{"id":39,"date":"2023-06-08T16:32:36","date_gmt":"2023-06-08T20:32:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/archival-processing-manual\/?page_id=39"},"modified":"2023-08-15T16:06:53","modified_gmt":"2023-08-15T20:06:53","slug":"conservation","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/archival-processing-manual\/conservation\/","title":{"rendered":"Conservation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Preservation Processing Guidelines<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Always utilize size-appropriate folders and boxes.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Audio\/VHS etc tapes get stored in Hollinger boxes (document cases). (RBSC)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Audio\/video cassette plastic tabs removed to limit the possibility of recording over the media.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Always remove loose leaf binders (3-ring).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>NEVER attempt to access born-digital material regardless of media type.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Spiral\/comb bindings are left as-is. If heavily damaged, items are flagged for conservation review.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Remove extraneous folders, save folders with information.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Remove paper clips.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Remove rubber bands.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Leave staples that are in good condition. Rusty staples are removed.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Remove metal pins used as fasteners.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>No sticky-notes. Save your place by using an acid-free bookmark.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Selectively place items in polyester sleeves based if the fragility limits safe handling.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Selectivity &#8220;internal\/mini&#8221; paper folders to prevent undesirable interactions, e.g.:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>To isolate highly acidic pieces from other better quality paper (use paper folders unless material are highly fragile, then use plastic).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>&nbsp;To isolate other potential hazards (e.g., greasy or sticky residues) from surrounding items.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>To contain torn documents or other items to retain them together intellectually.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Negatives, films, transparencies, and slides are sleeved in polypropylene or polyethylene sleeves. (If they arrive sleeved in other types of plastic they are re-sleeved into appropriate plastic sleeves.)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Use gloves for handling all films and glass plates. Do not handle if film is sticky.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Only handle photographic prints by the sides.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Glass-plate negatives require immovable storage. Never stack.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Small paper items that are business card sized or smaller are similarly stored in plastic sleeves.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Maximum folder capacity is c. 1 inch.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The order of materials as received is retained. Items are not sub-foldered in order to identify\/separate individual multi-page manuscripts for content\/preservation separation reasons. Items are not individually collated.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>If materials cannot be safely handled upon processing they are deemed &#8220;restricted use&#8221; &#8211; e.g. very fragile newspaper scrapbooks. Such material gets minimal\/low processing\/description as well. As items are called up for (supervised) use with curator, and more is learned, they can be reassessed for treatment.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>All incoming plastic sleeves are removed. New preservation quality plastic sleeves are provided as appropriate.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Updated August 2019<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Preservation Processing Guidelines Updated August 2019<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4613,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-39","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/archival-processing-manual\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/39","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/archival-processing-manual\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/archival-processing-manual\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/archival-processing-manual\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4613"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/archival-processing-manual\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/archival-processing-manual\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/39\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":219,"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/archival-processing-manual\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/39\/revisions\/219"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/archival-processing-manual\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}