Caring for your Collections

Book storage tipshttp://www.nobeltrader.com/tips.htm

Book storage tips
http://www.nobeltrader.com/tips.htm

Tips from the Library of Congress

http://www.loc.gov/preserv/care/books.html

Properly caring for ones books is an important aspect of collecting them. Here are some resources with useful information about caring for and preserving books and other materials.

Some useful links are listed below.
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Conservation OnLine (CoOL) is a project of the Preservation Department of Stanford University Libraries. It provides information covering a wide spectrum of topics related to the conservation of library, archives and museum materials.

http://palimpsest.stanford.edu/

The Conservation Center for Art and Historic Artifacts (CCAHA) is one of the largest non-profit conservation laboratories in the United States. Aside from publications, they offer various classes/programs on conservation related topics.

http://www.ccaha.org/index.php

Caring for Your Collections from The Library of Congress provides advice on the care, handling and storage of books, photos, videos, and other media.

http://www.loc.gov/preserv/careothr.html

It might be nice to collect these on a Wiki page.

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You're quite right.

I'd be happy to try, though looking at the info on editing it looks incredibly complicated. But I'll give it a shot when I have some time, maybe this evening.