Good storage is the foundation of effective collection care-advancing conservation while promoting accessibility and use. Preventive Conservation: Collection Storage covers all types of collections, including science, fine and decorative art, history, library, archive, and digital collections. It concentrates on preventive conservation and emphasizes a risk-management approach. Reflecting the breadth of its scope, the new book is a collaboration between the Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections, the American Institute for Conservation, the Smithsonian Institution, and the George Washington University Museum Studies Program. It will be useful to anyone in the field of collection care looking for an overview of collection storage-be it an established specialist, an emerging professional, or a student.
And if you would like details of what is inside this impressive new tome, please visit the SPNHC wiki where you can download the Table of Contents, read the chapter abstracts and take a peek at one example of the useful Storage-at-a-Glance section. https://spnhc.biowikifarm.net/wiki/Collection_Storage
Lisa Elkin and Christopher A. Norris, editors.
ISBN 978-0-9978679-2-3
Trim size 7 x 10 in.; 944 pages; full color.
$95 hardcover.
Available online at https://store.culturalheritage.org/site/index.php?app=ecom&ns=prodshow&ref=AIC-31