The document outlines ten aspects of conservation including determining damage, passive conservation methods, restorative ethics and techniques, mass deacidification, format conversion methods, disaster preparedness, and organization and financing. Specific techniques are described for freeze-drying water damaged materials and restoring fire damaged books through reconstructing the book block, removing ashes, stabilizing pages, and pressing. The goal of restoration is to conserve original paper substances and structures.
2. Ten aspects of conservation:
? ¡°Damage-Survey¡° / determination of damage
? ¡°Passive conservation¡°: climate und storage
? Conservatory measures: book care and ¡°boxing¡°
? Restoration ethics and philosophy
? Individual restoration / Original conservation
? Mass deacidification (and prevention: paper!)
? Paper splitting method
? Format conversion: Filming and Digitizing
? Disaster Awareness & Preparedness
? Organisation and finance
8. Freeze
? Low temperatures
(below ¨C 20 ¡ãC) lead to formation
of small crystals
? Longterm-storage in the freezer:
Recrystallization of the ice
? small crystals fade,
big crystals grow