Posts Tagged conservation

Rolling back into history [Conserving a 13 metre petition from 1862]

Posted on November 28, 2011 by

The problem for anyone who wanted to read the document was that in order to open up the petition, the entire length needed to be unrolled first. Once unrolled, there was the issue of trying to safely open a 13 metre fold!

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We’re having an Open Day! Come and meet us in person Friday 28 October #srnswopenday

Posted on August 24, 2011 by

As part of the celebrations for its 50th birthday State Records NSW is opening its doors and taking you behind the scenes. Come and join us for a day of talks, information sessions, tours and hands-on-workshops.

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Conservation Tip No. 6: Dealing with wet records

Posted on August 2, 2010 by

Before going into any detail about the salvage and handling of wet records the importance of relevant training cannot be stressed enough.

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Conservation Tip No 5: Removing mould from records and archives

Posted on May 10, 2010 by

Removing mould can be difficult, dirty and time consuming. Mould remediation should not be undertaken lightly – especially where large quantities of records are affected.

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MayDay 2010 – Saving our Heritage

Posted on May 1, 2010 by

Australia’s archives, galleries, libraries, museums and heritage places are gearing up for the national MayDay campaign in a bid to protect the nation’s heritage from avoidable disasters.

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Conservation Tip No. 4: A Method of Rehousing Glass Plate Negatives

Posted on February 25, 2010 by

Glass plate negatives are extremely fragile and need to be handled very carefully. The glass is old and brittle and plates may have been cracked or broken and will sustain further damage if not treated with care.

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Conservation Tip No. 3: Removing blood from paper documents

Posted on October 12, 2009 by

If you find yourself bleeding all over your precious documents or family heirlooms, do not despair, speedy action will probably result in little or no permanent damage occurring.

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August 2009: Link roundup post

Posted on September 1, 2009 by

This is a roundup of some interesting links that we’ve stumbled across over the last month or so. If you’re interested in Archives 2.0, Conservation, Archival Processing and Research tools click here.

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Temora Community Archive – Part 1: Building the “Underground Archive”

Posted on July 31, 2009 by

The most important aspect of the Temora Community Archive Project is that through it, Temora has developed a way to effectively preserve and manage its unique community records over the long term. We worked on the assumption, that if the community had a better alternative…they would use it. They do.

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Prioritising digitisation for preservation and access

Posted on July 2, 2009 by

At State Records we have a small Digitisation Program. Budget constraints, staff resources and an archival collection significant in both historical value and size means we can’t digitise everything. Sound familiar? Small as it may be, the program has an important function within our organisation for it assists in the preservation of records and increases [...]

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Conservation Tip No. 2: Storing large documents, maps and plans

Posted on June 26, 2009 by

If you have large documents like plans, maps and posters the best way to store them is …..

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Conservation Tip No. 1: Sticky Tape Removal

Posted on June 12, 2009 by

This is the first of a planned series of posts providing handy conservation tips.

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Preserving State Records Collection

Posted on June 11, 2009 by

Many State archives have been badly damaged during their lifetime. The damage may have been caused by poor storage practices, unfortunate disasters, or bad handling in the past. State Records refers to these archives as being “Too fragile to issue” and these archives cannot be accessed either by staff or readers until they have been [...]

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