Deterioration agents and damaged documents


A Virtual Exhibition of the Ravages of Dust, Water, Moulds, Fungi, Bookworms and other Pests

Horrifying testimony to the damage done to collections due to lack of preventive measures.
http://www.knaw.nl/ecpa/expo.htm

«They can destroy our cultural heritage»
Essential information and a database on insect pests harmful to museum, library and archival collections (Pages from the website of OCIM).
http://www.ocim.fr/htposter/presins.htm

Pest Management
A list of online information ressources on the effects of pests and fungi in libraries.
http://palimpsest.stanford.edu/bytopic/pest/

Mycological Aspects of Indoor Environmental Quality
An inexhaustible source of information on fungi (Website of the University of Minnesota).
http://www.dehs.umn.edu/fungus/myco.html

 


Risk management


Hazards and Risk Virtual Library - by Impacts - Cultural Heritage

A list of resources (projects, papers, reports...) on the management of natural and technology risks to the cultural heritage.
http://life.csu.edu.au/hazards/9CulturalHeritage.html

Disaster Preparedness and Response
List of online resources available on the CoOL website.
http://palimpsest.stanford.edu/bytopic/disasters/

Emergency Drying Procedures for Water-Damaged Collections
Emergency measures to be taken in case of lood damage to collections. (Website of the library of Congress).
http://lcweb.loc.gov/preserv/emerg/dry.html

Disaster Planning for Libraries and Archives : Understanding the Essential Issues
Paper presented by Jan Lyall during the Pan-African Conference on Preservation and Conservation of Library and Archival Materials. Nairobi (Kenya), June 21-25, 1993.
http://www.nla.gov.au/nla/staffpaper/lyall1.html

Cultural Heritage Fire Suppression Systems : Alternatives to Halon 1301
What are the alternatives to Halon 1301 gas (which is harmful to the environment) to fight the fire in museums ?
http://www.museum-security.org/halon-alternative.htm

 

Websites last visited : 2nd August 1999