Mass Deacidification


Mass Deacidification

A bibliography and list of documents available online.
http://palimpsest.stanford.edu/bytopic/massdeac/

Mass Deacidification. An update of possibilities and limitations
Report by Henk J. Porck on the advantages and limitations of the most frequently used deacidification treatments, published in 1996.
http://www.knaw.nl/ecpa/publ/porck.htm

Technology Helps Library Save Its Paper Collections
"Bookkeeper" - new deacidification treatment based on impregnation of documents with oxide of magnesium, presented by Will Dalrymple in the Bulletin of the Library of Congress.
http://lcweb.loc.gov/loc/lcib/970421/web/deacid.html

 


Permanent Paper


International standard ISO 9706 : Information and documentation - Paper for documents - Requirements for permanence
http://www.iso.ch/catf/d17562.html

 


Discussion Lists


Book_Arts-L Archives
A list managed by the University of Syracuse and intended for art book specialists, curators etc. The list archives can also be consulted.
http://palimpsest.stanford.edu/byform/mailing-lists/bookarts/

ExLibris Archives
A discussion forum hosted by the University of California (Berkeley) on rare books and manuscripts. The list archives can also be consulted.
http://palimpsest.stanford.edu/byform/mailing-lists/exlibris/

 

Websites last visited : 2nd August 1999