media preservation
Photographic information record
http://www.conservation-us.org/PIR
Image Permanence Institute
Research and tools for photographic materials. The Image Permanence Institute also offers "A Consumer Guide for the Recovery of Water-Damaged Traditional and Digital Prints" on its Downloads page.
http://www.imagepermanenceinstitute.org
Washington State film preservation manual
Low cost and no cost actions
http://unfacilitated.preservation101.org/loggedin.asp
Toolkit on What's Wrong With This Picture
Contains readings and resources on preservation and digitization of photograph collections, based on a highly successful three-day workshop series
http://www.nedcc.org/resources/wwwtptools.php
Conservation Center for Art and Historic Artifacts
Salvaging Photograph Collections
http://www.ccaha.org/uploads/media/0f9153102399e9a1692bb1132a234ea3.pdf
Overview of audio and video carriers
by Dietrich Schüller of the Phonogrammarchiv, Austrian Academy of Sciences.
The text systematically describes recording principles, storage and handling, maintenance of equipment, format and equipment obsolence, for each type
of carrier, and includes a list of recommended reading. It provides a solid, non-technical introduction for all those professionally managing sound and video collections.
http://www.tape-online.net/docs/audio_and_video_carriers.pdf (330 KB)
