Posts Tagged tips
Posted on November 28, 2011 by Anthea Brown
After Fiona and I presented a brief talk at our using your tips for dating photos, we promised to put the new list of tips up on the blog. And here ’tis! This is the handout that accompanied our talk (updated from the original version back in June 2010). I’m sure a version three will [...]
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Posted on April 4, 2011 by Anthea Brown
These tips are from our in-house manual handling procedures and guidelines that were prepared by our Senior Conservator, Elizabeth Hadlow.
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Posted on January 14, 2011 by Fiona Sullivan
This is a great photo showing the equality of man and beast in the face of the summer heat!
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Posted on December 6, 2010 by Elizabeth Hadlow
The U-Splint book support (Splint) is a simple alternative being trialled at State Records to help minimize further damage and support the book structure without the need for costly treatment.
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Posted on August 2, 2010 by Elizabeth Hadlow
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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Posted on June 21, 2010 by Anthea Brown
Back in April we asked you What Are Your Tips for Dating Photos? We had such a huge response that we decided to place all the tips together in one print-friendly file (PDF) for you all to download and use.
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Posted on May 10, 2010 by Elizabeth Hadlow
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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Posted on April 6, 2010 by Anthea Brown
Many images in our collection have come to us with only the barest of details attached. Your knowledge, interest and enjoyment in identifying dates and locations is helping us to fill in some of the blanks and, in turn, provide better access to the State’s archives.
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Posted on February 25, 2010 by Elizabeth Hadlow
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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Posted on October 12, 2009 by Elizabeth Hadlow
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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Posted on July 10, 2009 by Fiona Sullivan
In these days of Web 2.0 and the use of high tech tools and databases which can answer research queries in an instant, the challenge presented by reading and interpreting handwritten archival documents often comes as a surprise to first time researchers.
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Posted on June 26, 2009 by Elizabeth Hadlow
If you have large documents like plans, maps and posters the best way to store them is …..
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Posted on June 12, 2009 by Elizabeth Hadlow
This is the first of a planned series of posts providing handy conservation tips.
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Posted on June 11, 2009 by Anthea Brown
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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