Description
Book SynopsisWhile cultural heritage practitioners and caretakers are often intimidated by best practices, Practical Approaches to Collections Care helps to alleviate those concerns, offering a stepped approach to preservation encompassing a variety of collections care programs.
The author, drawing on over a decade of experience working in libraries, museums, archives, and other historic sites, and specifically building off of her work as a Preservation Specialist at the Conservation Center for Art & Historic Artifacts, discusses realistic, efficient, and sustainable approaches to collection housing, space planning, environmental management, facilities care, emergency preparedness, and much more. Giving examples of implementation and easy-to-follow guides that will allow readers to start from scratch or improve an already existing program, Forsko demonstrates how preservation can become a component of any collections care program. Encouraging the reader to start by taking sma
Table of Contents
1. Introduction; 2. Intellectual Control; 3. Storage Enclosures and Artifact Housing; 4. Space Planning and Management; 5. Collections Care in Exhibitions; 6. Environmental Management; 7. Facilities Management; 8. Emergency Preparedness and Response; 9. Policies, Plans, and Procedures; 10. Conclusion Glossary
