Resources

Preservation and Conservation at SUL

• Programmatic description of the Department of Preservation and Conservation: Includes description of environmental monitoring, circulating collections repair and rehousing, special collections conservation, audio reformatting, and digitization.

Research Guides

• Book Arts @ Syracuse University Library

• Conservation and Preservation

Other Resources

• Book Repair Basics for Libraries: This presentation familiarizes viewers with different aspects of circulating collections book repair for school, public, and academic library staff by showing basic descriptions of techniques, images, and video.This presentation should not be construed as a how-to, hands-on workshop. Likewise, it is not aimed at the treatment of special collections items. Selected resources for training, both hands-on and online are provided at the end. Presented as an ALCTS webinar on September 14th, 2011.
• Archival 101 & Working with Vendors: Designed to demystify the archival product market for the layperson and non-preservation specialist, the presentation provided an overview of the conservation and preservation issues facing libraries, cultural organizations, and individuals; described the terminology in use; discussed products and offers buying tips on the different ways these can be used. This updated version was presented as a webinar to ALA/ALCTS on May 11, 2010.
• Disaster Planning: Salvaging books and other paper-based materials after a water emergency. See also the Library's "Disaster Recovery" pages.
• Digitization Project Management Basics: This full-day workshop described types of digitization projects and discussed infrastructure, funding, standards for file formats and metadata, and the impact on public services /reference. Part of the "Ready, Set, Digitize" workshop series hosted by CLRC and SCLRC. Cortland, NY, September 10, 2007.
• Digital Preservation: An Historical Perspective and Overview: Introduces the concepts of digital preservation to library school students beginning with various historic analog formats through current cooperative project such as LOCKSS, Fedora, ...
• Archival Papers and Adhesives for Dissertations
• CLRC Calendar: Images from the CLRC's 2005 calendar designed by Donia Conn to raise awareness of the myriad of preservation issues faced by libraries and other cultural repositories.
• Environmental Monitoring and Control
• Local and Regional Conservation Referral List
• Storage of Architectural Materials at the Syracuse University Library - Article published in the Book and Paper Group Annual, 2003, of the American Institute of Conservation.