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Supporting distributed cultural collections by connecting conservators and custodians

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Electronic Information Media

Set up a preservation program for electronic information and media.

Biological Pests

Know and understand how to set up an integrated pest management system to protect valuable items in your care.

Managing Volunteers

Explore common goals for both paid staff and volunteers and the potential advantages of having volunteers in your organisation.

Collection Tips and Guides

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Photographs

Learn about appropriate storage and display techniques to ensure the preservation of photographic collections.

Acquisitions and Significance

How knowing the significance of an object can help institutions set priorities for work programs and the allocation of resources.

Humidity and Temperature

Learn some of the adverse effects that extremes and fluctuations in relative humidity and temperature have on objects.

Counter-Disaster Planning

Understand the need to assess the extent of a disaster, and quickly assemble the resources you need to deal with it.

Metals

Understand the steps to take to minimise the corrosion of metals in your collections.

Leather

Understand the storage and display conditions which are required to minimise the deterioration of leather objects.

Health and Safety

Be aware of your responsibilities in relation to health and safety issues.

Outdoor Collections

Know the basics of caring for and maintaining outdoor cultural materials.

Management Practices

Understand how best practice and benchmarking can help museums, galleries and libraries.

Access to collections

Be familiar with a variety of display techniques which can help minimise the risks caused by public access.

Dust and Pollutants

Understand how to minimise pollution in your collection’s environment.

Books

Practical knowledge about how to store and display books so that damage is minimised.

Health and Safety

Chemicals and Solvents.

Volunteers

Recruitment and selection.

Handling

Handling composite objects.

Photographs

Identification of historic photographs.

Collection Surveys and Condition Reporting

Examining Objects.

Electronic Information Media

Preserving audio and video recordings on tape.

Paintings

Climatic Zones.

Paintings

Handling Stretched Canvas.

Common Deterioration Processes

Examples of Deterioration.

reCollections: Caring for Distributed Collections, has been written by practicing conservators and is intended to provide a sound guide for the preventive care of cultural items. Active conservation treatment of cultural material should only be undertaken by, or on the advice of, a trained conservator. Before relying on any of the material in this guide, users should check its accuracy, currency, completeness and relevance for their purposes and should obtain appropriate professional advice. If in doubt, consult a conservator.

© 2018-21 by The University of Melbourne. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. This publication is based on the original work reCollections © Commonwealth of Australia 1998.

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© 2018-21 by The University of Melbourne. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. This publication is based on the original work reCollections © Commonwealth of Australia 1998.