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book conservators are responsible for conservation treatment on a
wide variety of bindings which contain manuscript, printed text,
photographs and works of art. Procedures encompass treatments of the
book pages, elements of the binding structure and covering
materials. Treatments may include chemical stabilization such as
non-aqueous deacidification or the consolidation of covering
material, and physical intervention such as structural repair to
original bindings. A preventive care strategy for the long-term
preservation of collections incorporates a wide variety of minor
treatments.
Conservators
also provide advice and support to many of the other fundamental
activities of LAC in the form of research into
conservation techniques and approaches, advice on methods of
disaster preparedness and recovery, and technical evaluations of
samples and products. |
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