PRESERVATION OF DOCUMENTS AND PHOTOGRAPHS

There are a variety of leaflets available online on the preservation of your family documents and photographs at The National Preservation Office The British Library

Some of these are:

• Cleaning books and documents (PDF format) 100KB
• Good handling principles and practice for library and archive materials (PDF format) 97KB
• Guidance for exhibiting archive and library materials (PDF format) 101KB
• Packing and moving library and archive collections (PDF format) 97KB
• Photocopying of library and archive materials (PDF format) 93KB
• Preservation of photographic material (PDF format) 40KB
• Prevention and treatment of mould outbreaks in collections (PDF format) 86KB
• Specifying library and archive storage (PDF format) 117KB
• Understanding and caring for bookbindings (PDF format) 645KB.

The British Museum holds over 13 million books, 920 000 journal and newspaper titles, 57 million patents, 3 million sound recordings and much more. They should know.

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