Conservation and Preservation Resources 

Book Conservation

• Conservation Recase - Recasing in cloth retaining the original sewing and adding new endsheets.
• Molded Paper Spine - For recasing pre-1800 volumes sewn on raised cords, providing a much more sypathetic appearance than recasing in cloth.
• Thin Paper Spine - Rebinding for books less than 1cm thick.

Enclosures

• One-Piece Tuxedo Phase Box - Cut and folded four flap enclosure.
• Two-Piece Tuxedo Phase Box - Cut, folded, and assembed four flap enclosure.
• Phase Box - Cut, folded, and assembed four flap enclosure.
• Mylar Phase Box - As above but with Mylar wrapping for the spine to show contents.
• Corrugated Cardboard Clamshell Box - Cut out of one piece of board with glued corners.
• Drop Spine Box - Trays cut & assembled and covered in cloth.
• Windowed Drop Spine Box - As above but with a window in the spine to show contents.
• Encapsulation - Mylar encapsulation using an edge welder.

Other

• Exhibit Cradles - Made of Vivak, a plexiglass which can be cut on the boardshear and folded by hand.
• The Care and Handling of Books and Manuscripts: A Workshop for SUL SCRC Staff and Students. In PowerPoint format.

Resources:

• Archival 101: Answers to questions concerning selecting the most appropriate materials to house your collections, different storage options, terminology found in various catalogs, and how to get the best deal from vendors. Last presented to CLRC in March of 2006.
• 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: Selection criteria, size issues, in-house or outsourcing.
• 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.