Readings

Week 01 Readings
||Owen, T. (2018). Artifact, information, or folklore, in Theory and craft of digital preservation, ch. 2 (pp. 11-25)|
||Ritzenthaler, M. L. (2010). Preserving archives and manuscripts, ch. 1|
||Preservation 101, Session 1: What is preservation?|

Week 02 Readings
||NEDCC Preservation 101, Session 9: Preservation planning, Program management, Program funding|
||NEDCC Preservation leaflets, Section 1: Planning and prioritizing|
||Ritzenthaler, ch. 2, 8 (pp. 223-292)|
||ALA (2001). American Library Association Preservation Policy.|
||Balloffet, N., &Hill, J. (2004). Equipment, in Conservation and preservation for libraries and archives (pp. 36-45)|
||Brown, K. E. K. (2006). Use of general preservation assessment outputs. Library Resources & Technical Services 50(1), p. 58-72.|
||Heritage Preservation. (2005). A public trust at risk: The Heritage Health Index report on the state of America's collections, executive summary and ch. 9|
||NEDCC Preservation 101, Session 1: Preparing a preservation plan, Collection management|
||SAA core values statement (2011)|

Week 03
Readings
||NEDCC Preservation 101, Session 4: Caring for paper collections|
||NEDCC Preservation leaflets, Section 4: Storage and handling|
||Ritzenthaler, ch. 3 (pp. 43-79)|
||Balloffet, N., & Hill, J. (2004). Paper conservation techniques, in Preservation and conservation for libraries and archives, ch. 4 (pp. 75-79)|
||Carter, H. A. (1996). The chemistry of paper preservation: Part 1. The aging of paper and conservation techniques. Journal of Chemical Education 73(5), pp. 417-420. doi: 10.1021/ed073p417|
||Connecting to Collections. (2014). Caring for books|
||Dartmouth College Library Preservation Services. (1996). Simple book repair manual |
||Grant, R. P. (2000). About paper grain. Skin Deep 10, pp. 1-4.|
||National Information Standards Organization. (2000). Library binding standard, ANSI/NISO/LBI Z39.78-2000.|
||National Information Standards Organization. (2010). Permanence of paper for publications and documents in libraries, ANSI/NISO Z39.48-1992 (R2009).|
||National Library of Australia. (2011). Oh that darn sticky tape (blog entry)|

Videos
||Slow fires  (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.(Running time: ~1 hr)|