SERVICES

Conservation

Library Binding

Shelf Preparation

Preventative Care

Book Damage Gallery

Resources

RESOURCES

Bookbinding | Conservation | Digital Preservation
Future of the Book | Identifying Book Damage
Preservation Sections of Library Organizations

Bookbinding

Book Arts Web
http://www.philobiblon.com/

Boston Book Arts
http://www.bostonbookarts.org/

Guild of Book Workers
http://palimpsest.stanford.edu/byorg/gbw/index.shtml

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Conservation

Conservation OnLine
http://palimpsest.stanford.edu

American Institute for Conservation (AIC)
http://aic.stanford.edu/index.html

AIC Guide to Conservation Services
http://www.aic-faic.org/guide/form.html

Caring for Your Treasures
http://aic.stanford.edu/library/online/brochures/index.html

Preserving My Heritage, CCI
http://www.preservation.gc.ca/index_e.asp

Canadian Conservation Institute (CCI)
http://www.cci-icc.gc.ca/main_e.shtml

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Digital preservation

Research Libraries Group's newsletter: RLG DigiNews
http://www.rlg.org/preserv/diginews

Digital preservation initiative at the Library of Congress
http://www.digitalpreservation.gov/index.php

The Digital Library Federation
http://www.diglib.org

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Future of the book

Preservation and Persistence of the Changing Book
http://www.futureofthebook.com/faq

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Identifying book damage

http://www.thebookbinder.com/html/problems.htm

Book Damage Gallery section from this website

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Preservation sections of library organizations

American Library Association (ALA) Preservation Policy
http://www.ala.org/ala/alctscontent/alctspubsbucket/
webpublications/alctspreservation/alapreservationp/
alapreservation.htm

Association for Library Collections & Technical Services (ALCTS)
Preservation and Reformatting Section
http://www.ala.org/ala/alcts/alcts.htm
(Click on "Preservation" section)

Association of Research Librarians (ARL) Preservation Program
http://www.arl.org/preserv/index.html

Preservation and Conservation Interest Group (PCIG)
of the Association of College & Research Libraries (ACRL), New England Chapter
http://www.acrlnec.org/sigs/pcig/

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