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Preservation and Conservation Section

Useful Links

See also: Useful Resources


AATA Online: Abstracts of International Conservation Literature
http://aata.getty.edu/NPS/

Book Information Website
http://www.xs4all.nl/~knops/index3.htm

CIN (Conservation Information Network) (In English and French)
http://www.chin.gc.ca/English/Conservation/index.html

CLIR (Council on Library and Information Resources)
http://www.clir.org/

COOL (COnservation OnLine: Resources for Conservation Professionals)
http://palimpsest.stanford.edu

The Conservation Link
http://www.museion.net/kl1/kons/cl.htm

DLF (Digital Library Federation, U.S.)
http://www.diglib.org/dlfhomepage.htm

ECPA (European Commission on Preservation and Access)
http://www.knaw.nl/ecpa/

ERPANET (Electronic Resource Preservation and Access Network)
(Available in English, French, Dutch, Italian and Spanish)
http://www.erpanet.org

GRIP (Gateway for Resources and Information on Preservation)
http://www.knaw.nl/ecpa/grip/

GRIP-hosted publications
http://www.knaw.nl/ecpa/grip/publications.html

  • ECPA Report: Preservation Science Survey: An Overview of Recent Developments in Research on the Conservation of Selected Analog Library and Archival Materials (Porck and Teygeler, 2001)
  • ICA Publication: Preservation of Archives in Tropical Climates: An Annotated Bibliography (Teygeler with de Bruin, Wassinak and van Zanen, 2001)

Heritage Preservation (USA)
http://www.heritagepreservation.org/

IADA (International Association of Archival Material, Books and Graphic Art on Paper Conservators
http://palimpsest.stanford.edu/iada/

ICA (International Council on Archives)
http://www.ica.org

  • See Committee on Preservation in Temperate Climates and Committee on Preservation in tropical Climates
  • ICA Electronic Publications on Archives Storage

http://www.ica.org/news.php?pnewsid=84&plangue=eng

ICOM (International Council of Museums)
http://icom.museum

ICCROM (International Centre for the Study of the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property)
http://www.iccrom.org

IFAR (International Foundation for Art Research)
http://www.museum-security.org/indexdefinitief.html

IFLA Core Programme for Preservation and Conservation (PAC)
http://www.ifla.org/VI/4/pac.htm

IFLA Electronic Collections
http://www.ifla.org/II/index.htm

IFLA PAC/UAP Directory of Digitized Collections Worldwide
http://www.ifla.org/VI/2/p1/miscel.htm

IFLA Publications and Other Resources
http://www.ifla.org/ipubs.htm

IFLA Round Table on Newspapers: Medium Term Programme, 2001-2003
http://www.ifla.org/VII/s39/annual/ar2001.htm

IIC (International Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works)
http://www.iiconservation.org

IPC (Institute of Paper Conservation, U.K.)
http://palimpsest.stanford.edu/ipc/

IPI (Image Permanence Institute, Rochester Institute for Technology)
http://www.imagepermanenceinstitute.org/index.html

Joint Information Systems Committee (U.K.)
http://www.jisc.ac.uk/

LAC (Library and Archives Canada) Bibliography of Standards and Selected References
http://www.collectionscanada.ca/8/14/index-e.html

Library Preservation and Conservation Tutorial - Southeast Asia
http://www.librarypreservation.org/

NCPTT (National Center for Preservation Training and Technology) Preservation Internet Resources
http://www.ncptt.nps.gov/ncptt2/clear_internet_resources.stm

PADI (Preserving Access to Digital Information)
http://www.nla.gov.au/padi/

Preserve/Net Links
http://www.preservenet.cornell.edu/

RESTAURO (In German)
http://www.restauro.de/index.htm

Preservation Education and Awareness for Library Users
http://gort.ucsd.edu/preseduc/

Sciences & Patrimoine Culturel - Portail de la conservation-restauration des biens culturels (In French)
http://www.culture.fr/culture/conservation/fr/index.htm

ScreenSound Australia
http://www.screensound.gov.au/Screensound/...

SEPIA (Safeguarding European Photographic Images for Access)
http://www.knaw.nl/ecpa/sepia/

TECHSTREET (Worldwide technical standards)
http://www.techstreet.com/goto-gate.tmpl

UNESCO Libraries Portal: Preservation and Access Initiatives
http://www.unesco.org/webworld/...

UNESCO Memory of the World Programme
http://www.unesco.org/webworld/mdm/index_2.html

Disaster Management: Selected Links

Conservation Online: Disaster Preparedness and Response
http://palimpsest.stanford.edu/bytopic/disasters/

Disaster Recovery Journal
http://www.drj.com

Emergency Preparedness Canada
http://www.ocipep.gc.ca/index.asp

Emergency Preparedness Information Exchange
http://epix.hazard.net/

Federal Emergency Management Agency (USA)
http://www.fema.gov/

Forum Bestandserhalyung: Notfall (Emergency)
http://www.forum-bestandserhaltung.de/ (In German)

Heritage Emergency Task Force (USA)
http://www.heritagepreservation.org/PROGRAMS/taskfer.htm

ICOM Museums Emergency Programme
http://www.international.icomos.org/risk/2001/icom2001.htm

ICOMOS (International Council on Monuments and Sites)
Blue Shield Preparedness and Emergency Response Program
http://www.icomos.org/blue_shield/

IFLA - International Committee of the Blue Shield
http://www.ifla.org/VI/4/admin/protect.htm

Library of Congress: Emergency Preparedness
http://lcweb.loc.gov/preserv/prepare.html

M25Consortium of Higher Education Libraries: Disaster Control Planning Site
http://www.m25lib.ac.uk/m25dcp/

Museum Security Network
http://www.museum-security.org/indexdefinitief.html

National Library of Australia: Disaster Planning and Recovery
http://www.nla.gov.au/npo/pubs/disaster.html

ScreenSound Australia: Fire-Affected Video Tapes, Photographic Materials, Audio Materials

UNESCO Emergency Programme - Protection of Vital Records in the Event of Armed Conflict

UNESCO: Floods in Europe: Damage to Libraries and Archives

Western Association for Art Conservation Newsletter
http://palimpsest.stanford.edu/waac/

National Libraries and Preservation: Selected Links

Biblothèque nationale de France, Conservation (In French, English and Spanish)
http://www.bnf.fr/pages/zNavigat/frame/infopro.htm

Koninklijke Bibliotheek (The Hague, Netherlands): Expert Centre, Preservation
(In Dutch and English)
http://www.kb.nl/menu/expertise-en.html

Library of Congress Preservation Directorate
http://www.loc.gov/preserv/

National Library of Australia, Preservation Activities/Policy and Planning
http://www.nla.gov.au/pres/
http://www.nla.gov.au/policy/prespol.html

National Library of Sweden, Department of Preservation and Access
http://www.kb.se/Bertil/start_eng.htm

NPO (National Preservation Office, British Library, U.K.)
http://www.bl.uk/services/npo/npo.html