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Preservation Education Curriculum Image Library

Images have been provided to assist you in illustrating most of the lessons. This collection should not be considered the definitive source for preservation images. Rather, use it to enhance your presentations and perhaps update some of your existing images. NEDCC is grateful to the many vendors and institutions—libraries, museums, archives, and historical societies—that were willing to share their photographs for this project.

These photographs are available as 72 dpi JPEG files, which can be downloaded for multimedia presentations in the classroom. You can view the caption and copyright notice for each photograph when you view the enlarged image. These images are to be used for educational purposes only and should not be published without permission from the copyright holder.

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Open wire chrome shelving can be used for storage if items are protected in boxes; wire shelving will leave marks on unprotected items. Wooden file cabinets emit damaging gases. These cabinets lack drawer frames, causing folders to slump and become distorted. Filling map case drawers too full with materials of varying sizes and types results in torn and distorted collections. Use archival folders the same size as the drawer and limit the number and type of items in a drawer to prevent damage. Poor storage of blueprints: they are tightly rolled, not clearly labeled, and poorly supported. Oversize maps are stored in acid-free, lignin-free tubes labeled on the end. The shelves provide full support. Oversize artifacts that have been rolled for a long time can become brittle and break when they are unrolled. CDs in cases won't slide and are easy to flip through in purpose-built CD storage drawers. Proper storage of cassette tapes: tapes are stored upright and prevented from sliding in the drawer. Book cradles and book Many factors must be considered before institutional materials are moved off site including space, costs, access time and delivery, off-site storage conditions, and security.