Storage Methods: The Best Ways to Store Items in Your Collection
Self-Paced Course
Course Description:
This course will teach the best storage and handling practices for a variety of items commonly found in an archive or library. Learn the best way to store bound materials, photographic prints, motion picture film, newsprint, textiles, oversized materials, CDs and DVDs, and much more.
Learning Objectives:
- Identify poor storage practices commonly found in collections.
- Recall and apply proper handling guidelines for different materials in collections.
- Design safe storage environments for a variety of materials.
Your Instructor
Carmen Cowick provides training, support, and consulting services for libraries in the areas of preservation and collections care. She previously worked as a preservation specialist at Amigos Library Services and in the library and archives of The American Irish Historical Society, The Seamen's Church Institute, and the Special Collections department at CUNY Queens College. She received a bachelor's degree in art history and a master's degree in library science with a certificate in archives and preservation of cultural materials from CUNY Queens College in New York City.
Carmen has written numerous scholarly articles on preservation-related topics and is the author of the books Digital Curation Projects Made Easy and Crash Course in Disaster Preparedness.
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