DOCUMENT RESUME ED 343 599 IR 053 965 AUTHOR de Torres, Amparo R., Ed. TITLE Collections Care: A Basic Reference Shelflist. INSTITUTION Vational Inst. for Conservation of Cultural Property, Washington, DC. PUB DATE 90 NOTE 184p.; Supported by the Institute of Museum Services and the Bay Foundation. PUB TYPE Reference Materials - Bibliographies (131) EDRS PRICE MF01/PC08 Plus Postage. DESCRIPTORS *Archives; Bibliographic Records; Emergency Programs; Exhibits; *Library Collections; Museums; Online Searching; Online Systems; Photographs; *Physical Environment; *Preservation; Records Management IDENTIFIERS Artifacts; *Museum Collections; Printed MAterials ABSTRACT This is an extensive bibliography of reference sources--i.e., books and articles--that relate to the care and conservation of library, archival, and museum collections. Bibliographies are presented under the following headings: (1) General Information;(2) Basic Collections Care; (3) Architectural Conservation;(4) Collections Management: Law, Ethics, and Policies; (5) Collections Storage;(6) Emergency Preparedness and Response; (7) Environmental Control: Illumination; (8) Environmental Control: Pest Management; (9) Environmental Control: Pollution; (10) Environmental Control: Temperature and Relative Humidity; (11) Exhibitions and Packing for Shipment; (12) Informatics of Documentation; and (13) Safety and Health. Information provided for each entry includes the author, title, date of publication, and either the publisher or the journal in which the article appeared. 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TO THE EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES lkienniswar.. reIwrn et Amparo R. de Torres, Editor National Institute for the Conservation of Cultural Property © 1990 National Institute for the Conservation of Cultural Property The National Institute for the Conservation of Cultural Property gratefully acknowledges the support of the Institute of Museum Services and the Bay Foundation for making this publication possible. The National Institute for the Conservation of Cultural Property is pleased to publish Collections Care: A Basic Reference Shelf list on permanent paper. Both the text and cover papers are acid-free,alum-free and rosin-free for archival stability. 3 Collections Care: A Basic Reference Shelf list Based on the Collections Care Information Service, a project of the National Institute for the Conservation of Cultural Property Supported by the Institute of Museum Services and The Bay Foundation Table of Contents General Information 1 Basic Collections Care 8 Architectural Conservation 62 Collectionl Manaement: Law Ethics and Policies Collections Spine 2 Erner enPreparedness and Res onse 110 Environmental Control: Illumination 120 Environmental Control: Pest Mana ement Environmental Control: Pollution 138 Environmental Control:Tewerature and Relative Humidly 144 Exhibitions and Packingior Shtpment 154 Informatics of Documentation 1 0 Saf & Health 1 8 General Information: Planning and Documentation Abe les, Fred B. "How to Prepare an Effective Scientific Research Proposal." The Grantsmanship Center News 10, no. 1 (1982): 52-57. Alderson, William T. "Grantsmanship: A Primer." Museum News 51, no. 6 (1973): 40-43. American Association of Museums. Planning for Emergencies: A Guide for ilLiseums. Washington, D.C.: American Association of Museums, 1990. .Fine Art of Federal Grantsmanship for Museums: Resource Report 7. Washington, D.C.: American Association of Museums, 1988. .Museums for a New Centuty. Washington, D.C.: American Association of Museums, 1985. Andrews, Robert D. Planning the Documentation of Museum Collections. Duxford, Cambridge: The Museum Documentation Association, 1985. Appelbaum, Barbara, and Paul Himmelstein. "Planning for a Conservation Survey." Museum News 64, no. 3 (February 1986): 5-14. Bandes, Susan J. Caring for Collections: Strategies for Conservation Maintenance and Documentaiion. Washington, D.C.: American Association of Museums, 1984. Bell, Michael. Expanded Notes Toward a Condition Report. Oakland: The Oakland Museum, 1978. Blumenthal, Sally, and Brendra Sailer. Tax Incentives for Rehabilitating Historic Buildings: Fiscal Tax 1989 Analysis. Washington, D.C.: Preservation Press, 1990. Bruckner, Geraldine. "A Standard Terminology for Describing Objects in a Museum of Anthropology." In Dorothy H. Dudley and Irma Bezold Wilkinson et al., Museum Registration Methods, Washington, D.C.: American Association of Museums, 1979. Buck, Richard. "On Conservation: What Is Conservation?" Museum News 52, no. 1 . (September 1973). 