AALogosm

1444 Queen Street East, Suite #205

Toronto ON M4L 1E1

Tel: 416.533.9592 Fax: 416.533.1481

ARCH 205: Preventive Conservation

28 - 29 Sept. 2007

Instructor: Iona McCraith – AAO Conservation Consultant

Archives are in the business of making records available for historical research. But what happens when the records entrusted to your institution start to deteriorate? This course will provide information on the aging of materials and how the environment affects aging. Principles of care and handling and storage methods for various archival materials, including modern media and problem items, will be discussed. Basic elements of emergency planning will be introduced. Day two will provide practical hands-on training in some basic conservation procedures.

Understand the difference in caring for various media, including paper, photographs, film, magnetic tape and optical discs.
Understand the storage methods and materials for various archival materials
Understand how to integrate preservation policies into archival practices
Know the signs of deterioration in various media
Know what to do when dealing with insect infestations, rodents, mould and water damage
Know how to monitor and control environmental conditions
Learn what the basic elements of a disaster plan are and how to conduct a risk assessment
Learn how to use conservation tools and materials to carry out basic conservation procedures

Notes from the Instructor, Iona McCraith:

BASIC CONSERVATION TECHNIQUES: A Hands-on Workshop- Costing

All participants bring with them a 12 or 18 inch ruler, scissors, pencil. AAO provides the following supplies and tools and passes on cost to the workshop participants. Costs listed here are based on 10 participants and taken from current catalogues .Items from Talas are in US$ and so I added 15% to listed price to get approximate cost in Canadian $$ as you see below. Taxes and shipping also would need to be added to total cost below. To keep it simple and so you can post the materials cost in the PDC schedule now, I suggest you add a $50.00 material fee in addition to the usual registration fee for a two day workshop

Items marked with a * the participants would get to keep. I will mention in my description for your schedule that they get to keep some hand tools and sample materials after the course. Prices in ($0.00 ) are the cost per participant based on 10 people for that item at best price I could source.

Staple Removal & Pamphlet Sewing

*microspatula $40.20 ($4.02 ) Talas

* sewing needles #3 $2.15 pk/10 ($0.22) Talas

linen thread #20 have it already Iona

pH Testing

*pH pen $69.50 ($6.95 ) Carr McLean

pH strips 1-14 $17.53 box/100 ((1.75) Talas

distilled water $1.00 drug store

*eyedropper bottles $18.40 ($1.84) Talas

Surface Dry Cleaning

*Skum-x powder 1½ oz $25.00 ($2.50) Talas

*Staedler vinyl eraser $8.30 for 10 ($0.83) Staples

Tear Repair

*Japanese repair paper $20.00 1 large sheet ($2.00) JPP

*Methylcellulose adhesive donation Iona

*Reemay polyester donation Iona

*plastic bone folder $47.50 ($4.75) Carr McLean

*glue brush $20.00 ($2.00) Curry’s Art

*blotting paper donation Iona

Encapsulation

*Precut Mylar 12x14 sheets $17.60 pk/26 ($1.76) Carr McLean

*3M 415 tape, 10 rolls $105.00 ($10.50) Carr McLean

*cleaning cloths $11.60 pk/20 ($1.16) Carr McLean

Four-Flap Custom Folder

*map folder stock 22.5x17” $10.40 pk/10 ($1.04) Carr McLean

Total materials cost before tax and shipping: $414.18 Cost per person: $41.32

Location: Chancellor Patterson Library,

Lakehead University, Thunder Bay

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