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Hi Peggy, A good place to start is watching Caring for Archives: Fundamentals for Everyone from the C2CCare webinar archive, and browsing the excellent list of sources in the handout. Care, Handling and Storage of Works on Paper from the Library of Congress is also a good overview. For detailed information ...

Hi Martin, Thank you for the additional details, which do make a difference in how I think about the question. My short answer is that given the frequency and ongoing nature of the sleepovers, I'd be more likely to advocate for some alternative to the black light than if it had been proposed for a one-off ...

It's beautiful! Thanks for sharing. I also wanted to post some thoughts from two other objects conservators who responded to my inquiries about chrome - in case there are other readers making decisions about whether/how to clean metal items. From Katherine Ridgway: Chrome is usually a thin layer ...

Hi Martin, I don't know much about this topic, but I'm looking into it and I hope to get back to you soon. In the meantime, more information about your library could be useful. From your website, it looks like you have extensive natural history collections including books of plant specimens, but do you ...

Hi Trisha, If your oversized items can continue to be stored in the flat file, rather than constructing portfolios I would recommend ordering map or print folders for them. This could be a simpler option for you labor-wise and involves fewer materials (i.e. single pieces of folder stock as opposed to ...