Preservation

It is very important to have access to the basic knowledge about preserving archival materials. We will help you to find practical information regarding archival management and preservation of records and historical materials. If you are interested in preserving private collections, libraries and archives, please contact Central Laboratory for Conservation of Archival Records (CLKA).

You may also find advice and materials for building professional preservation programs for your archival holdings on the following Web sites:

The Preservation and Archives Professional Web site of the National Archives and Records Administrations in Washington D.C. may be very useful for your archival holdings. You may find there practical information on preservation of records (paper, parchment, photographic materials, audio and video tapes, disks and digital media), archival buildings and environmental standards.

CoOL, a project of the Preservation Department of Stanford University Libraries, is a full-text library of conservation information. It covers a wide spectrum of topics regarding the conservation of archival materials, including links to various preservation topics, people and organizations.

The Archivist's Toolkit of the Archives Association of British Columbia has been designed as a community resource for use by those working primarily in small and medium-sized archives in British Columbia.

The National Archives' of UK Preservation Service aims to preserve the records through preservation of digital material and techniques of traditional preservation.