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 | Landesman, Margaret M. | ATG Interview with Victoria Reich, Director (and founder) of the LOCKSS program | As Vicky and I talked, we discussed her various activities in more or less chronological order. Later on, Vicky said of the work we'd been discussing, "but that's not my true love of the moment." There's not much to say to that, except to ask: ATG: And what is your true love of the moment? VR: Th... | Preservation; Digital; Electronic; LOCKSS | 2003 |
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 | Silverman, Randall H. | Disaster recovery in the artifact fields - Mississippi after Hurricane Katrina | From 22-29 September 2005 HEART, one of eight Heritage Emergency Assistance Recovery Teams, arrived in Mississippi to assess collection damage to cultural institutions following Hurricane Katrina. | Preservation; Hurricane Katrina | 2005-12 |
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 | Silverman, Randall H. | Fire and ice: a soot removal technique using dry ice blasting | A welder?ÇÖs spark touched off the attic fire in the Sevier County Recorders Office (Richfield, Utah, USA) on 2 May 2006, igniting a blaze that ripped through the crawl space and greedily consumed the building?ÇÖs paper-backed insulation. The fuel readily spent, the fire burned itself out 15 min... | Disaster cleanup, techniques; Book repair; Preservation; Fire damage | 2007 |
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 | Silverman, Randall H. | Inconvenient legacy | The role of research libraries is to preserve the long-term memory of humankind. Straddling competing interests, they strive to provide unimpeded access to scholarly books while maintaining those same volumes in perpetuity. In practice, these ?Ç£bastions of knowledge?Ç¥ lean toward pragmatic mai... | Research libraries; Preservation; Book repair | 2007 |
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 | Silverman, Randall H. | Pamphlet binders and their use in research libraries | By definition, research libraries have a commitment to preserving pamphlets as well as all print and non-print media they collect. A discussion of the preservation requirements for pamphlets is useful for their survival, and pamphlet binders are an important tool in preparing these often ephemeral ... | Pamphlets; Preservation; Binders | 1992 |
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 | Silverman, Randall H. | Towards a national disaster response protocol | Since the Florence flood of November 4, 1966, the concept of an organized disaster response for cultural property has been a focus for conservators. In 1976, a decade after the Arno River had retreated from Florence's museums, libraries, and historic churches, a Library of Congress planning confere... | Emergency; Property; Preservation | 2006 |
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 | Silverman, Randall H. | Tsunami and Archives: The Unexpected Possibilities; Jakarta, Indonesia 17-18 July 2006 | The International Gathering on Tsunami and Archives, sponsored by the National Archives of the Republic of Indonesia (ANRI) and the International Council on Archives (ICA), was held in Jakarta, Indonesia 17-18 July 2006. The event was conducted in English and Indonesian and provided a venue for arch... | Natural disasters; Tsunami; Preservation; Book repair | 2007 |