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NEDCC’s publications are internationally recognized as a valuable source of information. The publications assist institutions in planning for the preservation of their collections by providing the building blocks necessary to develop a preservation plan for library and archival materials, training for collections care and maintenance, and guidance for creating and managing digital assets.

Assessing Preservation Needs: A Self-Survey Guide

Beth Patkus

A step-by-step guide to surveying an institution’s collections, designed for small to medium-sized institutions with limited budgets and minimal preservation knowledge.
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A 30-minute video highlighting themes of this publication is available from Amigos Library Services, Inc.

Video Clip: 56K, 100K, 300K (Download RealOne Player)

Preservation of Library and Archival Materials: A Manual

Edited by Sherelyn Ogden
Third Edition, Revised and Expanded

A manual that provides the basic, practical information needed to enable nonconservator staff of libraries and archives to plan and implement sound collections care programs or to incorporate preservation principles into existing collections care programs.

[Note: The online version of this publication can now be found in the Preservation Leaflets section of this website, leaflets.list.php, as separate leaflets organized by topic. Many of the leaflets have been revised and updated as of March 2007.]

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Online Spanish Version
Online Russian Version (First Edition)

Handbook for Digital Projects: A Management Tool for Preservation & Access

Edited by Maxine K. Sitts
First Edition

An easy-to-use primer on managing digital conversion projects for libraries, museums, archives, and other collection-holding institutions. View Online Version (Out of Print)

Preservation Planning: Guidelines for Writing a Long-Range Plan

Available from the American Association of Museums, Dept. 4002, Washington, DC 20042-4002; Telephone: (202) 289-9127

Order information can be obtained through AAM’s website bookstore.

Training for Collections Care and Maintenance: A Suggested Curriculum, Volume V: Library and Archives Collections

Available from the Heritage Preservation, 1730 K Street, NW, Suite 566, Washington, DC 20006; Telephone: (202) 634-1422, Fax: (202) 634-1435

For order and price information see the publications section of Heritage Preservation’s website

The following articles were translated into Spanish for a workshop taught on photograph conservation at the Cuban History Institute, Havana Cuba in March 2002. An associate of the Cuban History Institute translated the essays. It was requested by Amparo Torres, Special Projects Officer, The Library of Congress, that these pieces be posted on the NEDCC website in order to access and educate a larger Spanish speaking audience about photograph conservation.

Please note these publications are in pdf format.

Norris, Debbie Hess. “El tratamiento para la conservación de materiales fotográficos impresos en estado de deterioro .” The Imperfect Image; Photographs their Past, Present and Future (Conference Proceedings for the papers presented at the Center for Photographic Conservation’s first international conference at the Low Wood Conference Center, Windermere 6th–10th April 1992). London; The Center for Photographic Conservation, 1992.

Reilly, James M. (1991). “La preservación de las colecciones fotográficas en las bibliotecas de investigación: un punto de vista .” In Photo Preservation and The Research Library.  Mountainview, CA: Research Library Group. 7–17.