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Conservation Tip No. 3: Removing blood from paper documents

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.

Useful Tips for Reading Handwritten Documents

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.

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

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 …..

Conservation Tip No. 1: Sticky Tape Removal

Posted on June 12, 2009 by Elizabeth Hadlow

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

Preserving State Records Collection

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 treated [...]

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Archives Outside is managed by Fiona Sullivan and Anthea Brown at State Records NSW. Fiona is the Senior Project Officer, Distributed Management. Anthea is the Project Archivist, Online Services.
This website was developed to create a meeting place for people who have archival collections around New South Wales and researchers who wish to access them. While the main focus is on the State Records Regional Repository Network we welcome participation from all keepers of archives, from Archivists, Local Studies Librarians and Records Managers to members of Community Groups and Personal Collectors.
This site is for discussion purposes only and does not represent the official views of State Records NSW. Any views expressed on this website are those of the individual author. State Records NSW accepts no liability for the content of this site.
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