Further Reading about Conservation and Preservation

This list includes resources of interest to institutions and individuals concerned primarily with the preservation of paper-based collections. Many of these sites provide links to other related resources.

Collections Care

• American Institute for Conservation — Caring for Your Treasures
• British Library Resources and Guides
• Canadian Conservation Institute — Conservation Tools, Resources, and News
• IFLA International Preservation News
• National Park Service — Conserve-O-Grams and Museum Handbook
• Northeast Museum Services Center Videos

Conservation

• The American Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works
• Association of North American Graduate Programs in Conservation
• Canadian Conservation Institute
• Conservation OnLine
• Getty Conservation Institute — AATA Online
• Western Association for Art Conservation

Preservation

• Library of Congress Preservation Directorate
• National Center for Preservation Technology and Training
• Regional Alliance for Preservation

Books, Paper, and Photographs

• Antiquarian Booksellers' Association of America
• The Book and Paper Group
• Books at Virginia: Rare Book School
• Canadian Bookbinders and Book Artists Guild
• The Daguerreian Society
• Friends of Dard Hunter
• Guild of Bookworkers
• Image Permanence Institute
• The Royal Photographic Society
• Wilhelm Imaging Research

Library/Archives/Museum Associations and Organizations

• ALCTS Preservation and Reformatting Section (PARS)
• American Association for State and Local History
• American Alliance of Museums
• Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners
• New England Archivists
• New England Museum Association NEMA
• Smithsonian Institution Museum Related Organizations
• Society of American Archivists
• SAA Directory of Archival Organizations

Spanish Language Articles on Photograph Conservation

"El tratamiento para la conservación de materiales fotográficos impresos en estado de deterioro."  The Imperfect Image; Photographs their Past, Present, and Future (Conference Proceedings for the papers presented at the Center for Photographic Conservation's first international conference at the Low Wood Conference Center, Windermere 6th–10th April 1992). London; The Center for Photographic Conservation, 1992. Written by Debbie Hess Norris.

"La preservación de las colecciones fotográficas en las bibliotecas de investigación: un punto de vista."  On Photo Preservation and the Research Library. Mountainview, CA: Research Library Group. 7–17, 1991. Written by James M. Reilly

Note: The above articles were translated into Spanish for a workshop taught on photograph conservation at the Cuban History Institute, Havana Cuba in March 2002. An associate of the Cuban History Institute translated the essays. It was requested by Amparo Torres, Special Projects Officer, The Library of Congress, that these pieces be posted on the NEDCC website in order to access and educate a larger Spanish speaking audience about photograph conservation. Please note these publications are in PDF format.