Europe
Centre de recherches sur la conservation des documents graphiques
(CRCDG)
The "Centre de recherches sur la conservation des documents graphiques"
is a research centre run jointly by the French Ministry of Culture
and Communication, the CNRS (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique)
and the French National Museum of Natural History. It carries out
research into paper, leather, parchment, photographic documents
(e.g. studies of organic materials, of degradation processes...).
http://www.culture.fr/culture/conservation/fr/
laborato/crcdg.htm
Preservation at the French National Library
This site presents the organisation and the main activities of
the preservation department of the Bibliothèque nationale
de France, BnF (French National Library) as well as two on-line
publications "Actualités de la conservation", the newsletter
of the preservation department of the BnF and "International Preservation
News" the newsletter of the IFLA Core Programme on Preservation
and Conservation.
http://www.bnf.fr/web-bnf/infopro/conserv/index.htm
Arbeitsbereich Europäische Bibliotheksangelegenheiten
This site presents the activities of this working group of the
"Deutsche Bibliotheksinstitut" (German Library Institute), whose
aims are to give information on European library issues and calls
for projects by the European Commission, to advice those whising
to submit projects, and to disseminate the results of the research.
http://www.dbi-berlin.de/bib_wes/dbi_euro/eurohome.htm
North America
Getty Conservation Institute (GCI)
The GCI works to enhance and preserve the worldwide cultural
heritage. Its specialised library collections can be searched online.
Its website disseminates the results of the research supported by
the GCI. (Although the GCI was closed down in June 1999, its web
server was still available as of July 1999).
http://www.getty.edu/gci/
Library of Congress : Preservation
The website of the Library of Congress gives access to studies
of binding, the sound archives, permanent paper, the mass deacidification
programme, expertise in preventive conservation in libraries and
archives.
http://lcweb.loc.gov/preserv/
Preservation Resources
These web pages are produced by OCLC which manages the world's
largest union catalogue. The site covers particularly microfilms
and electronic publications.
http://www.oclc.org/oclc/presres/
Northeast Document Conservation Center
This US non-profit organisation specialises in the preservation
of paper, books, photographs. The site gives online access to an
up-to-date manual on preventive conservation of library and archive
documents.
http://www.nedcc.org/
American Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic
Works (AIC)
The AIC is a professional organisation for the preservation of
artistic and historic cultural property (paintings, paper, books,
photographs, textiles, decorative arts, sculpture, wooden objects,
architecture, archeology, natural sciences and ethnology). It carries
out studies and training in art history, chemistry and related sciences.
Note particularly its working group on paper and books.
http://www.pch.gc.ca/cci-icc/francais/francais.htm
Association of Research Libraries (ARL)
This site gives information on programmes for the preservation
of heritage material in research libraries and particularly on digitised
documents.
http://www.arl.org/
Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR)
This site gives information on cooperative programmes with China,
the European countries, Latin America, South Africa and on research
on the preservation of the cinema heritage and digitised documents.
http://www.clir.org/
Research Libraries Group (RLG)
RLG is responsible for the PRESERV programme on preventive conservation,
which is especially concerned with electronic documents.
http://www.rlg.org/
Canadian Heritage Information Network (CHIN)
This site gives access to online resources related to Canadian
museums and cultural heritage. Several groups of data bases are
also available for searching (on subscription) on the following
subjects : preservation and restoration, museum sciences, legislation,
catalogues of specialised libraries,data dictionaries, etc.
http://www.rcip.gc.ca/
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