Conservation Team
Collections Conservation
The Conservation Team assesses, repairs, and prevent damages to all the collections of the University of Maryland Libraries. The Team helps in ensuring that library materials survive in order to be used in a useful state for research. Current high conservation standards are upheld in all our lab practices. Treatments are carried out in the most aesthetically pleasing, efficient, and economical way that maintains the original integrity of the materials and the collection.Conservation Policies and Priorities
Conservation Procedures Contents:
Quality Control | Outsourcing | Statistics
Conservation Procedures
Conservation Lab Cookbook
Procedures for making adhesives for repairsEnclosures
Page Repairs
- Filling in Pages
- Free Fly Attachment
- Hinge Tightening
- Hinging a Page for Reinforcement
- Hinging a Page to Another Page
- Hinging in a Loose Page
- Mending Pages
- Mending Pages with Heat Set Tissue
- Reattaching Image Plates
- Tipping in Pages
- Tipping Pages Together
- Repair Sewing
Pamplet Binding
- Staple through-the-fold
- Staple through-the-Fold Plus Pocket
- Pocket Pamphlet Bindings
- Glue-on Pambinds
- Side-Staple Pamphlet Bindings
- Sewn-Through-the-Fold Pamphlet Bindings
- Custom Pamphlet Bindings
- Custom Pocket: Spiral Bindings
Recases
Making Title Labels for Recases and Tux Boxes
Quality Control
Outsourcing Paperwork Procedures
Entering Statistics
