Resources collected for preservation week covering various topics related to conservation of items.
Guides and videos on created by various organizations and brought together for preservation week. Topics covered include, book restoration, digital preservation and physical storage spaces of items.
For additional resources on preservation, do a web search for <preservation libguides>.
Glossary of Preservation terms created by the Conservation Center for Art and Historic Artifacts and the Archive for Black Lives in Philadelphia.
Basic tips to preserve various types of objects from the American Institute for Conservation
List of books and articles available from libraries around the world.
ALA encourages libraries and other institutions to use Preservation Week to connect our communities through events, activities, and resources that highlight what we can do, individually and together, to preserve our personal and shared collections.
CORE's Preservation Section, including resources, interest groups and committees, Along with a link to the sections community in ALA Connect.
The AIC Wiki is sponsored by the American Institute for Conservation of Art and Historic Works with content created by the various AIC Specialty Groups, Networks and Committees. It includes compendia of working knowledge on materials and techniques used to preserve and treat works of art and historic artifacts.
An online resource by and for conservators and related fields, operated by the Foundation of the American Institute for Conservation.
Putting a plan in place before a disaster strikes, and what to do when disaster does strike.
Northeast Document Conservation Center’s Preservation Services department provides free preservation advice to institutions and individuals worldwide. The Center provides Preservation Leaflets with information on a wide variety of preservation topics and links to additional resources.
Resources from the Library of Congress describing best practices for various forms of preservation, including examples of care given to items in the Library of Congress' collections.
CCAHA is a non profit, focused on the conservation of various types of physical media, and instructing people on how to do the same. Their website contains various teaching materials, including glossaries of important terms and guides on relevant preservation topics.
Further help can be obtained via a number of different methods: