Passive Climate Control Source: Cornell University Library,Library Preservation and Conservation Tutorial Because of high energy costs and the impracticality of HVAC for many libraries and archives, there is now a great deal of interest in passive climate control systems. In tropical climates, HVAC can have serious detrimental effects, especially if it cannot be operated on […]
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Don’t Fan the Flames: Understanding fire and what to do about it
Recorded: Wednesday, August 21, 2019
Digitizing Intangible Cultural Heritage : A How-To Guide
Digitizing Intangible Cultural Heritage : A How-To Guide Source: Museum Association of Newfoundland and Labrador for the Canadian Heritage Information Network (CHIN) A guide to assist museums, archives and independent researchers This manual assists museums, archives and independent researchers in digitizing their existing collections of intangible heritage-related material. Aside from providing step-by-step digital transferring instructions, […]
The Canadian Heritage Information Network (CHIN)
The Canadian Heritage Information Network (CHIN) Source: Department of Canadian Heritage The Canadian Heritage Information Network (CHIN), a Special Operating Agency within the Department of Canadian Heritage, offers valuable collections management resources to the Canadian museum community and online public access to millions of collections records. CHIN assists Canadian museums in documenting, managing, and sharing […]
Digital Preservation Toolkit
Digital Preservation Toolkit Source: Canadian Heritage Information Network (CHIN) This Digital Preservation Toolkit provides accessible template, frameworks, decision trees and documents that are designed to help museums assess their digital preservation needs, to produce policy and procedures around digital preservation, and to develop, select and implement an action plan. Resources are presented in chronological order […]
Digital preservation recommendations for small museums
Digital preservation recommendations for small museums Source: Canadian Conservation Institute (CCI) Digital preservation standards exist and are well established. But some of the requirements laid out in these standards are beyond the resources of smaller cultural heritage institutions, such as community museums. Digital archiving systems, for instance, cost money and require time investments that volunteer-run […]
Frequently Asked Questions about Contaminated Museum Collections
Frequently Asked Questions about Contaminated Museum Collections Source: Department of Interior The U. S. Department of the Interior (DOI) provides the following notification to users and recipients of museum collections under the control of the Department that may contain toxic substances. “This document serves as official notice to the recipient that the items being repatriated, […]
HVAC Installation, Renovation, and Collections Environments – An Introduction
Recorded: Tuesday, July 9, 2019
C2C Care Course: Making the Most of Your Assessment
Four webinar course, originally recorded July 10 – August 7, 2019.
Handling heritage objects
Handling heritage objects Source: Janet Mason, Canadian Conservation Institute (CCI) Handling heritage objects is part of CCI’s Preventive conservation guidelines for collections online resource. This section presents key preventive conservation considerations for safe handling practices with regards to heritage collections.