Digital Reading Room 2.0 -- HERM 339: Conservation (Rev C3)

Canadian Conservation Institute. “Care of Alum, Vegetable and Mineral Tanned Leather.” CCI Notes 8, no. 2 (1992).

Canadian Conservation Institute. “Care of Rawhide and Semi-Tanned Leather.” CCI Notes 8, no. 4 (1992).

Canadian Conservation Institute. “Natural Fibres.” CCI Notes 13, no. 11 (2008).

Home page: Canadian Conservation Institute www.cci-icc.gc.ca/index-eng.aspx

Guild, Sherrie. “Caring for Paper Objects”

Unit 3

Materials Characterization: Inorganic Materials, Modern Materials, and Composite Artifacts

Also see your online Study Guide (Unit 3) for other required readings for this unit.

Heritage Collections Council. “Books.” reCollections: Caring for Collections across Australia: Caring for Cultural Material 1, pp. 31–66. Commonwealth of Australia on behalf of the Heritage Collections Council.

Home page: CAN Collections Australia Network: Australian Cultural Heritage Collections Online

Fischer, Monique. “A Short Guide to Film Base Photographic Materials: Identification, Care, and Duplication.” Preservation Leaflet 5.1. Andover, MA: Northeast Document Conservation Center, 2007.

Home page: Northeast Document Conservation Center

Albright, Gary, and Monique Fischer. “Types of Photographs.” Preservation Leaflet 5.2. Andover, MA: Northeast Document Conservation Center, n.d.

Home page: Northeast Document Conservation Center

Institute of Conservation. “Care and Conservation of Plastic Materials.” Conservation Register. London: Institute of Conservation, 2006.

Home page: [UK] Conservation Register

Ankersmit, Bart, Martina Griesser-Stermscheg, Lyndsie Selwyn, and Susanne Sutherland. Recognizing Metals and their Corrosion Products. Ottawa: Canadian Conservation Institute, 2008.

Canadian Conservation Institute (CCI):
www.cci-icc.gc.ca/index-eng.aspx

Unit 4

Preventive Conservation: Agents of Deterioration, Temperature, Relative Humidity

Also see your online Study Guide (Unit 4) for other required readings for this unit.

Patkus, Beth Lindblom. “Monitoring Temperature and Relative Humidity.” Preservation Leaflet 2.2. Andover, MA: Northeast Document Conservation Centre, 2007.

Home page: Northeast Document Conservation Center

Michalski, Stefan. Incorrect Relative Humidity. Canadian Conservation Institute, 2011.

Michalski, Stefan. Incorrect Temperature. Canadian Conservation Institute, 2011.

Michalski, Stefan. Light, Ultraviolet and Infrared. Canadian Conservation Institute, 2011.

Unit 5

Preventive Conservation: Light and Contaminants

Also see your online Study Guide (Unit 5) for other required readings for this unit.

Tétreault, Jean. Products Used in Preventive Conservation

Tetreault, Jean. Pollutants. Canadian Conservation Institute, 2011.

Tom Strang and Rika Kagawa, Agent of Deterioration: Pests

Tétreault, Jean. Products Used in Preventive Conservation.

Unit 6

Preventive Conservation: Pest Management, Fire Protection, Security and Emergency Preparedness

Also see your online Study Guide (Unit 6) for other required readings for this unit.

Home page: http://www.cci-icc.gc.ca/index-eng.aspx

Stewart, Deborah. Fire. Ottawa: Canadian Conservation Institute, 2011.

NEDCC Staff Emergency Planning

Tremain, David. Thieves and Vandals. Canadian Conservation Institute, 2011.

Home page: http://www.cci-icc.gc.ca/index-eng.aspx

Unit 7

Preventive Conservation: Display, Storage, Handling and Transportation

Also see your online Study Guide (Unit 7) for other required readings for this unit.

Raphael, Toby J. “Preventive Conservation and the Exhibition Process: Development of Exhibit Guidelines and Standards for Conservation.” Journal of the American Institute for Conservation 44, no. 3 (Fall/Winter 2005): 245-257.

Northern States Conservation Centre. “Mounts.” St. Paul, MN: Northern States Conservation Center, 2006.

Home page: Northern States Conservation Center

Cumberland, Donald R., Jr. “Determining Museum Storage Equipment Needs.” Conserve O Gram 4, no. 10 (June 1997).

Cumberland, Donald R., Jr. “Determining Museum Storage Space Requirements.” Conserve O Gram 4, no. 11 (June 1997).

National Parks Service. “Handling, Packing and Shipping.” In Museum Handbook, Part I. Washington, DC: National Parks Service, Department of the Interior, 1999.

Ontario Ministry of Culture. “Physical Plant Standard.” In Standards for Community Museums in Ontario. Toronto: Ontario Ministry of Culture, 2000.

Unit 8

Preventive Conservation: A Multi-level Approach

Also see your online Study Guide (Unit 8) for other required readings for this unit.

Home page: Ontario Ministry of Culture
http://www.mtc.gov.on.ca/en/home.shtml

National Parks Service. “Museum Housekeeping.” In NPS Museum Handbook, Part 1. Washington, DC: National Parks Service, US Department of the Interior, 1998. Read pages 13:1 to 13:15.

Suits, Linda Norbut. “Hazardous Materials in Your Collection.” Conserve O Gram 2 no. 10 (August 1998).

Selwyn, Lyndsie. “Silver: Care and Tarnish Removal.” CCI Notes 9, no. 7 (1997).

Unit 9

Conservation Treatments

Also see your online Study Guide (Unit 9) for other required readings for this unit.

Home page: Canadian Conservation Institute
http://www.cci-icc.gc.ca

Canadian Conservation Institute. “The Cleaning, Polishing and Protective Waxing of Brass and Copper.” CCI Notes 9, no. 3 (1998).

Canadian Conservation Institute. “Care and Cleaning of Iron.” CCI Notes 9, no. 6 (1995).

Manitoba Heritage Conservation Service. "The Brush and Vacuum Technique." In The ABC’s of Collections Care. Winnipeg: Manitoba Heritage Conservation Service, 1990.

Home page: Ontario Museum Association Care of Collections

Northeast Document Conservation Centre. “Conservation Treatment for Works of Art and Unbound Artifacts on Paper.” Preservation Leaflet 7.5. Andover, MA: Northeast Document Conservation Centre, 2007.

Ogden, Sherelyn. “Conservation Treatment for Bound Materials of Value.” Preservation Leaflet 7.6. Andover, MA: Northeast Document Conservation Centre, 2007.

Home page: Northeast Document Conservation Centre

Canadian Association for Conservation and Canadian Association of Professional Conservators. Selecting a Conservator in Canada. Ottawa: Canadian Association for Conservation of Cultural Property, 1997.

Home page: Canadian Association for Conservation

Unit 10

Managing Conservation: Planning, Training, Documentation and Policy

Also see your online Study Guide (Unit 10) for other required readings for this unit.

Getty Conservation Institute. The Conservation Assessment: A Proposed Model for Evaluating Museum Environmental Management Needs. Los Angeles: Getty Conservation Institute, 1998.

Home page: The Getty

Ogden, Sherelyn. What is Preservation Planning? Preservation Leaflet 1.1. Andover, MA: Northeast Document Conservation Centre.

Ogden, Sherelyn. Considerations for Prioritizing. Preservation Leaflet 1.4. Andover, MA: Northeast Document Conservation Centre.