current collaborations within and across libraries, archives, and museums and why some collaborations are successful while others cannot be sustained. Their findings are based on observations and interviews at institutions and organizations in the United States, Australia, and the U.K. These organizations have worked to make their collections accessible. Some have simply digitized their collections, while others have enhanced their collection management systems. Others have incorporated digital asset management systems to organize and retrieve media, and to manage digital rights and permissions. Most of these institutions and organizations have succeeded through strategic partnerships, strategic planning, and insightful leadership. However, the book also contains examples of institutions that have undergone transitions: one of the museums closed, and another closed its library. Taken together, the fourteen institutions shed light on professional practices today.

Botticelli, Peter

Cloonan professor and past dean, Michèle V.

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