Conservation II – Storage

Conservation II – Storage

In order to help preserve the items that you wish to keep it is essential that you use good quality storage materials.

Acid Free

You should use Archival (Acid Free) paper and boxes to wrap, cover and box the items that you wish to keep. This is something that all keen scrapbookers are now all familiar with.

If an acidic product (in other words ordinary cardboard box material, plastic, newspaper or wood ) comes into contact with paper, photos or textiles or other similar items, the acid can migrate, causing permanent damage and decay.

This is why it is so important to use good quality "Acid Free and Archival" materials for the preservation of your treasured memories.

Slowing Deterioration

Storage in archival products will slow the aging process and add years of life to the items you value. It is better to prevent damage and deterioration, than try to repair or correct it.

Materials deteriorate as a result of the quality of the materials used and because of environmental and chemical changes that take place in the fibre of the materials over time and in changing environmental conditions.

People sometimes collect the strangest things!

Council Offices

You can also contact your local council records office for advice from the conservation and archives office. Many council offices provide advice sheets online – just ask!

Index

Conservation I out.

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Conservation III out.

Old maps can hold lots of memories

Buying storage materials

Conservation materials are readily available. Papers and books for scrapbooking can be purchased from any good craft shop while safe archival boxes are available by post from www.memories-nostalgia.com out.

Permanance

It also important to understand the issue of permanence and changing use of materials in the modern world.

It is a fact of life that many of the modern materials that we come into contact with are not produced for long term survival, we are living in a disposable world and a cost driven world and often the quality of materials will suffer as a result.

Technology

There is always a risk that fast changing technology will either degrade or due to technological obsolescence be unavailable for you to access in the future. (e.g. 5 1/4" floppy disks, Cine film and 8 track) Therfore it is vital to preserve not only the original stored data but the machines required to read or play them.

Sources of Information

A very good source of preservation information for the care of specific items can be found at: The Conservation Register out.

Conservation guidance is also available from: The National Preservation Office out.which is based at the British Library.

The United States' Library Of Congress provides a very comprehensive preservation resource. See Library of Congress out.

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