To celebrate Preservation Week, a week dedicated to working together to preserve personal and shared collections, here are a few resources to help you preserve your collections:
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Keeping pests away from collections is an important part of preservation. Preserving Your Memories, a list of resources compiled by the Association for Library Collections and Services which addresses all types of material, including paper, photographs, books, textiles, audiovisual material, objects, and digital collections
- Ask the Book Conservator of the Smithsonian Libraries any question (if you are reading this on April 30) or browse the answers to submitted questions
- Preservation and Care of Philatelic Material, a resource just for philatelic material from the American Philatelic Society
- Caring for your Personal Library, previously posted on this blog