15-16. Canadian Conservation Institute. "Condition Reporting Paintings." CCI Notes 10/7 (August 1987). "Applying Accession Numbers to Textiles." CCI Notes 13/8 (September 1983). Cantrell, Karen, and Denise Wallen. Funding For Anthropological Research. Phoenix, Ariz.: Oryx Press, 1986. Cipalla, Rita. "The Video-Disc Advantage." History News 40,no. 8 (1985): 18-20. Collins, Sheldan. How to Photograph Works of Art. Nashville, Tenn.: American Association for State and Local History, 1986. Conrad, Daniel Lynn. Successful Fund Raising Techniques. 2d ed. San Francisco: Institute for Fund Raising. Conservation Analytical Laboratory. Identification Numbering Procedures, CAL Notes No. 5084, 508B, 508D. Washington D.C.: Smithsonian Institution, 1979. .Identification Numbering Procedures (Not for Objects Made of Plastics Material), CAL Notes No. 508C. Washington D.C.: Smithsonian Institution, 1979. .Semi-Permanent Marking Procedures, CAL Notes No. 508E anr! 508F. Washington D.C.: Smithsonian Institution, 1979. .Materials for Identification Numbering, CAL Notes No. 508G. Washington D.C.: Smithsonian Institution, 1979. Cox, Janson L. "Photographing Historical Collections: Equipment, Methods and Bibliography." American Association for State and Local History Technical Leaflet 63 (1981). Craft, Margaret Loew, and Sian Jones. "Written Documentation." Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works, Philadelphia, 1981. Dickstein, Ruth, and Robert Mitchell. "Grant Money and How to Get It: Au Annotated Bibliography." Tucson: University of Arizona Library, 1986. Collections Care: Page 2 A Basic Reference Shelflist Dove, Kent E. Conducting a Successful Capital Campaign: A Comprehensive Fundraising Guide for Nonprofit Otganizations. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass Publishers, 1988. Dudley, Dorothy H., Irma Bezold Wilkinson et al., Museum Registration Methods. 3d ed. Washington, D.C.: American Association of Museums, 1979. Eastman Kodak Company. "Copying and. Duplicating in Black and White and Color." Kodak Special Guides, M-1, Rochester, N.Y.: Eastman Kodak Company, 1984. "The Fundamentals of Radiography." Kodak Special Guides, Ml-18. Rochester, N.Y.: Eastman Kodak Compary, 1980. Finley, R. "The Value of Research Collections." Bioscience 37: 92. Fletcher, Kathleen Brown. The Nine Keys to Successful Volunteer Programs. Washington D.C.: Taft Group, 1987. Garrett, K.L. "Documentation Guidelines for the Preparation and Conservation of Biological Specimens." CoP tion Forum 5 (1989): 47-51. Gary, Susan N. A Lawyer's Guide to Private Foundations. Chicago: "onors Forum of Chicago, 1987. Green, Sara Wolf, ed. The Conservation Assessment: A Tool for Planning, Implementing, and Fundraising. Los Angeles: Getty Conservation Institute and the National Institute for the Conservation of Cultural Property, 1990. Greene, Mary Wilder. "Federal Funding for Museums: A Short Primer." Curator 25, no. 2 (1982): 97-106. Griset, Suzanne, and Thurid Clark. "Labelling Artifacts, Appendix a" In Summary Report of the C. Hart Merriam Ethnographic Collections Renovation Project, National Science Foundation. Davis: University of California, 1985. Hale, W. N. Jr. "Visual Assessment of Appearance Instruments Cannot Do Everything." ASTM Standardization News (1987): 46-49. Collections Care: A Basic Reference Shelflist Page3 Hartman, Heady A. Funding Sources and Technical Assistance for Museums and Historical Agencies, Nashville, Tenn.: American Association for State and Local History, 1979. Hawken, William R. What You Really Need to Know about Close-ups. New York: Cu....r_ A London, 1981. Hawks, Catharine A., and Carolyn L. Rose. A Preliminary List of Conservation Resources for the Care of Natural History Collections. Washington, D.C.: Conservation Committee, Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections, 1988. Hawks, Catharine A., and Stephen L. Williams. "The Care of Specimen Labels in Vertebrate Research Collections." In Proceedings of the 1985 Workshop on Care and Maintenance of Natural History Collections, ed. Janet Waddington and David M. Rudkin. Toronto: Royal Ontario Museum, 1986. John Hilberry and Associates,