Preservation

Some aspects of preserving your collection will require specialist help or materials. Here is a list of useful links and websites, including more in-depth professional guidance, resources, equipment suppliers, and details of local conservators, including the team at the Norfolk Record Office, who may be able to assist you.

Professional guidance

• The National Archive: Caring for archives
• British Library: Conservation advice for the public
• British Library: Preservation Advisory Centre guides
• Gloucestershire Heritage Hub: Collections care training
• Scottish Council on Archives: Next Steps: Caring for Community Archives Storage of Photographs (video 40 minutes)
• The Association for Library Collections & Technical Services and Library of Congress: Low-cost ways to preserve family archives (video 1 hour 5 minutes)
• Northumberland County Archives, Canada: Tips for archival preservation (video 7 minutes)
• Auckland Libraries, New Zealand: Care and handling of rare books, paper, manuscripts, photographs and archives (video 20 minutes)
• What's Eating Your Collection?

Digital preservation resources

Just as paper and photographs need to be preserved for future use, so does digital material.

• See the Digitisation guide in the Community Archives Toolkit for further details
• Gloucestershire Heritage Hub digital preservation
• The Digital Preservation Coalition offers a free training course 'Novice to Know-How' for beginners

Norfolk Record Office: Conservation Collection Care

Email: norfrec@norfolk.gov.uk

Telephone: 01603 222 668/670